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October 17 - 30, 2016 HIGHLIGHT S

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Coverage highlights the impact of mentorship on career development in Milwaukee.

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Social Media Strategies

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Getting personal for LinkedIn success.

Political Beat

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Trump predicts Wisconsin win.

Made in Milwaukee

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Astronautics brings technology to the skies.

The Good Life

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Fingers crossed for a cure.

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Aurora goes global

BIZ CONNECTIONS

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St. Luke’s quietly becomes destination for wealthy foreign executives ON THE COVER: Aurora St Luke's Medical Center, in Milwaukee.

— photo by Kat Schleicher Photography

Erica Lythjohan and Sara Walker of Associated Bank's Private Client Services in downtown Milwaukee.

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Biz Notes 28 Personnel File 29 Commentary 32 BizTimes Around Town 33 The Last Word 34

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panish train maker Talgo Inc., which pulled its operations out of Milwaukee two years ago, plans to return to perform work on a $73 million contract for the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority at its Milwaukee facility in the Century City business park.

The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority board voted to award the contract to Talgo over Alstom Transportation Inc., which proposed to do the work at a facility in California but bid $10 million more than Talgo.

The contract calls for Talgo to overhaul 38 heavy rail vehicles, with an option to overhaul another 36 vehicles. The full contract period is 56 months.

The exact number of jobs the contract could bring to Milwaukee is unclear. Talgo plans to relocate some of its global engineering resources to Milwaukee for the project and will likely need to ramp up employment at the Milwaukee facility as well.

Department of City Development spokesman Jeff Fleming said the city’s understanding is that initial employment related to the new contract will be between 25 and 30 people.

Talgo’s history in Milwaukee and Wisconsin is a complicated one. The company was selected to build trains for a high-speed rail line between Milwaukee and Madison, but Gov. Scott Walker cancelled the project after he was elected in 2010. Then the state

refused to pay for and take ownership of the trains Gov. Jim Doyle’s administration had ordered from Talgo.

In 2014, the company notified the city is was terminating its lease and moving out of Century City, taking the two trains it had built for Wisconsin with it.

Fleming said the company has retained some storage space in the building, but no manufacturing has been taking place.

Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett said the city had worked to maintain a relationship with the company, even as Talgo was engaged in litigation with the State of Wisconsin over the train deal. The lawsuit was ultimately settled, with the state paying Talgo $40 million to $50 million.

“Talgo chose to perform the overhaul work in Milwaukee as a result of the strong partnership with the City of Milwaukee; the available and qualified workforce, as well as the fact that we have an existing lease for the facility in Milwaukee; and Talgo’s experience in an efficient ramp up process in Milwaukee,” said Talgo spokeswoman Nora Friend.

Fleming also said the city has been in regular contact with Talgo, including some other opportunities that didn’t materialize. DCD Commissioner Rocky Marcoux has had frequent communication with Talgo’s North American leadership and the mayor met with LA Metro officials during a site visit in January.

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Talgo will return to Milwaukee

A Talgo sign still hangs on its building in Milwaukee. The company will return to the facility to overhaul trains for Los Angeles.

When he ran for governor, Walker criticized the $47.5 million no-bid contract the state signed with Talgo under the Doyle administration.

“As hard as the governor worked to kill this project, we worked even harder to build a solid relationship with the company and that paid off,” Barrett said. “Talgo could have undertaken the new Los Angeles work almost anywhere in the country.

Yet it chose Milwaukee. Despite the hard feelings between Talgo and the state, the company recognizes its Milwaukee location is a great place to manufacture.”

When asked about Talgo’s return to Milwaukee, Walker spokesman Tom Evenson reiterated the governor’s posi-

tion that the cost of the high speed rail line would not have been covered entirely by federal money.

“The $810 million rail line between Milwaukee and Madison was a boondoggle for taxpayers and would have cost Wisconsin taxpayers far more than promised, as the taxpayers of California have seen over and over again,” Evenson said in an email.

Now that the company is coming back, Talgo might bring additional work to Milwaukee if it wins additional contracts.

“We will continue to compete in other projects and consider the Milwaukee facility as a viable location to perform this important work,” Friend said.

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Getting personal for LinkedIn success “I’d like to add you to my professional network on LinkedIn.” Any regular LinkedIn user (which you should be, by the way) knows this line. It’s the old default LinkedIn network invitation.

This generic, impersonal message represented two things: A potential source of mystery for the recipient and a missed opportunity for the sender.

Why? If the recipient didn’t recognize the sender, he might ignore the invitation. Too bad because, with just a little effort, the sender could have included a personal message reminding how she knows the recipient or where they met.

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LinkedIn recently did away with “I’d like to add you to my professional network on LinkedIn.” Its replacement is an invitation that appears in your inbox with a left-bent arrow in the upper right corner. The effect is the same: no personalization, no reaching out, just … nothing.

Conversely, a personalized invitation has overlapping word balloons in the upper right corner. Hover over them, and you can read the message from the sender. Pretty nifty, huh?

A growing personal network drives business. Using personalized invitations can make a world of difference in your success rate connecting with people on LinkedIn. Here’s how: Go directly to the personal

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profile of your invitee. Click the “Connect” button. A text box will appear. Write a personal message, and click “Send Invitation.”

Don’t send invitations via the blue “Connect” button from “People You May Know,” or from listings of search results.

Neither allows personalization. Avoid them.

As memorable as we all think we are, we can’t assume everyone remembers us.

LinkedIn gives you the chance to offer a gentle reminder with this personalization feature.

Make yours the invitation people won’t have to wonder about!

——Rick Moon is the owner of Brookfield-based Lunar Communications.

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What was the smartest thing your company did in the past year?

“From a business perspective, definitely hiring an in-house accountant/controller. That has taken a big load off my shoulders and is paving the way for smarter, better financial decisions and an even brighter future for our two salons.

“I don’t know if this was the ‘smartest’ thing we have done in 2016, but our August Cut-A-Thon, a full-day event where all haircuts were $10 and we donated more than $500 and more than 400 inches of hair to Children With Hair Loss was definitely the most personally satisfying. A smart decision is one that also feels good, and giving back in that way was the most amazing and fulfilling feeling.”

“Earlier this summer, we opened a second location on Port Washington Road in Mequon. My partner in that venture, B.J. Rademann-Schultheis, is a longtime friend and colleague who I am thrilled to be working with in this capacity. The salon has a very similar vibe to our downtown location – and our clients love having a North Shore option.”

What’s the hottest trend in your industry?

“Our industry is based on hair trends, so it changes from day-to-day. In hair color, we are seeing fashion colors and bayalage (hair painting) constantly requested by our clients. Women’s haircuts are shorter at the moment; men’s cuts are ’40s inspired with a modern twist. That said, the overall trend right now is haircuts and colors that are created uniquely for each individual client. It’s not about fitting in or following one particular trend, it’s about being yourself – your best self – and feeling beautiful because of that.”

Do you have a business mantra?

From a business standpoint, who do you look up to?

Do you plan to hire any additional staff or make any significant capital investments in your company in the next year?

“With the addition of our North Shore salon – and the fact that our team works split shifts and each stylist shares a chair with a ‘buddy,’ allowing for very little down time and for chairs to be occupied from open to close, six days a week – I anticipate we will continue to grow our staff and see potential for additional Scottfree Salon locations.”

strong social media presence. “

“‘Do what’s right, not what’s easy.’ That’s how I gauge all my business decisions and live my life. It’s also the best advice I’ve ever received.”

What’s new at your company?

“There are a few local businessmen who have mentored me and still continue to inspire me; Rick Leto, Moshe Katz and Warren Blumenthal, to name a few. I consider each of them friends and aspire to mirror their careers. They didn’t compromise or sell out. They always do everything with integrity. I want people to understand that first and foremost I’m an artist and hair is my art. As a businessman, when making business decisions, I always take into consideration the wellbeing of my staff, our clients and our community. If it isn’t good for all three, it is simply no good. I have no problem taking a little less profit in order to spread the wealth and do what is right, not what is easy. “

What will be your company’s main challenges in the next year?

“The challenge is always the same for us: Growing our customer base. With a growing arsenal of incredibly talented stylists and now two locations, it’s more important than ever to make sure our chairs are full. We are working on an advertising campaign for the fall and winter, and have shifted our promotional efforts to local TV appearances and a

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What’s the funniest thing that ever happened to you in your career?

“Where do I start? I could literally write a coffee table book. Early in my career, I worked for Vidal Sassoon in Los Angeles. Vidal’s ex-wife was in the salon.

She went in the changing room and somehow locked herself in. Instead of waiting for someone to let her out, she simply climbed over the top.

Clearly, she was a very athletic woman.”

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Trump predicts Wisconsin win

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In a recent rally at the Waukesha County Expo Center, GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump declared he is going to win Wisconsin, made a pitch to minority voters and took a series of shots at Democratic Party nominee Hillary Clinton.

