Philanthropist Chris Abele picked up the endorsements of some key business leaders this week in his campaign to be the next Milwaukee County executive.
The Abele campaign announced his “Job Creators for Chris” steering committee.
“Our county faces huge financial challenges and I’m proud to have the early support of business leaders who will work with me to find the best ways to help business grow, create new jobs and make our county government more efficient by getting our finances under control,” Abele said. “I’m ready to work with everyone from Democrats and Republicans, to front-line workers and small business leaders to turn Milwaukee County around.”
The first 14 members of the committee are: Sheldon Lubar, chairman and founder of Lubar & Co. Inc; Marc Marotta, partner at Foley and Lardner; Stephen Roell, CEO of Johnson Controls Inc.; Tina Chang, CEO of SysLogic; Beth Wnuk, Wisconsin market president of PNC Financial; John Noel, chairman and CEO of the Noel Group; Donald Baumgartner, chairman of Paper Machinery Corp.; Andy Nunemaker, president of EMSystems; Charles Groeschell, managing director of Baird Funds; Jeffery Yabuki, president and CEO of Fiserv Inc.; Richard Glaisner, partner at Fiduciary Real Estate & Development; Richard Abdoo, president of R.A. Abdoo & Co. LLC; Francis Croak, CEO at Cook & Frank, S.C.; and William Fox, partner at Fox, O’Neill & Shannon.
– BizTimes Milwaukee
