The Board of Directors serves as the governing body of the Waukesha County Center for Growth.
Executive Committee
Tom Fotsch
President
EmbedTek LLC
COO and Owner
Jeff Hoffman
Vice President
Cushman & Wakefield | Boerke
Principal
Tim Schneider
Secretary
Bank Five Nine
President & CEO
Dan Defnet
Treasurer
Johnson Financial Group
EVP, Commercial Banking
Jennifer Bognar
Past President
We Energies
Manager – Local Affairs
Amanda Payne
Ex-Officio
Waukesha County Business Alliance
President & CEO
Dale Shaver
Ex-Officio
Waukesha County
Director of Parks & Land Use
Therese Thill
Waukesha County Center for Growth
Executive Director
Members at Large
Rachel Bahr
Xiogenix
President & CEO
Greg Bauer
BMO Harris Bank
Regional Manager, Business Banking
Christopher Burg
American Transmission Company
Director, Technology Engineering & Operations
Dan Habeck
Cramer, Multhauf & Hammes, LLP
Attorney
John Hazod
Town Bank
Regional Chief Financial Officer
Patti Kneiser
Froedtert Health
Vice President of Employer Services
Jeff Searl
Milwaukee Tool
Director of Operations - Mukwonago
Marcease Warren
Vice President, Sentry Equipment Corporation
Ex-Officio
Mike Shiels
Waukesha County Technical College
Dean, School of Applied Technologies
Jeremy Smith
Village of Sussex
Village Administrator
Bon Wikenhesier
Associate Director
UW System Institute for Business & Entrepreneurship
State Director
Wisconsin Small Business Development Center