Samantha Dietel
Samantha covers education, healthcare and nonprofits for BizTimes. She recently graduated from the University of Missouri-Columbia with a journalism degree. She wrote for the Columbia Missourian newspaper, and covered Congress as an intern at States Newsroom’s Washington, D.C. bureau. She loves exploring new cities, listening to music and watching Star Wars.
🔒 ThriveOn Collaboration names café operator
Kinship Community Food Center will operate the café space inside the ThriveOn King building, the ThriveOn Collaboration announced on Wednesday.
Kinship, a nonprofit serving Milwaukee’s...
🔒 Q&A: Wellpoint CEO Ann Leinfelder Grove set to retire next...
Ann Leinfelder Grove has spent over 30 years at Wellpoint Care Network in various roles. Next year, she will be saying goodbye.
Leinfelder Grove is...
Marquette University water research initiative receives $4.2 million federal grant
“In Defense of Water,” a research initiative at Marquette University, has received its third grant from the U.S. Department of Defense, the university announced...
🔒 Pay it Forward: Gary Sievewright unites with Hunger Task Force...
Gary Sievewright
Managing director
Raymond James & Associates
Nonprofit served: Hunger Task Force
Service: Executive council member
When Gary Sievewright moved to Milwaukee from Detroit in 2007,...
🔒 Milwaukee Art Museum gala raises $1.2 million for contemporary art...
The Milwaukee Art Museum raised $1.2 million at its second annual Art:Forward Gala on Saturday.
The funds raised at the event, which the Milwaukee Art...
🔒 Revitalize Milwaukee names new CEO
Revitalize Milwaukee, a nonprofit organization that provides free home repairs for individuals and families, named Melanie Roach as its new chief executive officer.
Roach previously...
🔒 Children’s Wisconsin announces $300 million fundraising campaign
Children’s Wisconsin announced on Tuesday a $300 million community fundraising campaign to support its child care services and research.
The campaign, called Brighter Than Ever,...
UW-Madison’s ranking dips, but remains highest-ranked university in state by U.S....
The University of Wisconsin-Madison continues to be the highest ranked university in Wisconsin, according to the U.S. News & World Report’s 2025 Best Colleges...
🔒 The Interview: Aaron Lippman
Carmen Schools of Science and Technology, a network of five public charter schools in Milwaukee, has been moving ahead with plans to build a...
🔒 Striving for better senior care: Andy Lange establishes Koru Health...
When Andy Lange founded Wauwatosa-based Koru Health in 2017, he launched it with a mission of raising care standards for Wisconsin’s senior citizens.
Lange serves...
🔒 Medical College of Wisconsin’s Comprehensive Injury Center receives CDC designation
The Medical College of Wisconsin’s Comprehensive Injury Center was one of 11 institutions selected as Injury Control Research Centers by the Centers for Disease...
🔒 Ohio-based nonprofit managed care organization to acquire Community Care
Brookfield-based nonprofit Community Care Inc. will become an affiliate of CareSource, a nonprofit managed care organization based in Dayton, Ohio, once state and federal...
