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.
🔒 Aug Prep plans October construction start at former Cardinal Stritch...
As St. Augustine Preparatory Academy works to fine-tune the design of its northside campus at the former Cardinal Stritch University in Glendale and Fox Point,...
Marquette to cut annual budget by $31 million by 2031
Citing increasing economic and demographic pressures, Marquette University’s executive leadership team this week announced places to cut the institution’s overall budget by $31 million...
🔒 Kathy’s House names new president and CEO
Wauwatosa-based nonprofit Kathy’s House has named Kim Lamansky as its new president and chief executive officer.
Lamansky comes to the hospital guest house from Tri...
🔒 Versiti Blood Research Institute increases size of its planned expansion
Versiti Blood Research Institute has increased the size of the planned expansion of its research institute building at the Milwaukee Regional Medial Center campus...
🔒 ThriveOn King project nearing completion
It’s been more than 50 years since the former Gimbels and Schuster’s department store building at Garfield Avenue and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr....
🔒 Upskilling programs draw business and tech professionals
Back in the 1980s and ‘90s, when a professional was looking to bolster their credentials, it often meant going back to school to get...
🔒 Pay it Forward: Keeping a promise to an old friend
Jim Wozniak
Senior vice president – financial advisor
RBC Wealth Management
Nonprofit served: Father Gene’s Help Center
Service: Board vice president and volunteer
In the 1970s and 80s,...
🔒 WHA report: State’s health care workforce isn’t growing fast enough...
Increased demand for health care, especially from the state’s growing elderly population, led to continued high vacancy rates for hospitals in Wisconsin in 2023,...
🔒 Versiti names Derek Tyus as CFO
Versiti has named longtime insurance executive Derek Tyus as its next executive vice president and chief financial officer.
Tyus, who served as senior vice president...
MMAC beefing up opposition to MPS referendum
As the spring election rapidly approaches, the Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce (MMAC) is calling on, not just its 2,000 members, but voters city-wide,...
Milwaukee Public Museum has now raised $80 million in private donations...
With the start of the construction timeline for a new museum fast approaching, Milwaukee Public Museum’s President and CEO Ellen Censky told county officials...
🔒 Task force to determine future of 86-acre UW-Milwaukee at Waukesha...
As staff and students at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee at Waukesha begin to sort out what their next steps might be following the announcement...