Trump praised former Wisconsin Gov. Tommy Thompson, who was among those who introduced him, and recounted a conversation earlier this year in which Thompson told Trump he would have trouble winning Wisconsin and should focus elsewhere. But, he said, Thompson told him he would call if the situation changed.

“I get a call two weeks ago: ‘Don, time to come back’” Trump said. “I’m back, and we’re going to win Wisconsin.”

No Republican has won Wisconsin’s electoral votes since Ronald Reagan in 1984, and polls of state voters have consistently shown Clinton ahead. Still, the last Marquette University Law School Poll, conducted in mid-September, showed Clinton’s edge among likely voters down to 2 points in a head-to-head matchup with Trump.

Trump said his agenda will help all Americans, but particularly African-Americans and Hispanics living in high-crime areas. He predicted people in Milwaukee are going to “love Donald Trump” because they’ll be safe.

“Vote for me. I will fix it,” Trump said. “I will fight for you harder than anyone has fought for you ever before.”

Ahead of the rally, Democrats called on Trump to come clean over his taxes and condemned his comments toward women and minorities.

“Right now, more than ever, we need someone who is prepared to lead. That is not Donald Trump,” said state Rep. Mandela Barnes (D-Milwaukee).

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Menomonee Fallsbased department store chain Kohl’s Corp. announced it will hire 69,000 employees for the holiday season.

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The company, founded in 1959 by Nathaniel Zalazo and Norma Paige, designs and builds avionics systems for aircraft in the civilian, defense and space industries. The idea is to take new technologies, often driven by advances in consumer products, and apply them to aircraft.

The devices are used for displaying information, providing guidance and navigation, automating flight and connecting with the ground, and they need to work without fail.

That’s why half the cost to design a new product is spent on verifying it will work, versus just designing it in the first place. It’s also why electrical components are tested at each step as they move through the manufacturing process.

“The earlier you detect (a problem), the better it is” said Karen Schlomann, Astronautics’ director of process and development control.

Each device undergoes several hours of testing during the assembly process, plus a 40-hour environmental test that vibrates it and takes it through a temperature range of -50 degrees to 50 degrees Celsius.

The manufacturing process includes placing components on printed circuit boards, assembling them into housings and connecting them to display units.

Each program Astronautics builds products for puts a different demand on the manufacturing operation. Some are built every couple months. Others, like those used in the Boeing 787, are made on a monthly basis. An average of 150 units are produced each month. A separate repair unit handles 200 units per month, some dating back to the 1960s.

To handle the variation, the company is moving toward using flexible cells for production, instead of having space dedicated to each program. As technology makes devices smaller and more complex, taking the assembly process into consideration during design becomes more important.

“We’ve come a long way in the design for manufacturability,” Schlomann said.

Part of the challenge for Astronautics is to design products that are safe while also making them lighter, stronger and more cost-effective, Cundiff said, noting that costs ultimately are paid by consumers.

The design process has to emphasize not only coming up with new ideas, but also verifying that the product requirements are met, something Cundiff said is built into working at Astronautics.

He said much of the engineering curriculum in universities is focused on developing new ideas, and not as much on verification.

In an effort to increase the emphasis on the latter and attract people to the aerospace industry, Astronautics is leading an effort to start a center of excellence similar to other industry clusters in the area.

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ABOVE: Circuit boards are checked visually by a machine and then also by an operator to ensure all the components are properly attached.

BELOW: A flying probe machine takes electrical measurements to test a circuit board. It is one of several tests built into Astronautics’ manufacturing process.

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If you take your tablet to the beach and accidentally leave it in the sun, it may overheat and shut down. Not a problem; Take it somewhere cooler, wait a little bit and it will likely restart.

Put a similar tablet in an airplane cockpit and use it for any number of tasks related to flying and, suddenly, shutting down and waiting to restart is not an option.

That’s the challenge Chad Cundiff and his team at Milwaukee-based Astronautics Corp. of America faces on a daily basis.

“Good enough doesn’t really apply in the vocabulary we have around here or that the industry really has been built on,” said Cundiff, president of Astronautics.

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Astronautics Corp. of America 4115 N. Teutonia Ave., Milwaukee (headquarters) 1426 W. National Ave., Milwaukee (manufacturing) Industry: Avionics www.astronautics.com “There’s still a lot to be done for this industry,” he said, noting air travel has become remarkably safer over the past 20 years, but there are still opportunities to make flying more efficient.

After spending a decade working on a network server program for Airbus, Cundiff said he is looking to reinvigorate the company’s history of innovation.

One example is its RoadRunner Electronic Flight Instrument, a device that replaces older mechanical instruments on helicopters. It adds functionality, gives a view of the terrain and can alert the pilot to obstacles.

Cundiff, who came to Astronautics three years ago after working at the likes of Boeing and Honeywell, said he likes the company because it’s large enough to take on big projects and small enough to react quickly.

“There’s a real emphasis on doing new and innovative things,” he said.

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The national media and experts were stunned by the unprecedented defense of an executive, which forced the Market Basket board of directors to make things right.

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Fingers crossed for a cure For the past five years, Tammy Brown, office manager at Milwaukee-based Stir LLC, has been volunteering each Tuesday to help out a family with four kids diagnosed with cystic fibrosis.

Cystic fibrosis is an inherited disease that affects cells that produce mucus, sweat and digestive juices. The disease forces those cells to secrete fluids that are thick and sticky, rather than thin and slick, which blocks passageways in the body, particularly in the lungs and pancreas.

Though neither of the four kids’ parents have the disease, both are carriers of the genetic abnormality that causes it. Cystic fibrosis was passed on to four of their five children.

Brown and her family met them through their church and Brown’s daughter began babysitting for the family five years ago. Eventually her son began helping out, too, and soon she was doing anything she could to help the family – she frequently babysits and, when she does, makes sure all the kids are using their medications and medical devices properly.

“I look forward to it every week,” Brown said. “It’s fun to spend time with the kiddos.”

The Browns help in other ways, too, such as playing in a kickball tournament organized by the family and participating in the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation’s annual walk to raise money for medical research, held on Milwaukee’s lakefront each May. “It’s become a passion of mine and my family’s, to help them so we can see this thing get cured,” Brown said.

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MSO has record year of ticket sales and attendance The Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra had a record-setting year during its 2015-’16 season in both sales and attendance.

The MSO recorded an 8 percent overall increase in single ticket sales and 20 sold-out performances. More than 200,000 people attended its shows over the season. Its previous sales and attendance records were set the year before, during the 2014-’15 season.

The organization said it also had a 32 percent increase in new attendees over the previous year.

The MSO season ran from September 2015 through June 2016, during which it more than doubled its single-ticket sales revenue. The organization credited some of the increase to an updated website it launched in January to improve its online ticket sales functionality.

“Since the upgrade, there has been a 24 percent increase in revenue brought in through the

Deerfield, Ill.-based Janko Group LLC is planning a 150-room Hyatt Place hotel at The Brewery complex in downtown Milwaukee. The six-story hotel would be built at 821 W. Winnebago St., just west of the roundabout at Juneau Avenue and Winnebego Street. The site is also about a block west of where the new arena is being built for the Milwaukee Bucks.

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website and a 38 percent increase in total tickets sold online,” MSO representatives wrote in a statement.

Also announced by the MSO: The 2016-’17 season, which began in September, will be music director Edo de Waart’s last with the MSO. Orchestra leaders are searching for his replacement.

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is based in the U.K., is trying to envision what it will look like when farmers no longer have to sit on the tractor to take care of their fields.

Case IH introduced an autonomous tractor concept vehicle at the 2016 Farm Progress Show in Iowa that was noticeably missing something – a place for the driver to sit.

The same technology that allows for a cabless tractor would also pave the way for autonomous combines or other farm equipment.

Leo Bose, Case IH Advanced Farming Systems marketing manager, noted agricultural technology has come a long way over the course of the company’s history, going from horsedrawn, to mechanization, to the automated

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technology used today.

Even in the two decades Bose has been with the company, he said he’s seen a progression from using technology to monitor crop yield and moisture levels, to pinpointed production, to the introduction of guidance and automation of some tasks in the cab.

“The autonomous concept vehicle takes it one step further,” Bose said.

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The vehicle is intended to be operated in a geofenced area, with sensors keeping it in a predefined space. It can be given a task and the vehicle’s software will preplan the route, allowing it to find the most efficient path.

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The vehicle then uses LiDAR (light imaging, detection and ranging), radar and cameras while it is in the field to sense objects like branches or animals, stopping the vehicle if something is in the way. The operator will receive an alert on a tablet or desktop computer, see an image of the object and decide whether to remove the object or continue around it.

Case IH spent several years developing the concept vehicle, Bose said, and worked with Utah-based Autonomous Solutions Inc. to develop it. The company has taken the vehicle to trade shows to get feedback from potential users and address their questions.

The questions have included whether multiple machines could be used in a field, the potential impact of weather and the ability to run 24 hours a day, Bose said.

