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.
🔒 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...
UWM to close its Waukesha campus in spring 2025
The University of Wisconsin Milwaukee at Waukesha will cease operations after the close of the spring 2025 semester, university officials announced Monday.
The news comes...
🔒 Make-A-Wish Wisconsin president and CEO Patti Gorsky announces retirement
Patti Gorsky, president and CEO of Make-A-Wish Wisconsin for 25 years, will retire from the nonprofit in early 2025.
The organization made the announcement via...
Milwaukee Film to take over operations of Downer Theatre
Milwaukee Film is taking over operations of the Downer Theatre, with plans to reopen the historic East Side movie house in April.
Landmark Theaters, which...
Communication, responsiveness key to successful partnerships between business and education, leaders...
As schools search for ways to harness the power of partnerships with local businesses eager to develop and attract the future workforce, representatives from...
🔒 United Way names new board chair, 2024 Campaign co-chairs
At its annual meeting Thursday, the United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County announced that its incoming 2024-25 board chair is George Oliver,...
Construction for Milwaukee Rep’s new theater complex to break ground on...
Construction for the Milwaukee Repertory Theater’s Associated Bank Theater Center project will break ground in early May.
In a press release issued Thursday afternoon, the...
🔒 ThriveOn King project nearing completion
It’s been more than 50 years since the former Schuster’s and Gimbel’s Department store building at Garfield Avenue and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr....
🔒 Educational Credential Evaluators hires first COO
Educational Credential Evaluators, Inc., a Milwaukee-based nonprofit that evaluates foreign educational credentials of individuals interested in studying or working in the U.S. and Canada,...
🔒 Pay it Forward: Relationships nurture Heather Deaton’s dedication to Fondy...
Heather Deaton
Wealth advisor and financial planner
Ellenbecker Investment Group
Nonprofit served: Fondy Food Center
Service: Board president
It was about a dozen years ago when...
Milwaukee Public Museum staff begin packing collections ahead of move to...
Moving can be one of the most taxing events in life, but at the Milwaukee Public Museum, which is on the cusp of constructing...
🔒 Hope Christian Schools plans ‘multi-million dollar’ investment in its campuses
Hope Christian Schools is launching what it is describing as a “multi-million dollar” plan to improve programming for staff and students across its six...
