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United Way of Greater Milwaukee names new board
Published February 19, 2009 - BizTimes Daily
United Way of Greater Milwaukee announced its 2009-2010 board of directors, executive committee and additional officers, who were elected at the organization's annual meeting at We Energies headquarters.
The seven new board members elected to serve three-year terms include: Richard Abelson, executive director, AFSCME District Council 48, AFL-CIO; Byron Bergren, president and chief executive officer, The Bon-Ton Stores Inc.; Linda Gorens-Levy, managing director, Stark Investments; Jon Hammes, chairman and CEO, Hammes & Company, LLC; Jeff Joerres, chairman and CEO, Manpower Inc.; David Ruiz, vice president and chief operating officer, Wisconsin District, UPS; and Greg Wesley, partner, Gonzalez, Saggio & Harlan LLP. In addition, David Gay, partner, Ernst & Young LLP, was elected to serve a one-year term.
"United Way of Greater Milwaukee has a track record of strengthening our community for 100 years. The organization's 2009 board of directors is a committed team of some of Greater Milwaukee's most talented and accomplished leaders," said Tim Sullivan, president and chief executive officer, Bucyrus International and chair of United Way of Greater Milwaukee's board of directors. "United Way's board oversight will ensure that the organization continues to make the biggest difference by investing in programs that work at agencies that manage their money responsibly. Clearly, the infrastructure United Way provides is more important than ever in these challenging economic times."
The 2009-2010 United Way of Greater Milwaukee board of directors includes; Abelson; Bergren; Gorens-Levey; Joerres; Ruiz; Sullivan; Wesley; Mark Attanasio, principal owner and chairman, Milwaukee Brewers Baseball Club; Stephen Bablitch, partner, Quarles & Brady LLP; William Bertha, president of the Wisconsin market, US Bank; Lisa Binder, president and chief operating officer, Associated Banc-Corp; Elizabeth (Betsy) Brenner, president and publisher, Journal Sentinel Inc.; Sheila Cochran, secretary-treasurer and chief operating officer, Milwaukee County Labor Council, AFL-CIO; Curt Culver, chairman and CEO, MGIC Investment Corp.; Michael Darrow, executive vice president, Russ Darrow Group; Andrew Fleckenstein, trustee, Fleck Foundation; David Gay, partner, Ernst & Young LLP; Douglas Hagerman, senior vice president, general counsel and secretary, Rockwell Automation Inc.; Donald Hamm Jr., president and chief executive officer, Assurant Health; Jon Hammes, chairman and CEO, Hammes Company, LLC; Charles Harvey, corporate vice president of Diversity & Public Affairs, Johnson Controls Inc.; Gale Klappa, chairman, president and CEO, We Energies; Dennis Kuester, chairman, Marshall & Ilsley Corp.; Donald Layden, senior executive vice president, corporate development, general counsel and secretary, president, International Group, Metavante Corp.; David Lubar, president, Lubar & Co.; Jeffrey Lueken, senior vice president of investments, Northwestern Mutual; Thomas Luljak, vice chancellor of university relations and communications, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; Gregory Marcus, president and CEO, The Marcus Corp.; Steve Martenet, president, Anthem Blue Cross & Blue Shield; Vincent Martin, retired chairman of the board, Jason Inc.; Cory Nettles, partner, Quarles & Brady LLP; Keith Nosbusch, chairman and CEO, Rockwell Automation Inc.; Candy Pindyck, community volunteer; James Popp, president Wisconsin & Minnesota, Chase Bank; Paul Purcell, chairman, president and CEO, Robert W. Baird & Co. Inc.; James Quinlan, senior vice president and regional private banking manager, Wells Fargo & Company; Stephen Roell, chairman and CEO, Johnson Controls Inc.; Mary Ellen Stanek, managing director and chief information officer, Robert W. Baird & Co. Inc.; Margaret Stratton Norman, founder and executive producer, Milwaukee Reads; Nick Turkal, M.D., president and CEO, Aurora Health Care; Jan Wade, president and general manager, WISN-TV/DT; James Ziemer, president and CEO, Harley-Davidson, Inc.; and Edward Zore, president and CEO, Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co.