One of the potential advantages is the ability to run multiple machines, he said, noting it would free labor up to do other tasks, although the machines still need supervision, limiting the potential to run all day and night.

Bose also said sensor technology needs to catch up to the ability of an operator to see, hear or feel issues with how an implement is performing.

“There’s the human side,” he said, noting more technology is needed in implements to handle wheel slippage in wet conditions or adjusting for differences in the ground.

Just as the auto industry faces a need for new regulations as autonomous vehicles take to the road, there are potential challenges for a cabless tractor. While it would primarily operate on private land and in a field, many farmers have to spend at least some time on public roads to get to a field. Bose said the technology would likely come to a tractor with a cab first, allowing an operator to drive it to a field and then engage the autonomous features.

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The city’s passage of the financing portion of the project signified to many that Franklin is ready to embrace a massive commercial and economic development project that has been more than two years in the making.

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Commons developer Michael Zimmerman was turned down for a $10 million city-financed baseball stadium in Franklin in 2014, he tried to float the idea in Oak Creek but was again denied.

Over the past five years, Oak Creek has completely transformed itself from a bedroom community to one of the region’s hottest developed areas. The city will welcome the state’s first IKEA furniture store in 2017.

Oak Creek has also helped redevelop the former 85-acre Delphi manufacturing plant site at the southwest corner of South Howell and East Drexel avenues into Drexel Town Square, a mixed-use project that includes a Meijer store, several restaurants, 600 upscale apartments, a mixed-use main street, an upscale senior living center, a health care complex, and a new city hall and library.

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ment projects, Scaffidi said.

“We have the land and we have the transportation connections to do it. The North Shore either doesn’t want to do it, or is too built out. Same thing out west, in Waukesha,” Scaffidi said. “Some mayors like things the way they’ve always been, but if you operate that way, you’ll get eaten alive. The levy is frozen and the costs don’t stop going up. If you don’t find ways to increase revenue, you’ll die.”

In St. Francis, Mandel Group is moving forward with a multi-family housing development on property it has owned since 2006. The 12-acre parcel, known as the “triangle property,” bordered by South Lake Drive, South Packard Avenue and East Howard Avenue, just west of Lake Michigan, could become a mix of multifamily housing and retail.

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apartments overlooking Lake Michigan.

Milwaukee-based Vetter Denk is hoping to begin construction in spring on a $6.6 million mixed-use development in downtown South Milwaukee that will include a microbrewery, beer garden, 24 apartments and 5,000 square feet of commercial space. South Milwaukee Mayor Erik Brooks believes the project, which will be built on 0.74 acres of city-owned property at 11th and Madison Avenues, is the first step to revitalize South Milwaukee’s city center.

“This project would be a game-changer for downtown South Milwaukee,” Brooks said when the project was announced. “It is one of the biggest developments in our city center in decades, and it will serve as a catalyst in our ongoing downtown redevelopment efforts.”

Several national retailers have shown interest in 84South, a mixed-use project currently being developed by Milwaukeebased Cobalt Partners along I-894 between West Layton Avenue, South 84th and South 92nd streets, in Greenfield. The retailers include Stein Mart, Total Wine &

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More, Ross Dress for Less, Marshalls, Ulta Beauty, OshKosh B’Gosh, Carter’s, Kirkland’s and Five Below. Restaurants for the project include Portillo’s, Five Guys, Chipotle Mexican Grill, Potbelly Sandwich Shop, MOD Pizza and Panera Bread.

The 42-acre project is being anchored by a Steinhafels furniture store, which is relocating from the corner of South 84th Street and West Layton Avenue, and a Fresh Thyme Farmers Market grocery store.

In nearby Greendale, Southridge Mall,

5300 S. 76th St., is adding five new retail tenants, a craft brewery called Explorium Brewpub, and an eight-screen Marcus theater.

Blair Williams, president of WiRED properties, who is developing the Main Street portion of Drexel Town Square in

Oak Creek and is involved with the Ballpark Commons project in Franklin, said the overall real estate market in metro Milwaukee is dynamic, with activity across the south suburbs, but also in Brookfield, Wauwatosa and Shorewood. But what the south suburban communities have, Williams said, is proximity to the airport, freeway access and they are located on the corridor to Racine, Kenosha and Chicago.

“The body count in the south (suburban) markets is less dense than those to the north or near west, but the body count is still there,” Williams said. “What is unequivocal about the south markets is they truly have the ability to grow. They aren’t constrained the way some other markets are. And, with the success Oak Creek has seen, it is becoming clear to a large number of retailers and businesses that those southern markets deserve a close look – and investment.” n Get the latest real estate news delivered to your inbox every Wednesday. Sign up for BizTimes’ Real Estate Weekly at biztimes.com/subscribe.

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t’s late summer in Milwaukee. South 27th Street is slick after a morning rain shower and Dinesh Jhunjhnuwala (Jhun-jhun-wala), vice chairman of S. Chand & Co., one of India’s largest and oldest publishing companies, sits behind a table in the physician office building at Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center.

Weather reports say it’s been raining nearly 7,400 miles away in New Delhi, too. That’s where Jhunjhnuwala lives.

He wears thickrimmed black glassJhunjhnuwala es, a maroon Hugo Boss polo shirt, a silver watch with a leather band strapped around his left wrist. His black mustache has a few patches of gray.

In two days, he will turn 56.

“In India, you have fantastic physicians, and lately they’ve built a lot of new and nice, modern hospitals,” he says. “But somehow, I don’t know. There’s something lacking there.”

The Milwaukee metropolitan area is one-sixteenth the size of the New Delhi metro area. Before he bought his first plane ticket to General Mitchell International Airport in 2009, Jhunjhnuwala said he wouldn’t have been able to find Milwaukee on a map. But now, it’s a place he, his family and a growing network of friends and business associates have been traveling to frequently for medical care.

They’re not alone.

This year, some 200 patients from around the world, many of them wealthy executives from Hong Kong, India, Italy, Malaysia and Saudi Arabia, will travel to St. Luke’s for check-ups, tests and diagnoses. That’s up from 45 foreign patients in 2012.

There were zero in 2008.

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Over the past seven years, Aurora Health Care has quietly been expanding its brand globally.

Called the Global Executive Program, it is still in its infancy compared to the vast international reaches of similar programs run by the prestigious Mayo and Cleveland Clinics, and several others around the country. But Aurora’s decision to venture into the international market signifies a shift in its long-term strategic plan – one that involves transforming itself from a local to a national brand that pulls patients from around the world.

Beating at the center of this plan is a renowned heart specialist St. Luke’s hired away from the Mayo Clinic in 2009.

His name is Dr. Bijoy Khandheria.

‘ALL ROADS LEAD TO DR. KHANDHERIA’ Khandheria, medical director of the Global Executive Program, is a short man with a thin mustache and gray hair around his temples. It’s a Friday afternoon. He’s wearing a white lab coat over his shirt and tie. He discusses his history with Aurora while waiting for the results of a biopsy taken from an Italian patient that morning.

“In the six years or seven years I’ve been here, I’ve seen Aurora move in a really well-orchestrated fashion,” Khandheria says. “We used to talk about being a local Wisconsin provider. Now, our strategic plan says we want to be a national brand and an international brand.

“Our governing board and our senior leadership has sort of said, ‘Now we have our foot well-positioned in Milwaukee and in Wisconsin … we also want to see if we can expand what we can do for Wisconsin to other states and other countries.’”

Though he has lived in the U.S. for decades, Khandheria was born and raised in India. That’s also where he began studying medicine.

In 1979, Khandheria received his master’s degree in premedicine from the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda.

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people in the western Indian state of Gujarat near the mouth of the Mahi River.

Gujarat is the birthplace of famed Indian civil rights and independence leader Mohandas Gandhi. “Baroda” was an anglicized version of the city’s name used by English merchants. In 1974, as Khandheria was beginning his studies, the city renamed itself.

Its new name is rooted in an ancient Sanskrit word that means “in the heart of the Banyan tree,” a species of fig tree that is considered sacred in India for, among other things, its prolific growth pattern and its medicinal properties – a good omen for a young Indian doctor at the beginning of his career.

Khandheria left Vadodara in 1981 and moved to the U.S., where he completed residency programs at Saint Agnes Medical Center and Hahnemann University Hospital in Philadelphia. In 1984, he began a cardiovascular disease fellowship at the Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Medicine. He remained with the prestigious health care system for 27 years.

Then, in 2009, Aurora began poaching cardiovascular physicians and ultrasound imaging technicians from the Mayo Clinic. It was a combination of experience Aurora needed at the time to improve its catheter-based cardiovascular surgeries.

When Aurora began courting Khandheria, he was chair of the Mayo Clinic’s Division of Cardiovascular Diseases. He was also chair of Information Technology, directing the entire Mayo Clinic organization’s IT infrastructure.

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followed by several others. And when he came, he brought something else with him that Aurora leaders recognized could be very valuable as they began planning for the future: a handful of loyal international patients.

