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John Schmidt has led Appleton-based U.S. Venture as its president and chief executive officer since 2007. Previously, Schmidt was president of CMD Corp.

Paul Nobile, who has been president of Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Wisconsin since 2015, oversees all aspects of its commercial business in the state, including sales, marketing and underwriting, cost of care, provider relations and network development and clinical management functions.

Mike Rowe joined Pewaukee-based American Transmission Co. in 2006. In 2015, he took over leadership of the company.

Scott Lauber was named president and chief executive officer of WEC Energy Group earlier this year, succeeding retiring CEO Kevin Fletcher.

John Larsen was named president of Alliant Energy Corp. in 2018 and its CEO and chair the following year.

In 2019, Gale Klappa was named executive chairman of WEC Energy Group. WEC has more than 4.5 million electric and natural gas customers.

Jim Popp leads Johnson Financial Group Inc., the Racine-based, family-owned holding company of Johnson Bank and Johnson Insurance Services.

Cory Nettles is managing director of Generation Growth Capital, a private equity fund focused on buyouts and providing growth capital.

Michael Molepske was named chief executive officer of Manitowoc-based Bank First in 2008. Bank First now has assets of about $3.6 billion.

Jay Mack joined Town Bank, then a startup, in 1998. The Hartland-based bank has since grown to more than $3 billion in assets.