Notables
At companies across southeast Wisconsin, notable executives are running businesses, navigating company restructurings, arguing high-stakes legal cases and finding efficiencies in manufacturing processes. These notable individuals also mentor, teach and volunteer in their communities. The leaders profiled in these categories are nominated by their peers at work and in the community. Nominate someone you know.
Notable BIPOC Executives: David Bowles
After leading CMRignite’s company-wide strategy, planning and business development, David Bowles became president in 2021. Since then, his leadership...
Notable BIPOC Executives: Brandon Currie
In early 2020, Brandon Currie founded STRYV365, a Milwaukee-based nonprofit organization that creates customized non-clinical, trauma-informed programming designed to...
Notable BIPOC Executives: Michele Hancock
Following a K-12 career culminating in her previous role as superintendent of the Kenosha Unified School District, Michele Hancock...
Notable BIPOC Executives: Sumathi Thiyagarajan
Since joining the Milwaukee Bucks as its first vice president of business strategy and analytics, Sumathi Thiyagarajan has been...
Notable BIPOC Executives: Reggie Newson
Reggie Newson wears multiple hats at Ascension Wisconsin. He is chief community impact and advocacy officer as well as...
Notable BIPOC Executives: Xavier Cole
Xavier Cole, vice president for student affairs at Marquette University, leads the Division of Student Affairs, which fosters the...
Notable BIPOC Executives: Tamarra Coleman
Tamarra Coleman, executive director at the Shalom Center in Kenosha, works to advance the needs of the most vulnerable...
Notable BIPOC Executives: Shakita LaGrant-McClain
Shakita LaGrant-McClain, executive director of the Milwaukee County Department of Health and Human Services, oversees a $400 million budget...
Notable BIPOC Executives: Rashi Khosla
Rashi Khosla, founder and chief executive officer of Town of Brookfield-based tech staffing provider MARS Solutions Group, is a...
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Notable BIPOC Executives: Fe Cooper
As organizations strive to employ a more diverse workforce, Fe Cooper, director of member sales and service at UW...
Notable BIPOC Executives: Kenneth Ginlack
Kenneth Ginlack is the chief executive officer at Milwaukee-based Serenity Inns Inc., a recovery program for alcoholism and addiction....
Notable BIPOC Executives: Chytania Brown
Chytania Brown is the first Black woman to be appointed president and CEO of Employ Milwaukee. The organization uses...
Notable BIPOC Executives: Vincent Rice
As vice president, business lending market manager at Madison-based Summit Credit Union, Vincent Rice works to generate economic growth...
Notable BIPOC Executives: Laquitha (Elle) Bonds
As the vice president of human resource services at Milwaukee Area Technical College since December 2020, Laquitha “Elle” Bonds...
Notable BIPOC Executives: Eva Martinez Powless
Eva Martinez Powless became the first chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer at Milwaukee Area Technical College in March...