Khandheria had developed strong relationships with them over years of tests, surgeries and checkups at Mayo. They were unwilling to part ways with their American doctor.

“In 2009, when Dr. Khandheria was joining Aurora, he notified us some patients might be interested in following him,” said Judy Beiler, a registered nurse and director of Aurora’s Global Executive Program.

Beiler was the earliest addition to what is now Aurora’s Global Executive team.

She had years of experience working with different departments in the Aurora system and was asked to help Khandheria develop medical test and examination itineraries for his international patients – a tricky thing to do when the patients are only in Milwaukee for a short window of time, often just two or three days.

“I believe Aurora was interested in it, and perhaps did not have a true plan, but because we were bringing Dr. Khandheria on board for other programs, and this population was with him, we decided to kind of capitalize on that opportunity,” B i zT i m e s M i l w a u k e e

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Like a Banyan seed landing on the branch of an existing tree, Khandheria’s international patients germinated into the root structure of Aurora’s Global Executive Program.

Jhunjhnuwala was one of them.

“It’s a chain which has just been growing,” Jhunjhnuwala said. “We have referred a lot of friends and relatives here.

No disrespect – Mayo is way up there in a lot of things, and they still hit really high scores, but I think those suddenly have become meaningless to us. Today I wouldn’t think of going anywhere else.

(As long as) Dr. Khandheria is here, I am here. Simple as that.

“All roads lead to Dr. Khandheria.

That’s my mantra.”

A WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY India’s hospital infrastructure has improved significantly over the past decade and is positioned for rapid growth over the next four years. The value of its health care industry, currently estimated at more than $100 billion, is on track to more than double by the end of 2020, according to the India Brand Equity Foundation, a trust established by the Indian government to study economic trends.

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building, Jhunjhnuwala explained why, despite the impressive growth of India’s medical system, he has chosen to fly across the world to a working-class neighborhood on Milwaukee’s south side to undergo a series of routine medical tests.

“Maybe it’s because the population has gotten so big and there are so many patients,” he said. “You just feel like you’re just one guy in a big ocean. Whereas here, you feel a lot more connected and you feel more exclusive care is being given to you. So even though it’s a lot more costly; a lot more troublesome flying all the way, and so on and so forth – and you’re away from your family – somehow the ease and the comfort you feel here, you just don’t get there.”

Timely and thorough appointments are hard to come by in India, he says, even if hospital executives or doctors are personal friends. In New Delhi, Jhunjhnuwala helps run a rapidly-growing publishing company. S. Chand has 2,000 employees and 110 offices. The organization sells tens of thousands of textbook titles to 40,000 schools and educational institutions throughout South Asia, Southeast Asia, the Middle East and Africa. It’s estimated around 20 million students learn from textbooks published by S. Chand.

Jhunjhnuwala met Khandheria in 2000, when the physician oversaw his father’s first bypass surgery at the Mayo Clinic. Each year since, Jhunjhnuwala or one of his four brothers has accompanied their father on an “annual pilgrimage” to the U.S. to see Khandheria.

They receive checkups themselves while they’re here.

“I was kind of surprised that the airport was relatively not big compared to (other) major cities, but the flip side to it is that the city is good,” Jhunjhnuwala said of Milwaukee. “We really like our stay here, no matter how short or long. We’ve visited downtown and done a little bit of sightseeing here and there.”

In addition to India, St. Luke’s international patients tend to come mostly from Hong Kong, Italy, Malaysia and Saudi Arabia. Executives also have started coming from Ireland, Russia, England, Qatar, Kenya and dozens of other nations.

Even foreign doctors, including German Guzman, a 37-year-old geriatrics and public health physician from Oviedo in northern Spain, now come to St. Luke’s.

“I travel every year to St. Luke’s,” Guzman wrote from Spain in an email. “Usually, I go there to do a general check-up.”

Guzman has been coming to Milwaukee since 2009. Along with Jhunjhnuwala, he followed Khandheria to St. Luke’s from the Mayo Clinic.

“I have seen how it has evolved,” Guzman said of Milwaukee. “It is a great city to visit. Every time I return to Milwaukee, there are new restaurants, new hotels and new buildings.”

Milwaukee feels friendly and comfortable, he said, putting him at ease while undergoing medical tests. He also likes receiving treatment in the area because it has a close cluster of medical research programs using cutting-edge equipment.

“In the USA, and in Milwaukee, there is a lot of research going on compared to any other country in the world,” Guzman said. “You always know that you are getting the best and more up-to-date assessment.”

FINDING A PLACE IN THE MARKET Entering the international market is a daunting task. Many international patients, especially those traveling to the

U.S. for the first time, are unfamiliar with the American medical system and rely heavily on hospital rankings from organizations such as U.S. News & World Report to decide where they should receive care.

High on those lists, usually duking it out for No. 1, are the Mayo Clinic and the Cleveland Clinic.

Both health care systems have longstanding reputations for excellence and began serving the international market decades ago.

The Mayo Clinic system has been building its reputation since the 1890s and the Cleveland Clinic was established in 1921. Hanover General Hospital became St. Luke’s Hospital in 1928, but Aurora Health Care has only been around as a system and brand since 1984.

When Aurora began building its Global Executive Program, both the Mayo and Cleveland clinics were already attracting thousands of patients from more than 100 countries.

But based on its growth, Aurora leaders feel comfortable there is an opportu-

nity to expand and carve out a niche in the minds of patients abroad.

“We’ve had a lot of patients that have been referred to us for a multitude of different health needs,” Beiler said. “It’s been a great ride, I’ll tell you that. As the program has grown, we realized there were things we needed from a staff perspective.”

Over the past few years, Aurora added a business coordinator to keep track of patient accounts, plus a small staff of nurse practitioners and a physician’s assistant to help coordinate complex regimens of tests and care for international visitors, often spanning several fields of medicine, that must be completed in very short windows of time.

The hospital system also completed a build-out and renovation of its “Global Executive Suite” on the fourth floor of St. Luke’s in 2015. The remodeling project, which was contracted through Building Services International, took nine months to complete. Granite, architectural glass, decorative tile and new light fixtures were added, as were art pieces and high-end furniture.

On its website, BSI said of the project: “Our client desired a private environment for prestigious guests to receive the best care for their ailments while resting comfortably with loved ones in a pampered, high-class environment. The existing Global Executive Health Suite, completed in 2009, was expanded to include two additional exam rooms, a lounge space, dining area, private bathroom, and an additional space for the physician’s assistant.”

According to City of Milwaukee building permits, Aurora paid BSI a total of more than $680,000 between Dec. 4, 2013 and Oct. 23, 2015 for improvements at St. Luke’s Medical Center. The health care system paid BSI $160,000 in October 2009, the year the original suite for international patients was first completed.

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The Global Executive Health Suite exam room at Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center.

at St. Luke’s Medical Center at 2900 W. Oklahoma Ave. Brad Kruger, vice president of operations at St. Luke’s, said he expects the Global Executive Program to grow incrementally through recommendations from existing patients. Aurora has invested little in advertising for the program, he said.

“We’re also contracted with some countries for care overseas and continue to expand,” Kruger said. “We’re contracted with the country of Norway (to treat) high-end brain cancer.”

In addition to its Global Executive Program, Aurora has begun hosting delegations from foreign nations regularly and negotiating deals – such as its contract to perform complex neurosurgery on Norwegian citizens – with foreign health ministries.

Representatives from Denmark’s Ministry of Health, doctors and administrators from the Chen Zhou First People’s Hospital in China, the prime minister of Myanmar, representatives from Saudi Arabia’s University of Dammam, as well as physicians from the Philippines, Brazil, Kenya and Nigeria, all have come to Milwaukee to tour St. Luke’s and share best practices in recent years.

Some foreign dignitaries also have been patients at St. Luke’s, such as Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, former Emir of Qatar, whom Khandheria said donated more than $2 million to the hospital system in the past few years to assist in setting up a laboratory to conduct research on extending the life of heart cells after heart attacks and other traumatic cardiac events.

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Program isn’t limited to foreign patients.

Patrick Byrne, founder and chief executive officer of Overstock.com, former Wisconsin Gov. Martin Schreiber, and local restaurateur Joe Bartolotta are among the U.S. citizens who have used the service.

Aurora also doesn’t host the only international program in the Milwaukee area. Wauwatosa’s Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin and Froedtert Health formed a partnership in 2014 called the Wisconsin International Patient Program to attract patients from around the world.

CHW treated international patients before the partnership was formed, a representative said. Between the patients it’s served through the WIPP since 2014 and its own access center since 2013, the hospital has treated 43 international patients from 20 different countries.

A Froedtert representative estimated the hospital network has treated nearly 100 patients from overseas through the WIPP between 2014 and 2016.

These pushes from the Milwaukee area’s largest health systems to attract more international attention have come at a time when local investment in medical research also is on the rise.

Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin announced plans this summer to build an athletic performance research center at the new Milwaukee Bucks practice facility under construction in the Park East Corridor.

In January, Aurora announced it had committed $40 million to Marquette University to help build its planned $120 million athletic performance research facility on 12 acres of vacant

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and underused land east of Marquette’s campus along West Michigan Street.

It’s a facility Marquette researchers say they are hoping will become a national destination for sports medicine research.

Wauwatosa’s Medical College of Wisconsin also has established itself over the past few decades as a hub for blood and bone marrow transplant research. Since 2001, the National Institutes of Health has given the Medical College 19 grants totaling $109.4 million to support its unique and extensive clinical trial and patient outcome database, used internationally for marrow and blood transplant research.

The health care system’s proximity to GE Healthcare gives it easy access to advanced diagnostic imaging and radiology equipment, as well as improved medical software. The medical equipment manufacturer also partners with administrators and physicians at local hospital systems, such as Aurora, to develop and tweak its product designs.

“This is still a very big secret in the country,” Khandheria said of Aurora’s Global Executive Program and its collaborations to expand its network. “Most of our referrals are through word-of-mouth.

But the word-of-mouth is starting to build momentum.”

It helps that Wisconsin health systems began collaborating broadly in recent years, forming the Integrated Health Network and the About Health network to share data and information on best practices. The Integrated Health Network is a partnership among Agnesian Healthcare, Columbia St. Mary’s, Froedtert Health, Hospital Sisters Health System, The

Medical College of Wisconsin, Ministry Health care, SSM Health and Wheaton Franciscan. The About Health Network includes Aurora, Aspirus, Bellin Health, Gundersen Health System, ThedaCare and UW Health.

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Showing them the ropes

Commercial real estate mentees become mentors n 1986, Steve Palec was working as a morning radio host at FM 93 WQFM. His now well-known Sunday morning Rock ‘n’ Roll Roots show on WKLH wouldn’t launch for another year and he was looking for something else to keep him busy during the day.

Palec figured he would give commercial real estate a shot and joined The Polacheck Co., which would later be acquired

by CB Richard Ellis Group Inc. And while he wasn’t fresh out of school, Palec had a lot to learn.

He met Bill Bonifas, a forward-thinking veteran office real estate broker. Under a three-person team led by Bonifas, Palec and Kevin Armstrong led the firm’s office brokerage team, averaging $200 million in transactions per year.

Palec left CBRE in 2011, joining Cresa Partners as president and managing principal of the firm’s Milwaukee office, and moved from a mentee to a mentor role.

He took a special interest in his third hire, Ben Anderson, a 2012 graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. And when Palec left his role at Cresa to become a partner at Colliers International in April 2015, he took Anderson with him.

The three brokers recently sat down with BizTimes reporter Corrinne Hess to discuss the business, their changing roles and mentorship in commercial real estate.

BizTimes: Steve, you’ve said before Bill is the reason you chose to go into office brokerage. How did that happen?

Palec: “I spent a day with a retail broker.

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We drove around, we looked at land sites and we stopped at Wendy’s for lunch. I spent a day with an industrial guy, walked in a dirty building and I was filthy when I got out of it. And then I spent the day with Bill. The day started with a space planning meeting with about five beautiful women from some ad agency. Then someone was in town who wanted to know about the market and they took us to lunch at Fleur de Lis (now Bacchus). After, Bill picked up a commission check. Juxtapose that against Wendy’s and a dirty building and I thought, office is the discipline I want to learn more about.

“My advantage was I was coming from the real world to a field I didn’t know anything about. I knew enough to sit back and observe someone who knew what they were doing. You can learn the science, but the art is something that comes differently. “

his ego – I guess I’ll say ego.”

Palec: “Yes, ego.”

Bonifas: “OK. But it was a good thing. Because of the radio show, he still had a place in the community and an identity, rather than having to start a whole new career from the bottom. Within a few years, he got a big identity as a real estate broker and his strength is his interpersonal skills, which I’m not as strong at.”

BizTimes: Bill, how did you feel about taking Steve under your wing?

Bonifas: “It was very natural and never complicated. I think maybe because of

BizTimes: Ben, you were hired right out of college. What was that experience like?

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BizTimes: So what are you strong at, Bill?

Bonifas: “I don’t really know. I guess thinking about the next thing and the vision.”

Palec: “I would amplify that. Bill’s biggest strength was always being out ahead and always being willing to say, ‘Let me take that to the next level.’ Bill, I think you had the first cell phone in the office. Over 30 years I have so many times prefaced things with, ‘I have to give Bill credit.’”

kee. I had to piece together a suit from my friends and family and I had an old truck that overheated on the freeway on the way to the interview. When I finally showed up, I was 15 minutes late and sweating profusely.”

BizTimes: What was it about Ben that made you want to interview him and then hire him, Steve?

Palec: “You ever hear that saying, ‘He’s the smartest guy in the room’? Ben was always the most naïve guy in the room.

There was something on his resume that caught my eye; it said Eagle Scout.

I looked into it and that’s not something you send away for. I realized the tenacity and the dedication that took and thought, ‘Boy, anybody who could get through that is a guy who won’t be outworked.”

BizTimes: Now you’ve been in the real estate business for four years, Ben. What have you learned?

Anderson: “I think the biggest learning lesson I got from Steve is when he fired

me from my first deal.”

BizTimes: What?

Anderson: “Well, instead of saying, ‘I don’t have all of your answers,’ I ended up just kind of faking my way through it and got caught. The blame had to fall somewhere and to ensure that we did not appear incredibly incompetent, it fell on me and I was cut from the deal. To this day, I will never have to do it again.”

Palec: “I had never been in charge of anything but the Christmas party. For the first time, I had to discipline someone. I knew I had to do something that would get inside of him. It’s satisfying to hear him say he would never do anything like that again.”

BizTimes: So did the deal end up working out?

Palec: “Oh, yeah.”

BizTimes: And did you end up giving Ben any of the commission?

Palec: “No! (laugh).”

BizTimes: Bill, who were your mentors?

Bonifas: “I was lucky enough early on that Polacheck said, ‘We need you to head up an office group.’ In large part, the developers mentored me. Bob Polacheck and my main boss, Mark Brickman, were also significant mentors to me. Shel Lozoff, a seasoned broker, taught me how to measure space and do layouts so instead of waiting for the architects, I could get bids from contractors and do deals more quickly.”

BizTimes: Bill, you have the most tenure of the group. I’m guessing other brokers have wanted to be mentored by you.

Bonifas: “Right now, I’m mentoring Matt Cariello. He came into the company not as someone working for me but through our internship program.

He told me he wanted to work with me and just started hanging around. The first deal he did on his own, he put me in for half and said he wanted to be in on every deal I did. We have been doing international work together for the last

24 months and it has been really good.”

BizTimes: Networking is obviously a key in your business; do you think mentorship is equally important?

Palec: “There’s no playbook. It’s a very entrepreneurial business. You have to work within an industry. You have to know about other industries and you have to figure out how to pull it all off.

That is a lot to ask of a person. You can’t have mentorship as a crutch but you almost can’t make it on your own without some people or person. It’s not a panacea, but it’s a necessity to have people to look at and see how you do things.”

Anderson: “I don’t care where you went to school, it’s not going to prepare you for what we do on a day-to-day basis. They’re not going to tell you what the asking rate is for the Wells Building or what the floor plate is for 250. And you need to know that to live and breathe in this industry.

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Women give each other leg up in banking Associated Bank’s chief economist shares lessons learned ara Walker grew up at a time when many women were encouraged to pursue nursing and education as career paths.

“I could have done anything I wanted to but for some reason, it was very trained in me that I should be employable,” which is why she chose business, Walker said. “I wish I could tell you I had a five-year plan and I had these checkboxes. I really didn’t.”

When she graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Parkside with a bachelor’s in business in 1981, Walker sort of guessed her way through how to get into the field without a lot of guidance.

“When I started to get into my career and I realized some of the steps I had taken, I started to realize if I had known more, I might have done something differently,” Walker said.

Now, at 57, Walker is senior vice president, senior portfolio manager and chief economist at Green Bay-based Associated Bank, and she offers her advice to a female mentee in the workplace.

What motivates her, Walker said, is being open and receptive to helping others at work, since she didn’t have many role models as she climbed the ladder.

She also volunteers to teach seventh and eighth grade students about basic economics through Junior Achievement’s Project Business program, as well as financial education classes at high schools through Make A Difference.

Walker’s mentee is Erica Lythjohan, vice president, personal trust relationship manager at Associated Bank. Both women work out of the new Private Client Services office in downtown Milwaukee, though their projects don’t always overlap.

“A lot of what I do is not technically referred to as mentoring,” Walker said. “I try to talk to people, including Erica, in a way that they would feel comfortable asking me for something.”

She describes it as being open and available to anyone who has questions – being approachable.

“Erica, in my opinion, has always been oriented to her career decisions. Is this a good path for me to take in my career? Is this a good path for me to take in my life?

