Strengthening the talent pipeline
By: Hailey Pitcher, MMAC Communications Intern While the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) predicts employers will hire 7.3% more college graduates this year than they did in 2024, [...]
Milwaukee: An Ideal City for College Students and Grads
Local professionals speak from experience By: Allie Shane, Communications Specialist A recurring topic of conversation among local employers is how to attract and retain talent. The good news: Milwaukee [...]
The Dream Team
A partnership between Beyond Vision and the Milwaukee Bucks By: Allie Shane, Communications Specialist In basketball, an assist happens when a player makes a successful pass to a teammate, resulting in a scored basket for their team. This term can be applied to the business [...]
Building Hope, Building Careers
Revitalize Milwaukee teaching the trades By: Ryan Amundson, Senior Director of Communications Milwaukee resident Amber Manley – a nurse working weekends – moved into an older home in 2020 that [...]
New year, new challenges
Opportunities abound but plenty of work on tap By Dale Kooyenga, MMAC President This year the Nobel Prize was awarded to the authors of a compelling book titled “Why Nations [...]
Unconventional Partnerships
The key to talent attraction and retention By: Allie Shane, Communications Specialist Earlier this month, MMAC and Visit Milwaukee hosted the second-annual Milwaukee Talent Summit at Potawatomi Casino Hotel. Event attendees listened as local professionals shared their perspectives on topics [...]
Milwaukee Development Corp. receives $250K grant
Organization to expand fellowship program By: Ryan Amundson, Senior Director of Communications The Milwaukee Development Corp. (MDC) will help support three up-and-coming real-estate developers through its fellowship program after [...]
Milwaukee: A city to move to…and stay!
Milwaukee ranked as one of the best cities for college students and graduates By: Allie Shane, Communications Specialist College and the years that follow is an exciting yet stressful period [...]
A Fresh Start
Sen. Ron Johnson showcases successes of Joseph Project With few exceptions, downtown Milwaukee was all politics last week during the Republican National Convention. One of those exceptions was a panel discussion held at the MMAC [...]
All-In Milwaukee announces scholarship in honor of Cathy Jacobson
During MMAC’s May board meeting, Senior Advisor Tim Sheehy announced scholarships honoring Cathy Jacobson, President and CEO of Froedtert and former MMAC board chair, in light of her recent retirement announcement. The scholarships will [...]