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As a student at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire in 2002, Eau Claire native Zach Halmstad co-founded his first company, Jamf.

Jeff Yabuki led Brookfield-based Fiserv Inc., a payments and financial services technology company, from 2005 to 2020. He also served as Fiserv’s chairman from 2019 to 2020.

Matthew Rowe joined Wausau-based business law firm Ruder Ware in 1997 and was named president in 2021. He also serves on the company's board.

Then serving as chairman of the board, Jorge Franco assumed leadership of the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Wisconsin in 2013 as interim president and chief executive officer.

Former retail executive Kathy Thornton-Bias moved to the nonprofit sector in 2019 when she became president and CEO of Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Milwaukee.

The Most Rev. Jerome Listecki is archbishop of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, an ecclesiastical territory that covers 10 southeastern Wisconsin counites, comprises roughly 190 parishes, and is responsible for the spiritual care of over 500,000 registered Catholics.

In 2015, Milwaukee native David Reeves joined OpenGov Inc. as its chief revenue officer. In 2019, he was named president of the cloud software company.

Retired Kimberly-Clark Corp. executive Kathi Seifert continues to wield influence in and outside of Wisconsin. She’s held board positions with SuperValu, Revlon Consumer Products Corp., Eli Lilly and Co., Albertson’s Inc., Appleton Papers, Lexmark Inc., the National Board of the U.S. Fund for UNICEF, ThedaCare, Investors Community Bank, Fox Cities Chamber of Commerce, and several nonprofits.

Michelle Schuler leads TechSpark Wisconsin, an initiative of Microsoft that works to promote economic and workforce development in northeast Wisconsin.

Chris Widmayer co-founded Milwaukee-based software consulting company Penrod in 2011. The firm raised $8 million this year.