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She’s a planner,” Walker said.

Lythjohan, 39, had completed a coop at M&I Bank when she was attending the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater and had enjoyed it. When she graduated in 2000 with a degree in business operations management, Lythjohan took a job scheduling a production line at a manufacturing company.

“Similar to Sara, when I went in to school, my objective really was to be employable and in the back of my mind, business was it,” Lythjohan said.

But Lythjohan didn’t particularly like her operations role. She started at Associated Bank in 2001 and was initially a receptionist at the Menomonee Falls branch. From there, she became a personal banker and then moved to the trust team as a sales assistant in 2005. That’s when she met Walker.

Her current role as vice president, personal trust relationship manager has allowed her to achieve her goal of helping people manage their finances and has even exceeded her expectations of what a finance job would be, Lythjohan said.

“There’s so many parts of a business or industry that you just don’t know about when you’re in school,” Walker said.

That’s why it’s so helpful to have Walker around to ask for advice at each career crossroads, Lythjohan said. They informally discuss things as needed, and topics range from earning a master’s degree to work/life balance to nonprofit board membership.

“Her door’s always been open, so I just knock on it and say, ‘Hey, can I run something by you?’” Lythjohan said.

She sought Walker out as a mentor because she wanted “somebody that’s experienced, somebody that’s been where I’m at.

Just making sure that I’m really taking a look at what I should be looking at – perspective.”

Walker strives not to tell mentees what to do, but to tell them about what she did in a similar situation and share missteps to help them learn from her mistakes.

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ics, Walker still felt she could learn more about leadership and management. So in 2013, she completed an Executive MBA at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

She said it taught her a lot and she has changed her management style.

“I was definitely on the high end of the age spectrum for that class. I had an opportunity to go right out of college, and I chose not to go,” Walker said.

Lythjohan started a master’s program, but with Walker’s counsel, decided to put it on the backburner to focus on raising her young son.

“When (Lythjohan) decided to back off, I told (her) not to worry because I was a clear example that it is possible to do it later in life and still get a lot out of it,” she said.

Women tend to be too hard on themselves and try to do everything at once, Walker said.

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“I feel a lot of empathy for women who are just about killing themselves,” she said. “They’re typically younger than me, they’re trying to advance their career, advance their education.”

“I just remember that you said, ‘Make sure you enjoy life. Do it for yourself, not because it’s expected,’” Lythjohan said.

Both women agreed that in a male dominated industry like finance, it’s important to mentor female colleagues.

Lythjohan plans to take a younger employee under her wing one day, too.

“I am a big believer in the idea both of paying it forward, but also paying it back,” Walker said. “I feel fortunate in how things have developed for me, and I think it’s my duty to help others.”

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Breaking down barriers, building lives and a better community

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onfidence. Personal pride. A sense of belonging. Independence. These are some of the heartfelt outcomes graduates experience after finding viable employment thanks to the Joseph Project.

A non-denominational faith-based career placement program, the Joseph Project was founded in 2015 by an unlikely partnership – Pastor Jerome Smith and U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, along with his staff members Orlando Owens and Scott Bolstad.

The project name comes from Robert L. Woodson Sr.’s 1997 book, “The Triumphs of Joseph” which outlines how sustainable inner-city renewal comes from those in the community – free of government interference.

This initiative emerged from discussions Owens, who at the time was director of African-American engagement for the Republican Party of Wisconsin, was having with black ministers about Milwaukee ranking No. 1 one in the nation for unemployment among working-age black men.

Smith, founder of Greater Praise Church of God in Christ, located at 54th and Center streets in Milwaukee, bears witness to the personal destruction that happens when people live in poverty and despair; when the path to viable employment can’t be seen or found; when there are no role models to offer hope.

Believing in a better future, Smith and Owens continued talking, and when Owens joined Johnson’s team, the Joseph Project gained traction. Johnson engaged employers who were willing to take a chance with people who needed a second chance.

Bolstad, a retired U.S. Army officer who had experience teaching ROTC, worked with Smith to develop the curriculum for a weeklong training program to prepare individuals for the responsibility and disciplines of a regular work life.

A few large employers in Sheboygan County, including Kohler Co., signed up and the program launched.

Smith understands “the street.” His non-negotiable expectations weed out those who aren’t ready to make the lifechanging commitment to employment.

It’s not uncommon for him to interview 65 candidates and find 10 to 15 people

who are ready to commit.

Candidates must pass a drug test, show up on time daily for classes and demonstrate the right attitude. He tells each candidate, “You have to want this more than we want this for you.”

Bolstad and Smith then facilitate the soft and life skills training, which includes: goal-setting, communication skills, teamwork, conflict resolution, interviewing and presentation skills, spiritual fitness and financial management.

Johnson has participated in every training session, either in person or via conference call, to provide encouragement and support, and to congratulate the graduates. He tells each graduate that his or her success carves a path for future candidates and stresses that “Attitude is most important!”

Over the past 10 months, The Joseph Project has graduated 143 individuals and employed 80 people. Another 31 are undergoing the hiring process, and the program has a 71 percent retention rate.

Paul Bridges, almost 60 years old and a graduate, said, “Having a job means that I have a future!”

The Joseph Project has proven to be a bridge from poverty to independence for those who are ready to commit. Some graduates who now receive a regular paycheck have been able to buy school clothes for their children, rent an apartment for the first time, buy better quality food, purchase a car, and some are even working with a financial planner to plan for retirement.

“The Joseph Project has completely turned my life around,” said Willie McShane, 54. “I used to wake up with all the stresses of the world on me. I didn’t have a clue what to do. Now, I am stress-free and comfortable. I can see tomorrow and have hope. More than anyone, I’m proud of me!”

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As a grassroots program, funding comes from donations and a lot of prayers and resources are desperately needed.

Currently, the program has five vans and an SUV that are used to transport workers to and from Milwaukee and Sheboygan employer sites six times daily, seven days a week, racking up more than 10,000 miles per month. Employees receive free transportation for the first month and then pay $10 per day thereafter, which doesn’t cover costs. Donations to support vehicle maintenance, driver salaries and a dispatcher are urgently needed as the winter months approach.

Additionally, employment in the greater Milwaukee area is desired. When asked what seems to be the greatest stumbling block, Smith said, “Finding employ-

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Ditch the agrarian-oriented education approach Let’s try school year-round, until 5 p.m. each day

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o we are back to school. Jimmy and Jane leave in the morning and return about 3ish. Just in time to milk the cows.

But wait! Most of you reading this are probably city dwellers. There is no cow milking. With the loss of the family farm, a staple in the American landscape since the founding of the country, we have also lost many family businesses. From agrarian times, our nation has changed significantly to manufacturing being a tremendous economic driver, to now, the service and technology sectors providing the spark.

The problem? Education has not changed. It is mired in the morass of thinking that we are an agrarian economy. This is not only tearing families apart due to the cost of child care, but also hurting the very unit we should be cherishing – the family.

This column is usually devoted to the family business, but this time I simply

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Therefore, I will start the dialogue: Change our educational structure.

Working women and mothers is not a fad – it is a necessity for many. Sadly, the mom is singular in terms of parenting for many families, so the stress many mothers face when their child gets off of school at 3 p.m. either limits their ability to work past this time or requires them to pay for child care. If the child is old enough to stay home, becoming a latchkey kid, the opportunity to get into all kinds of problems is omnipresent. The two to three hours of alone time leaves kids unsupervised on the streets, in the neighborhoods and…our community has frequently led the nation in teen and out-of-wedlock births. Is too much idle time allowing for unnecessary outcomes? Remember the old adage from the Protestant work ethic: Idle hands are the devil’s playground.

I am coming out to recommend school until 5 p.m. Further, I am recommending school all year round. There would be significant breaks in winter and summer to allow families time for vacation; but currently, the drop-off rate of learning is precipitous from the end of spring to early fall. The extra time in school could be used for a variety of things, including the arts, athletics – back in school, where they belong – and extra help, such as tutoring or test prep. Different staff would be needed so teachers can get their regular grading and prep work done.

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Would this hurt daycares? Probably, but in a capitalist structure there are sacrifices, and in this case it is for the common good. This structure would allow parents the opportunity to work regular hours.

It would allow supervision during crucial times when parents are not available.

A residual effect would be improved test scores and a greater appreciation for the arts, as well as better fitness, with more children playing sports. After all, obesity is another problem in our culture today.

There are probably a myriad of holes you can punch into my suggestion. But don’t lose the basic premise – we are no longer an agrarian society. Further, the current system is not working.

Families need a new idea, as the world around them has changed. Parents have become taxi drivers, using the spare time they have to haul kids, not communicate with them. Jimmy and Jane no longer milk cows but they do run all over the area for various activities while mom and dad feel guilty if they have one idle moment.

Guilty parenting is another subset of the educational conundrum.

Now, I am not suggesting that the 5 p.m. end-time for school will solve all of society’s ills – far from it. But we need to start somewhere. The cows are gone, so the time is now.

