BizTimes Staff

Missy Hughes was appointed in 2019 by Gov. Tony Evers as secretary and chief executive officer of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. The public-private agency, established by former Gov. Scott Walker, is responsible for executing a statewide economic development strategy, courting businesses to Wisconsin and helping existing businesses expand with various tax incentives and grants.

Jonathon Horne leads the Idea Fund of La Crosse, a venture capital fund established in 2016 to invest in seed- and early-stage startup companies.

Michael Aldana was named managing partner of Quarles & Brady LLP in 2018. He has been with the firm more than 24 years.

Since 2016, Rick Graber has led the Milwaukee-based Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, a grant-making institution with about $850 million in net assets that annually grants roughly $40 million in support of organizations related to the arts, culture, education, health and conservative ideals.

After working for health care tech giant Epic Systems, Luke Bonney co-founded his own health care data platform company Redox, in 2014.

Rick Klein joined Aurora Health Care in 1986. He is responsible for business development, managed care contracting, growth, affiliations, and mergers and acquisitions.

Pete McPartland joined Sentry Mutual Holding Co. in 2010 as president and chief operating officer. Two years later, he was named chief executive officer of the Stevens Point-based mutual insurance company.

Ken Johnson has worked to grow the state’s ecosystem of entrepreneurship as a partner of the Badger Fund of Funds and managing director of Kegonsa Capital Partners.

Jill Enos has been with TitletownTech from the beginning, joining the venture capital firm in 2018 as director of its venture studio.

Tim Keane is credited with building one of Wisconsin’s oldest and largest angel networks and mentoring many startup founders.

Self-taught chef Stefano Viglietti and his wife, Whitney, opened their first Italian restaurant in 1994. Today, they own four concepts in Sheboygan.

Jim Butman was named president and chief executive officer of Madison-based TDS Telecom in 2018. He has been with the Telephone and Data Systems Inc. subsidiary since 1985.