2021-2022 Board of Directors
The Board of Directors serves as the governing body of the Waukesha County Center for Growth, Inc.
Executive Committee
Patti Kneiser
President
Froedtert Health
Vice President of Employer Services
Jennifer Zierer
Vice President
We Energies
Manager – Local Affairs
Tom Fotsch
Secretary
EmbedTek LLC
COO and Owner
Nate Zastrow
Treasurer
Bank Five Nine
Executive VP & Chief Financial Officer
Tom Finco
Past President
American Transmission Company
VP of System Operations
Judie Taylor
Executive Director
Waukesha County Center for Growth
Suzanne Kelley
Ex-Officio
Waukesha County Business Alliance, Inc.
President & CEO
Dale Shaver
Ex-Officio
Waukesha County
Director of Parks & Land Use
Members at Large
Cheryl Aschenbrener
Sikich LLP
Partner
Greg Bauer
BMO Harris Bank
Regional Manager, Business Banking
Dan Defnet
Johnson Financial Bank
EVP, Commercial Banking
Jay Mack
Town Bank
President & CEO
Ty Staviski
SVP & CFO
Milwaukee Tool
James Walden
Legal Counsel
Walden & Schuster, S.C.
Attorney
Ex-Officio
Kevin Lahner
City of Waukesha
City Administrator
Mike Shiels
Waukesha County Technical College
Dean, School of Applied Technologies
Bon Wikenhesier
Associate Director
UW System Institute for Business & Entrepreneurship
State Director
Wisconsin Small Business Development Center