People in the News

The Milwaukee Bucks announced that it has named Lisa Byington as the reigning NBA champion’s television play-by-play announcer for games on Bally Sports Wisconsin.

Danielle Bergner, a former managing partner for Milwaukee-based law firm Michael Best & Friedrich LLP, and former chief operating officer for Milwaukee-based real estate firm J. Jeffers & Co., has joined the Milwaukee office of Indianapolis-based and health care-focused law firm Hall, Render, Killian, Heath & Lyman, P.C.

BMO Harris Bank named Anthony Hudson its new regional president of retail banking for Wisconsin.

Jon Laughlin and Pat Laughlin, sons of Steve Laughlin, the founder of Milwaukee-based advertising agency Laughlin Constable, have been named co-chief creative officers of the firm.

The Higher Education Regional Alliance – a collaborative representing 18 southeastern Wisconsin higher ed institutions and several partner organizations – has named Carthage College president John Swallow as its next chair.

Madison-based First Business Bank announced it has added Paul Stangl, president of Germantown-based Wisconsin Stamping & Manufacturing, to its advisory board for its southeastern Wisconsin market.

Marquette University president Michael Lovell has been diagnosed with sarcoma, a rare form of cancer, he revealed in a letter to the university community Thursday.

New York-based real estate brokerage Compass Inc. has bolstered its local presence with more top agents, including one whose high-profile clientele includes Bucks players and coaches and high-ranking business executives.

Robb Leonhard will lead Viking Masek Global Packaging Technologies after his brother Rick Leonhard, the company’s president and co-founder, died in July at the age of 57 following a three-month battle with pancreatic cancer.

Angie Choy Edwards has joined HGA Architects and Engineers as vice president and chief financial officer, the company announced.

The holding company for Greenfield-based PyraMax Bank has appointed Steven Klitzing to serve as senior vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer, according to an SEC filing.

Ted Davis, who has served as the Milwaukee Bucks radio play-by-play broadcaster since 1997, has retired from his role, the team announced today.

Milwaukee Bucks superstar and two-time NBA MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo has purchased a stake in the Milwaukee Brewers franchise. 

Gov. Tony Evers announced today that he has appointed Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce president Tim Sheehy to be the chairman of the Southeast Wisconsin Professional Baseball Park District Board of Directors, which oversees American Family Field.

The Charles E. Kubly Foundation has named Kris Rick as its new executive director.