And since we are talking about idle time, it is not a bad idea to get Jimmy and Jane to do some chores around the house.

Play a new game called “Vacuum-go” instead of Pokémon Go. Chores teach skills, help the parents and family, and the exercise doesn’t hurt either.

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Threat or opportunity?

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n 1962, Ray Bradbury wrote the famous dark fantasy novel “Something Wicked This Way Comes.”

It was about a traveling carnival with a malevolent leader who tried to acquire the souls of the local townspeople.

Will today’s robots be evil or beneficial? We will know soon. It’s amazing how science fiction themes from the mid-20th century become realities today.

How robots affect daily life In June, the U.S. Army tested driverless technology with military convoys on Michigan highways. Google continues to promote driverless technology for daily car usage. Robots pilot seafaring ships.

Robotic dogs are being tested for military use as opposed to man’s best friend.

Uber is disenfranchising its contractors by experimenting with driverless taxis. These are a few of the many ways robots are entering our personal and work environments.

Many inventions that have improved daily life are the result of military research and development. DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and part of the U.S. Department of Defense, develops new technologies for military use. From 2012 to 2015, the agency hosted a robotics competition and challenged scientists to develop robots that could perform human tasks. Some critics thought it was unsuccessful because the time for the robots to perform some of the daily tasks was too great.

I believe they missed the most significant point: the robots did complete the tasks. It’s a question of whether they can perform the task, not how quickly and efficiently they can do it.

As history demonstrates, continuous improvements will reduce and eventually eliminate the gaps in performance. That’s why robots will continue to affect our daily social and business environment.

Implications for business and society Consider driverless transportation.

Ford recently announced plans to start autonomous taxi services in one city by

the year 2021. Ford also said the self-driving car would not have steering wheels, gasoline or brake pedals.

Uber is launching driverless vehicles on a trial basis in Pittsburgh. Although there will be a technician and an assistant to review the test, driverless cars are here.

What will this mean for daily commute times? What will it mean for other modes of transportation, such as buses? If we can have driverless cars, why wouldn’t we have driverless semi trucks, ships or even planes? These potential changes also offer challenges to our labor market.

If you have never watched video of the Defense Department’s robotic dogs, I recommend that you Google the phrase “legged squad support.” The military has field-tested robotic dogs that can carry up to 100 pounds of ammunition and water alongside our soldiers in the field. YouTube videos show the robotic dogs in action.

Even the military and police forces have weaponized these robots. How did the Dallas police stop the sniper who killed five police officers in July? After a 45-minute gun battle and two hours of negotiating, they sent a four-wheeled robot equipped with explosives into the building where he was holed up.

On the more unbelievable side of things, people also are looking at using robots as human companions in many different forms. It’s a sad state when the emotional needs of people will not be met by other humans, but by robots.

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The USO of Wisconsin will host the 2016 Heroes of Wisconsin Gala on Saturday, Oct. 22, from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. at the Italian Community Center, 631 E. Chicago St. in Milwaukee. The patriotic celebration will honor local U.S. military service members and USO’s 75th anniversary. The event will be emceed

by John Mercure of WTMJ AM 620. U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, Milwaukee Bucks vice president Alex Lasry and The Adjudant General, Major Gen. Dunbar, will give speeches. Individual tickets are $100. For more information or to register, visit www.biztimes.com/events/2016-heroes-of-wisconsin-uso-wisconsin-gala.

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FaB Wisconsin will host its Third Annual Meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 1, from 4 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin, 1700 W. Fond Du Lac Ave., Milwaukee. Denise Morrison, president and chief executive officer of Campbell’s Soup Co., will give the keynote address about the company’s commitment to thinking inside and outside the can. Cost is $65 for FaB members and $85 for non-FaB members. For more information or to register, visit web.mmac.org/events.

The Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce will host Executive Viewpoint – Conversation with Dr. Justin Mortara on Wednesday, Nov. 2, from 4 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at The Pfister Hotel, 424 E. Wisconsin Ave. in Milwaukee. Mortara, chief executive officer of Mortara Instrument, will discuss his second-generation family business’ road to success. Cocktails, appetizers and networking will follow. Cost is $39 for MMAC members and $59 for non-members. For more information or to register, visit www.biztimes.com/events/executive-viewpoint-conversation-with-dr-justin-mortara.

BizTimes Media will host the Commercial Real Estate and Development Conference on Thursday, Nov. 17, from 7:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. at Potawatomi Hotel & Casino, 1721 W. Canal St. in Milwaukee.

Panelists Doug Nysse of Arrival Partners, Bill Bonifas of CBRE, James T. Barry III of The Barry Co. and Robert Monnat of Mandel Group Inc. will debunk commercial real estate myths in the Milwaukee area. Dr. Mark Eppli of Marquette University will moderate the discussion. Cost is See the complete calendar of $65. For more information or to register, visit www.biztimes. upcoming events & meetings. com/creconference.

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BI Z NO T E S Batteries Plus Bulbs Hartland-based Batteries Plus Bulbs has been named Employer of the Year by the WaukeshaOzaukee-Washington Workforce Development Board. The businesses nominated for the honor were ranked by community involvement, leadership, workforce best practices and the level of engagement with the workforce development system. Batteries Plus Bulbs was ranked highly for its regular donations and participation with Junior Achievement, hosting several Red Cross blood drives each year, and participating in the Christmas Clearing Council of Waukesha County. Company leadership is willing to be innovative and creative to stay on the cutting edge and remain competitive, and has remained committed to southeastern Wisconsin through two ownership changes over the past 10 years. Leadership works with WOW WDB to find talent and upgrade its workforce through job fairs and onsite recruitments.

Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin Froedtert Hospital has been ranked among the nation’s top performing academic medical centers

by Vizient, an alliance of U.S. academic medical centers and hospitals. Froedtert was the only Wisconsin hospital listed this year, and was ranked No. 4 nationally, up from No. 5 last year. More than 100 academic medical centers and 124 hospitals were included in the study, which ranked them by performance in quality and safety across a broad

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Martinizing of Metro-Milwaukee Martinizing of Metro-Milwaukee has received the Website of the Year award and the Most Innovative Idea Award from Methods for Management, an international organization of textile specialists. Martinizing, a certified textile specialist, receives guidance from Methods for Management to improve its operational productivity, quality and culture.

The company has 16 locations offering laundry, dry cleaning, alterations, shoe repair, area rugs, comforters, draperies and other textile projects. Its winning website is www.mymartinizing.com.

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The Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. has received two awards of excellence from the International Economic Development Council, the largest economic development organization in the world. WEDC received the Gold Excellence in Economic Development Award in the Special Purpose Website category for creating a micro website for promotion of foreign direct investment in Wisconsin (invest.inwisconsin.com), which is available in six languages. It also earned the Silver Award in the Human Capital category for advancing NEWaukee’s YPWeek initiative to attract and B i zT i m e s M i l w a u k e e

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Stepping Stone Farms School of Horsemanship 1439 92nd St., Franksville (414) 379-2314 | www.steppingstonefarms.org Facebook: http://bit.ly/2ddP3f2 LinkedIn: http://bit.ly/2dxCLOt Year founded: 2004; received nonprofit designation in 2008 Mission statement: Our mission is to foster resilience, responsibility and self-esteem in atrisk youth and others by allowing participants to experience the healing power of horses.

Primary focus: Provide equine-assisted therapy and psychotherapy programs for at-risk youth, war veterans and others who struggle with mental, emotional and physical challenges.

Other focuses: Provide a stable and caring environment for rescued and unwanted horses that can offer physical and emotional therapeutic services to those in need.

Number of employees at this location: None. Everyone is a volunteer, including the executive director.

Key donors: »» Phil Currier »» Black Shoe Hospitality »» Robert Lasch »» Kathleen Ryan »» Dr. Jim Casserly, DVM Executive leadership: Lia Sader, executive director Board of directors: »» President: Dr. Glenda Lee retain young professionals in Wisconsin. The Water Council also received a Gold Award from the IEDC in the Entrepreneurship category for communities

»» Donna Brown, Village Church »» Suzy Rodriguez, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee »» Anne Roemke, physical therapist »» Peter Reinert, owner/president at PARfect Entertainment LLC Ways the business community can help your nonprofit: http://www.steppingstonefarms. org/ssf/index.php/donations Cash donations; donate a truck, van, gator/ utility vehicle; sponsor a horse for $3,600 per year; sponsor a therapeutic client; donate items from our wish list; sponsor a fundraiser dinner or drink event; volunteer.

Key fundraising events: • A Day of Horse Play spring event • Fall Open House • Annual Chicken Dinner Sunday, Nov. 6, 2016 11 a.m. - 8 p.m.

