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MMAC welcomes intern for the summer

6/6/2023

 
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Clare McGinnis will provide help with organization’s communications

MMAC is proud to welcome Clare McGinnis to its team this summer as its communications intern.

Clare will be a senior at Marquette University in the fall. Her areas of study are writing-intensive English, business administration and gender & sexualities studies.

During the school year, she works as the communications assistant for Resident Life, helping to promote on-campus events and writing weekly newsletters for the Residence Life Leadership Board. She has lived in the Milwaukee area for seven years and loves the community.

Member News for June 6, 2023

6/6/2023

 
  • Kraus-Anderson Milwaukee hires new project manager, superintendent and project coordinator
  • Aries Industries: Wastewater growth leads to sale of water well assets
  • GLRC Extends “Helping Hands” for the Re-Roofing of RMHC-Marshfield
  • Captivate Exhibits Moves to New Headquarters

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MMAC Board of Directors welcomes new member

5/22/2023

 
CEO of CentroMotion brings leadership skills, passion for building business community
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MMAC is pleased to welcome Roger Roundhouse, CEO and board member of CentroMotion, to the organization’s board of directors.

CentroMotion is large, privately held designer and producer of a broad range of products and systems – including critical motion,  actuation, control and brake solutions – sold primarily to large global original equipment manufacturers.
 
Prior to his time at CentroMotion, Roundhouse served as Executive Vice and Group President and an Executive Officer at Actuant (now Enerpac Tool Group) – a global manufacturer of high force industrial tools and highly engineered position and motion control systems.

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Member News - 5/23/23

5/22/2023

 
  • Kenosha Area Business Alliance
  • Johnson Controls
  • REV Group
  • Borgman Capital
  • Pabst Theater Group
  • Komatsu Mining Corp.
  • Menet Aero, Inc.
  • Potawatomi Hotel & Casino
  • Milwaukee Athletic Club
  • Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE)
  • Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee
  • VISIT Milwaukee

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Member News - 5/15/23

5/15/2023

 
  • Froedtert/MCW
  • Governor’s Export Achievement Awards
  • Munson, Inc.
  • Pabst Theater Group

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The Capitol visits Brew City

5/15/2023

 
by Andrew Davis, VP of Governmental Affairs

Last month the MMAC held our annual “Madison Night” in Milwaukee reception where the Mayor, County Executive and MMAC Government Affairs department hosted our elected leaders from the state capitol in Madison for an evening to get to know MMAC members and sponsors and our elected officials from the metro-Milwaukee region.
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New Public Policy Analyst at MMAC

5/15/2023

 

Organization welcomes Khenzer Senat

MMAC is pleased to announce the hiring of Khenzer Senat, Public Policy Analyst.
 
Khenzer comes to MMAC after spending six years at the Republican Party of Wisconsin where he was the African American Engagement Director. He has built relationships with faith-based leaders, business owners and community activist in the African American community; as well as recruited candidates to run for local and state offices in Wisconsin. He is a graduate of Wisconsin Lutheran College with a B.A in Communications, emphasis in Political Communications
 
“The MMAC Government Affairs team is thrilled to add Khenzer’s talents to the team,” said MMAC Vice President of Government Affairs Andrew Davis. “His eagerness and knowledge of Milwaukee’s issues will serve him, the organization and its members well.”
 
Away from work, Khenzer lives in West Allis with his wife, Heidi; son, Sebastian (14 months) and their Whippet/Retriever, Harmony.
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Connect with Khenzer:
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Why a sales tax for Milwaukee County, and why elected officials should vote on it

5/8/2023

 
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 By Tim Sheehy, MMAC President


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No two stories are the same, and while they have similarities, Milwaukee County’s fiscal crisis is different from the City’s. However, it is a clear-and-present danger to the county’s future, and it does have a clear-and-present solution.

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Milwaukee’s economic vitality is driven by hard-working small business owners & employees

5/8/2023

 
Every May, the nation celebrates Small Business Month for their leadership, courage, community efforts and hard work. Read about how your small- or medium-sized enterprise can get more involved with MMAC.
 
MMAC's small business community helps foster collaboration, innovation and growth, giving the Milwaukee region a more vibrant and resilient local economy.

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Why a sales tax for Milwaukee, and why elected officials should vote on it

5/1/2023

 
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 By MMAC President Tim Sheehy


The definition of a fiscal crisis is “the inability to bridge a deficit between expenditures and tax revenue.” The City of Milwaukee is in a fiscal crisis. 

