Rick Klein joined Aurora Health Care in 1986. He is responsible for business development, managed care contracting, growth, affiliations, and mergers and acquisitions.

Ken Johnson has worked to grow the state’s ecosystem of entrepreneurship as a partner of the Badger Fund of Funds and managing director of Kegonsa Capital Partners.

Jill Enos has been with TitletownTech from the beginning, joining the venture capital firm in 2018 as director of its venture studio.

Tim Keane is credited with building one of Wisconsin’s oldest and largest angel networks and mentoring many startup founders.

Self-taught chef Stefano Viglietti and his wife, Whitney, opened their first Italian restaurant in 1994. Today, they own four concepts in Sheboygan.

Terry Strittmater is the managing principal of southeastern Wisconsin for CLA, which is based in Minneapolis and has 20 offices in Wisconsin.

Ellen Gilligan has led the Greater Milwaukee Foundation as its president and chief executive officer since 2010.

Richelle Martin manages the Winnow Fund, a pooled investment fund designed to back startups incubated in Wisconsin universities.

John Neis has been with Madison-based Venture Investors since 1985, becoming its managing director in 1997.

John Stollenwerk is credited with building Port Washington-based shoe manufacturer and retailer Allen Edmonds Shoe Corp. into the upscale men’s footwear brand it’s now recognized as

Health care administrator Catherine Jacobson leads Wauwatosa-based Froedtert Health, one of the state’s largest private employer.

Mark Bugher served as director of University of Wisconsin-Madison’s University Research Park from 1999 until his retirement in 2013. Bugher is credited with helping develop the park into a hub for early-stage, growth-oriented businesses in the engineering, computational and life sciences sectors.