Cara Spoto
Cara covers nonprofits, healthcare and education for BizTimes. Cara lives in Waukesha with her husband, a teenager, a toddler, a dog named Neutron, a bird named Potter, and a lizard named Peyoye. She loves music, food, and comedy, but not necessarily in that order.
🔒 Marquette receives $1.5 million gift to fund College of Health...
Marquette University on Tuesday announced a $1.5 million gift from the Eck Family Foundation to fund projects within the university’s College of Health Sciences...
🔒 Seeds of Health names new CEO
Milwaukee charter school operator and community health organization, Seeds of Health, Inc. has selected Jodi Weber to serve as the institution’s next chief executive...
🔒 Franciscan Peacemakers names new executive director
Franciscan Peacemakers, a Milwaukee-based recovery program for women ensnared by prostitution, addiction, and homelessness, has named Megan O’Halloran as its next executive director.
O’Halloran, who...
Higher Education Regional Alliance secures $1.5 million in federal funding for...
The Higher Education Regional Alliance of Wisconsin (HERA) announced it has secured $1.5 million in federal funding to accelerate the development and implementation of...
Housing, workforce opportunities take center stage at Waukesha County 2050 event
Housing woes and opportunities, and the need to draw more workers to the region took center stage at BizTimes Media’s Waukesha County 2050 event...
🔒 Michigan company buys Metcalfe’s Market stores
Michigan food distributor and grocery store retailer SpartanNash announced Monday that it has acquired the Wisconsin-based Metcalfe’s Market grocery store chain, which operates two...
🔒 Metro Milwaukee home sales up 5.2% in March
As real estate agents, buyers, and sellers in Milwaukee’s four-county metro region get ready for the busy spring and summer season, data from the...
🔒 La Causa names new CFO
Aracelly Bonilla has been named chief financial officer for La Causa, Inc., succeeding Sylvia Zapata, who served as the nonprofit’s CFO for 39 years.
Zapata’s...
Officials unveil The Couture’s transit concourse, launch full Hop L-Line service
The base of the 46-story Couture near the lakefront in downtown Milwaukee was the site of great celebration on Thursday morning, as dozens of...
🔒 Continued growth, need has MobiliSE confident about FlexRide’s future
When FlexRide, a subsidized rideshare service designed to connect workers living in Milwaukee's central city with suburban jobs, launched in March 2022 with service...
Kohl’s donates $5 million to Alliance for a Healthier Generation
Kohl’s Corp. announced plans on Tuesday to donate $5 million over three years to the Alliance for a Healthier Generation, a national organization aimed...
🔒 Finalists chosen for next MATC president
Milwaukee Area Technical College’s district board members have selected four finalists as part of their search for a new president to succeed current MATC...