On a $1B budget, the city begins next year with a $156M deficit, that – with a cost-to-continue budget – grows to $176 by 2026. Without substantial changes in expenditures or revenues these deficits become structural (ongoing).
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Owning a small business – lessons learned

4/27/2023

 
By MARK GOLDSTEIN
Owner/Attorney, Goldstein Law Group


At Goldstein Law Group, S.C., we serve as outside counsel to business. Accordingly, it is sometimes easy to forget that we, ourselves, are also in business. In February of this year, we celebrated our 15-year anniversary (and nearly 30 years of law practice for me).  It’s been quite a ride.
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We have been afforded the unique opportunity to learn, not just from our own experiences, but from our
clients as well.

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MMAC businesses host Milwaukee Public School students

4/24/2023

 
How can we connect with the next generation to help fill the Milwaukee region’s talent pipeline?
Bring together local businesses and students to spark an interest in a potential career.
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Top tech trends in 2023

4/3/2023

 
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By Tom Reminga
Chief Technology Officer at Risetech Patners  |  LinkedIN

Technology innovations manifest initially in enterprise organizations which allows cost effective delivery and consumption models to be developed for the small and medium business sector.

Read about four trends that have the potential to become mainstream in businesses of all sizes.
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Village of Mount Pleasant, Racine County to consider land purchase agreement with Microsoft

3/28/2023

 
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Which future do we want for Milwaukee?

3/25/2023

 
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by Tim Sheehy, MMAC President



As Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers and the state Legislature mull over the question of increasing state shared revenue and providing Milwaukee with an additional sales tax, “yes” and “no” result in clearly differing outcomes.   

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Harley-Davidson and Pathways High School partner on interdisciplinary seminar

3/24/2023

 
By Julia Burns, Co-Founder and Board President, Pathways High Milwaukee
 
What happens when you combine English Language Arts (ELA), philosophy, and a hands-on motorcycle engine conversion in one high school class? Student engagement and learning soar! That’s exactly the outcome for students in Pathways High’s “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance,” a seminar inspired by Robert Pirsig’s 1974 bestselling book by the same name.
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Statement on Gov. Evers plan to keep Major League Baseball in Milwaukee

2/14/2023

 
​MILWAUKEE -- The Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce (MMAC) released the following statement from Andrew Davis, Vice President of Government Affairs for MMAC regarding Gov. Evers plan to keep the MLB in Milwaukee:
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“MMAC helped lead the effort to pass legislation and secure the follow-on funding to build (then) Miller Park. Our goal was to sustain the asset of Major League Baseball for greater Milwaukee and Wisconsin. That success has led to twenty plus years of marquee publicity, fan enjoyment, and economic impact. We appreciate the Governor’s leadership to find a path forward to extend the current lease until 2043. We look forward to working with the Legislature and Governor as this proposal takes shape.”

Andrew Davis - VP, Government Affairs for MMAC

View the Governor's press release: ​Gov. Evers Announces Plan to Keep Major League Baseball, Brewers in Milwaukee for 20 More Years >

MMAC Members Approve Slate of New, Returning Directors

1/31/2023

 
The MMAC board ratified the election of two new directors on January 30, 2023. Additionally, 15 directors were re-elected to three-year terms. Austin Ramirez, president and CEO of Husco International was named Chair-Elect, succeeding current Chair Cathy Jacobsen, president, and CEO of Froedtert Health in 2024. The Board also approved the full slate of officers and three additional director appointments. 
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Austin Ramirez, Husco International

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Employers committed to making Milwaukee a Region of Choice for diverse talent remain on track to reach goals

12/13/2022

 
MMAC coalition of companies significantly outpaces metro average for diverse hiring

MILWAUKEE – A group of 125-plus Milwaukee Region employers engaged in the Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce (MMAC) Region of Choice consortium remain on track to meet five-year goals for recruiting, retaining and advancing Black and Brown employees – and are significantly outpacing the overall region’s rate of diverse hiring.

Since launching the Region of Choice (ROC) initiative in 2019, MMAC has tracked the progress of the 125-plus companies and organizations representing a total of 127,000 employees that have committed to making Milwaukee a Region of Choice for diverse talent by increasing the percentages of Black and Brown employees (by 15% over five years) and managers (by 25% over five years) at those firms. Companies involved in ROC also meet regularly to identify trends and share best practices.
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MMAC statement on retirement of state Sen. Darling

11/23/2022

 
​MILWAUKEE -- The Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce (MMAC) released the following statement from President Tim Sheehy upon the retirement of state Senator Alberta Darling (R – River Hills):
 
“I want to congratulate Senator Darling on such an impactful 32 years of public service for the people of Wisconsin and especially Milwaukee. The Wisconsin state legislature is losing a true leader and the community is losing one of its strongest pro-Milwaukee advocates. As one of the original authors of the nation’s first school choice program, her legacy will carry on and her impact will be felt for many more decades to come. She always fought for children and empowered parents. She consistently advocated for her constituents and led on so many issues that bettered the lives of so many. Alberta will be greatly missed and we congratulate her on a well-earned retirement.”
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