9643 S. 76th St., Franklin Join us for a chicken dinner with all of the fixings and help raise some much needed funds for the farm. Stop in anytime between 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. Packers will be on the big screen. Cost for the dinner is $12 per person and you will automatically be entered for a chance to win one of many raffle items. For more information, call 414-379-2314. larger than 500,000 for it’s The Brew program, a seed accelerator for water technology startups that is supported by WEDC.

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■ Banking & Finance Waukesha State Bank hired Rob Helvey as vice president-manager of mortgage lending.

Helvey comes to Waukesha State Bank from AnchorBank, a division of Old National Bank, where he served as vice presidentresidential mortgage origination manager.

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Mutual of America. Additionally, Amber Frantz was named vice president, treasury management officer. Frantz has 25 years of experience in the financial industry.

Westbury Bank, Germantown, has added Mike Klein as a commercial portfolio analyst. He is a recent graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater with a degree in finance.

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Pierce Frantz Wisconsin Bank & Trust, Madison, named Nickolas Pierce business center manager at its Greenfield Banking Center.

Pierce has 15 years of experience in financial services and banking, most recently providing retirement plans to organizations through

Wauwatosa-based Wangard Partners Inc. hired Jon de Fiebre as project manager of construction. He has more than 20 years of real estate and construction project management experience. Additionally, Shawn Becker was hired as a tenant services coordinator. In this role, he supports the property management team by coordinating with vendors and Wangard building engineers to resolve the needs and issues of each tenant.

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Kevin Moore was hired

Skulason will consult, diagnose and treat patients to improve their skin, hair and nails at the River Woods Outpatient Center in Glendale. Donahue will consult, diagnose and treat patients to improve their skin, hair and nails at Water Tower Medical Commons in Milwaukee and at the West Allis Medical Clinic.

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as senior vice president, Medicaid strategy at Aurora Health Care, Milwaukee. In his role, Moore will oversee all aspects of Medicaid care delivery for Aurora.

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Todd Zimmerman has joined Menomonee Falls-based Trivera as a project manager. He brings his extensive organizational experience to bear on Trivera’s roster of complex activities, working with all staff, synchronizing efforts toward shared goals. Todd has developed intranets and public websites for several manufacturing and technology companies, at times handling everything from server configuration to copywriting.

■ Manufacturing Superior Die Set Inc., Oak Creek, has promoted Rodney Yeomans to sales manager. Yeomans joined Superior Die Set in 2014 as regional sales engineer, and has more than 20 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Superior Die Set, he worked in the tool and die industry in technical and management positions.

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LindenGrove, a nonprofit senior living organization with four communities in Waukesha County, has named David Marggraf administrator of its New Berlin campus. Marggraf will oversee all operations at the campus, which includes a memory care home, skilled nursing and rehabilitation services.

■ Professional Services Steve Kehl of LandWorks Inc., Sussex, has been credentialed by the State of Wisconsin as a professional landscape architect.

Kathryn Krzewina has joined Waukesha-based Innovative Signs as a project manager. She will lead the planning and implementation of sign projects, define sign project tasks and resource requirements, assemble and coordinate sign project staff, and manage sign project budgets.

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This photo, taken circa 1924, shows the Spring Flower Show at Mitchell Park in Milwaukee. These greenhouses sat where the Mitchell Park Conservatory, or “Domes,” stand today. All three of the Domes, built in 1967, were closed in February after a piece of concrete casting fell from the lattice structure of the Desert Dome. The Tropical Dome was reopened to the public last month, but the closures raised questions about the longevity of the structures.

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A call for civility in Wisconsin

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ince I started at BizTimes Milwaukee in June 2011, I have met and heard from a number of business leaders about politics.

I have seen speeches by mayors and governors, presidents and CEOs, listened to some disparage the other side and some publicly call for fewer regulations or more government funding. Some leaders have even threatened to move their companies out of state if things weren’t going their way politically.

I have moderated reader comments on our website and social media posts that have gone beyond those public jabs and fallen right into the gutter – attacking people’s very character and being, just for holding different beliefs.

One idea has stuck with me through it all. One speech sticks in my memory as the shining beacon to which we ought to aspire.

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at BizTimes Media’s annual BizExpo, when he was awarded the Bravo! Entrepreneur Lifetime Achievement Award.

Lubar got onstage in front of hundreds of Milwaukee business executives, some of whom surely did not agree with his political views, and asked everyone to return to an environment of respect and civility in their discourse.

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“We must respect each other and understand that none of us is always right or always wrong,” he said.

“We need people like you and me to stand up and declare we have had enough. We must ask for civility whatever is the outcome of the recall election. No – we must insist on civility and insist that these two leaders of their respective parties collaborate and recognize the problems facing Wisconsin and compromise to achieve effective solutions. We cannot

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heal or move ahead unless these two leaders commit to returning civility to Wisconsin. I hope you agree with me.”

You can watch Sheldon’s speech here: http://bit.ly/2dzBvbR. He earned a standing ovation for his call for civility in Wisconsin.

Clearly, Sheldon struck a chord. No one wants a divisive political and business climate. Cooperation can help us make progress.

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Future 50 Awards The Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce’s Council of Small Business Executives recently honored the 2016 winners of the Future 50 Awards. BizTimes Media served as a media partner for the event. The Future 50 Program, established in 1988, recognizes privately-owned companies in the sevencounty region that have been in business for at least three years and have shown significant revenue and employment growth.

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Michelle Koester and Doreen Roesen of Kesslers Diamonds.

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Find your purpose to move forward Danielle Bergner is the new Milwaukee managing partner for law firm Michael Best & Friedrich LLP. Businesses that understand their purpose can move forward with courage, she says.

“As a real estate lawyer, I have devoted my career to solving problems and taking on new challenges. Each real estate transaction is like a puzzle, requiring patience, creativity, determination and at times, pure force.

“I’ve learned, however, that organizational leadership requires more than just technical expertise and drive. It requires character and a lot of courage. The courage to embrace change, to own your mistakes and to do the right thing.

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nization does, goals become clear and the will to implement follows naturally.

“Take law firms, for example. The legal profession, a business steeped in tradition and precedent, has changed dramatically in recent years and will continue to do so. These changes, influenced by both external and internal factors, have challenged law firms to adapt in significant ways. For some, it has required a complete overhaul of service delivery and business models. For those not-so-nimble, it has spelled disaster. It is no longer enough for law firms to provide high-quality legal services within a competitive cost structure.

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understanding and supporting their businesses at a much deeper level than the traditional business model required. In a sense, we are fundamentally re-defining what it means to be a lawyer.

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THIRD ANNUAL Each year, we honor reader-nominated corporate citizens and nonprofits for their ongoing commitment to making Milwaukee a better place to live, work and play. BizTimes is pleased to announce this year’s finalists:

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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3 | 7:30 AM - 9:30 AM POTAWATOMI HOTEL & CASINO WORKING TOGETHER Building a better future for Milwaukee Milwaukee is a vibrant city with much to offer. However, poverty, lack of access to good jobs and education and racial tension have created a deep divide – one that must be bridged for the entire community to realize its potential.

Many people, companies and nonprofit organizations give tirelessly of their time and energy to provide better access to jobs, education, food and adequate healthcare. But how does it all work together, and what could we be doing better?

Join BizTimes Media and a panel of business and community leaders to discuss current efforts and future opportunities as we work together to solve these complex and deeply-rooted challenges.

Panelists: • Chris Abele, Milwaukee County Executive (1) • Bill Krugler, President, Milwaukee JobsWork (2) • Michael Morgan, Principal, Milwaukee College Prep: Lola Rowe North Campus (3) • Derek Mosely, City of Milwaukee Municipal Court Judge (4) Moderator: •

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Corporate Citizenship Awards Lifetime Achievement • Steve Marcus, chairman of Marcus Corporation Corporate Citizen of the Year • Acuity Charitable Foundation • BMO Harris Bank • Foley & Lardner LLP Corporate Volunteer of the Year • Andrea Nemecek, Allume Architects, LLC • Meghan Shannon, Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren S.C. • Steve Sorge, GE Healthcare In-Kind Supporter • Core Creative • Cramer-Krasselt • STIR Advertising & Integrated Messaging Next Generation Leadership • Jill Boyle, Schenck, S.C. • Joe Schmidt, C.G. Schmidt • Lauren Luellwitz, IBM Nonprofit Organizations, Leadership & Support Team Awards Nonprofit Collaboration of the Year • Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metro Milwaukee • St. Ann Center for Intergenerational Care • Thriving Waukesha County Alliance Nonprofit Executive of the Year • John Cary, MACC Fund • Linda Edelstein, Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra • Mike Gifford, AIDS Resource Center of Wisconsin, Inc. Nonprofit of the Year (Large) • Hunger Task Force • Make-A-Wish Foundation of Wisconsin • St. Coletta of Wisconsin Nonprofit of the Year (Small) • Community Warehouse, Inc., • Down Syndrome Association of Wisconsin • Hope Center Social Enterprise • Betty Brinn Children’s Museum • Beyond Vision • Homeless Assistance Leadership Organization, Inc., (HALO)

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