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When large corporations have to make important announcements that may not cast them in the best of lights, they tend to issue a press release late on a Friday afternoon.

Jim Sajdak President/CEO Stan's Fit For Your Feet Brookfield, Glendale and Greenfield www.stansfootwear.com Milwaukee-area...

Jim Morningstar, founder and coordinator for Milwaukee-based InWellness, a diverse health care provider network, believes that the problem with health care in the United States has more to do with people not being educated than it does with lack of universal coverage or other issues.

Milwaukeeans increasingly are buying their meat, produce and grains from local farmers.

Urban farms, grocery cooperatives, farmers' markets and Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) programs provide opportunities to eat locally grown food.

While Barry Alvarez was transforming a moribund University of Wisconsin football team into a three-time Rose Bowl champion, it was John Dettmann's job to get the players into top physical condition.

The average company spends $1 million to $1.2 million in health care costs for every 100 employees, according to Dean Rosson, president and founder of Atlanta-based Fit2Win, a consulting firm that specializes in individual transformation through health and wellness,

The Fittest Execs challenge, presented by BizTimes Media, seeks to foster the corporate wellness efforts in southeastern Wisconsin. Fittest Execs challenges executives and staff members through individual and team competitions.

Kenny Scherer was the consummate entrepreneur. He was a dreamer who flourished when confronted with challenges.

Together with his wife, Heather, Scherer founded and developed Association Travel Concepts, a San Diego, Calif.-based travel management company that provides travel and meeting services for association nonprofit organizations and their members.