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Kevin Steiner is president and chief executive officer of West Bend Mutual Insurance Co., one of the largest employers in Washington County.

Gary Witt oversees the Pabst, Riverside Theater, Turner Hall Ballroom, The Backroom at Colectivo and Miller High Life Theater.

Jim Sartori took the reins of Sartori Cheese in 1986 at age 30. He represents the third generation of family leadership.

Ross Sannes was named chief executive of La Crosse-based City Brewing Co. in 2021 following its acquisition by a group of investors.

Dick Leinenkugel leads Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Co., the family-founded, Chippewa Falls-based MolsonCoors subsidiary.

Tom Richtman has led U.S. Bank’s Wisconsin market as president since 2017 and is nearing 40 years with the company.

Dr. Mark Selna was appointed president and CEO of Quartz, a Madison-based family of health insurance plans, in 2020. Quartz has more than 800 employees and 375,000 members across Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa and Minnesota.

In 2019, Gavin Hattersley was named chief executive officer of Chicago-based Molson Coors Beverage Co. It has about 17,000 employees worldwide.

John Schlifske joined Northwestern Mutual in 1987 as an investment specialist, rising through the company’s ranks to become president in 2009. Today, Northwestern Mutual is among the largest employers in the state and ranks No. 97 on the Fortune 500.

Under Jack Salzwedel’s leadership as CEO of American Family Insurance, the company’s assets nearly doubled from about $17 billion to $31 billion, active policies grew from 8.3 million to 12 million, and its employee count increased from 7,900 to 13,500.