Milwaukee Mayor TOM BARRETT participated in a White House-Emerald Cities Collaborative panel, titled "Green Cities: An Urban Strategy for a Sustainable Future," Tuesday in Washington, D.C. See more: http://wispolitics.com/index.iml?Article=223601.
The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars of the Smithsonian Institution will recognize MARY and TED KELLNER and the SHELDON LUBAR family for their civic contributions and community service during a May 17 dinner at the Milwaukee Art Museum. Kellner is executive chairman of Fiduciary Management Inc. The Kellners are involved in a number of charitable causes and civic organizations including Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, the Greater Milwaukee Committee, the YMCA and others. Lubar is chairman of the Lubar & Co. investment firm. Lubar is a former UW Board of Regents chair and a major benefactor to the UW-Milwaukee Sheldon B. Lubar School of Business. His wife, MARIANNE, and children support a number of educational and civic organizations. See details: http://www.wilsoncenter.org/awards/milwaukee2011.
Emerge, which trains Dem women with political aspirations on things like fundraising and messaging, announced its 2011 class, including Milwaukee-area participants GLORIA DOBBS of Brown Deer, SARA GRAVES of Menomonee Falls, SAMANTHA KAY of Wauwatosa, MELISSA LEMKE of Racine, CHRISTINE SCHWANDA of Oak Creek, and Milwaukee natives CYLEST ANDALORO BROOKS, MILDRED COBY, ELIZABETH COPPOLA, NIKIYA HARRIS, RAISA KOLTUN, VANESSA LLANAS, MAURA METZ and MOLLY SWANK. See the release: http://www.wispolitics.com/1006/110112_EW_2011.pdf.
