Kenny Scherer was the consummate entrepreneur. He was a dreamer who flourished when confronted with challenges.

Together with his wife, Heather, Scherer founded and developed Association Travel Concepts, a San Diego, Calif.-based travel management company that provides travel and meeting services for association nonprofit organizations and their members.

The Fittest Execs challenge, presented by BizTimes Media, seeks to foster the corporate wellness efforts in southeastern Wisconsin. Fittest Execs challenges executives and staff members through individual and team competitions.

As organizations face ongoing financial pressures, most are exercising every available option to increase revenue and/or reduce operating costs. But, are all options really on the table?

Several real estate developments in recent years along North Avenue between Lake Drive on Milwaukee's East Side and Humboldt Boulevard in the city's Riverwest neighborhood have increased the vitality of the area.

The average company spends $1 million to $1.2 million in health care costs for every 100 employees, according to Dean Rosson, president and founder of Atlanta-based Fit2Win, a consulting firm that specializes in individual transformation through health and wellness,

While Barry Alvarez was transforming a moribund University of Wisconsin football team into a three-time Rose Bowl champion, it was John Dettmann's job to get the players into top physical condition.

Milwaukeeans increasingly are buying their meat, produce and grains from local farmers.

Urban farms, grocery cooperatives, farmers' markets and Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) programs provide opportunities to eat locally grown food.

Jim Morningstar, founder and coordinator for Milwaukee-based InWellness, a diverse health care provider network, believes that the problem with health care in the United States has more to do with people not being educated than it does with lack of universal coverage or other issues.

Jim Sajdak President/CEO Stan's Fit For Your Feet Brookfield, Glendale and Greenfield www.stansfootwear.com Milwaukee-area...

The Wisconsin National and Community Service Board received a federal grant and recently launched the Volunteer Wisconsin Initiative, which will support and promote volunteer opportunities and training all around the state.