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