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Naletta Burr
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On the "third space"
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By Margaret LeBrun
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Naletta Burr served as director of On Broadway, a nonprofit organization that champions the downtown Broadway district in Green Bay, from 1999 until 2008, when she began working for the Green Bay-based architectural and planning firm Dimension IV. She sat down with Insight Editor Margaret LeBrun to talk Read More...
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Bob DeKoch
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Focused Flexibility
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By Margaret LeBrun
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I’ve always been interested in leadership and management, helping to build people, helping to build organizational capability, helping to grow a better way of doing things – those are the things that drive me.
Almost 20 years ago, I met Phil Clampitt, who is a partner in our book projects; he is now a Hendrickson Professor of Business at UWGB. We tried to develop this idea of a world-class communication system that would be as efficient and as good as (though more accurate than) the grapevine.
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Jeff Rafn
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On NWTC's tie with the Maritime Alliance
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By Margaret LeBrun
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As president of Northeast Wisconsin Technical College, H. Jeffrey Rafn is passionate about engaging students in learning – specifically, learning the technical and analytical skills they’ll need for jobs that exist in the New North today, and will exist in the future. Insight Editor Margaret LeBrun sat down with Rafn to discuss NWTC’s connection to business and industry, including the newly-formed Maritime Alliance.
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Tom Wiltzius
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on the pulse of leadership
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By Margaret LeBrun
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What’s top of mind for executives in the New North? As facilitator of five executive roundtables and co-chair of four others, Tom Wiltzius has taken the pulse of leaders region wide for the past 20 years. He recently launched Greenville-based Wiltzius Associates LLC, focusing on executive alignment, Read More...
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Meir Russ
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on knowledge as an asset
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By Margaret LeBrun
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Knowledge is an important business asset and a crucial component of business strategy. That’s the premise of a book recently published by University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Associate Professor Meir Russ. A native of Israel, entrepreneur, frequent world traveler and an early champion of New North, Inc., Read More...
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Jack Fischer:
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"development should be bipartisan'
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By Margaret LeBrun
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Jack Fischer served as Wisconsin Secretary of Commerce from November 2007 until he resigned in mid-2008. The Appleton resident is now a partner in Third Coast Consulting, which provides advice to companies working in water, energy, manufacturing and other industries. He sat down with Insight Editor Margaret Read More...
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Betsy Mitchell
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on Packers’ peak performance
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By Rick Berg
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In 2008, Betsy Mitchell was named vice president of organizational and staff development for the Green Bay Packers. She’s worked with or for the Packers since 1993, specializing in individual and organizational performance. She sat down recently with Insight Associate Editor Rick Berg to talk about the challenge of translating organizational objectives to individual performance. Read More...
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Rick Hill
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on sustainable development
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By Rick Berg
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Richard G. “Rick” Hill is the chairman of the Oneida Tribe and has been involved in tribal government for more than 30 years. He sat down recently with Insight Associate Editor Rick Berg to talk about the Oneidas’ commitment to economic development and the tribe’s long-time philosophy of sustainability expressed in the Seven Generations concept.
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Al Hartman
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on the region’s MBA epicenter
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By Margaret LeBrun
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Al Hartman, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh College of Business professor and interim UWO provost last year, was recently lauded by the Oshkosh Chamber of Commerce for his work with the business community. He sat down with Insight Executive Editor Margaret LeBrun to talk about the UWO Family Business Forum, AeroInnovate and new UWO programs for businesspeople. Read More...
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David Ward
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on the future of New North
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By Margaret LeBrun
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David Ward of NorthStar Economics, keynote speaker at the New North Summit Dec. 8, recently completed a year as interim chancellor at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. He sat down with Insight Editor Margaret LeBrun to discuss his role in the Economic Opportunity Study that led to the formation of New North, Inc. and the future of the 18-county region. Read More...
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Brenda Hicks-Sorensen
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on the Mercury Marine storm
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By Rick Berg
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Brenda Hicks-Sorensen has seen a lot in her nearly 15 years as an economic development professional. But as president of the Fond du Lac County Economic Development Corp., she found herself in the eye of the storm as the Mercury Marine drama unfolded this past summer. She sat down with Insight Associate Editor Rick Berg to talk about what those critical days were like.
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Rob Cera
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on the banking roller coaster
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By Margaret LeBrun
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Robert Cera joined Baylake Bank in 2006 and in 2008 was named president and CEO of Baylake Corp. He will deliver the first St. Norbert College CEO Breakfast & Strategy Series talk Nov. 3 on the De Pere campus. Insight Editor Margaret LeBrun talked with Cera about the “roller coaster” ride Baylake has witnessed these past 18 months in the face of the recession. Read More...
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Terri McCormick
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asks ‘What sex is a Republican?’
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By Margaret LeBrun
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Terri McCormick, who served in the state Assembly from 2000 to 2006, was appalled by the “front row politics” of partisan extremes while in office and after she lost her primary bid for the 8th District Congress. The president of consulting group McCormick Dawson talked with Read More...
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John Jones
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execs aren't bulletproof
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By Rick Berg
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John Jones capped a 20-year NFL career when he became president of the Green Bay Packers in May 2006, but less than a month later heart surgery and a stroke put his career in jeopardy. A year later, he resigned. Since then, he has established a website, www.bulletproofmyth.com, and gives talks to community and corporate groups on men’s health issues. He sat down with Read More...
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Bob Atwell
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on why people trump numbers
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By Margaret LeBrun
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Nicolet National Bank, founded in 2000 in Green Bay, was one of a few banks in Wisconsin to accept Troubled Asset Relief Program funds. Chairman and CEO Bob Atwell says his bank did not need TARP but accepted it as a good move for shareholders. He sat down with Insight Editor Margaret LeBrun to share his take on what went wrong in the banking industry. Read More...
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Bill Chaudoir
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on opening the Door to business
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By Margaret LeBrun
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Promoting the Door peninsula comes naturally to Bill Chaudoir, who has served as executive director of the Door County Economic Development Corp. since its creation 20 years ago. Insight Co-Publisher and Editor Margaret LeBrun sat down with Chaudoir during a visit to Stone’s Throw Winery to talk about his role attracting business to a place best known for its tourism. Read More...
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Shipra Seefeldt
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The only thing constant is change
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By Margaret LeBrun
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She has lived on three continents, speaks four languages and runs two companies: Strategic Solutions Consulting LLC and the Seefeldt Institute for Family Business, with offices in Appleton and Milwaukee. Shipra Seefeldt is also president of the Appleton Downtown Rotary. She sat down with Insight Editor Margaret LeBrun to talk about how adapting to change is a constant in her life.
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Jim Golembeski
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on transitions in the workforce
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By Rick Berg
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Jim Golembeski has been executive director of the Bay Area Workforce Development Board since 1992 and has seen multiple changes and transitions in the regional jobs economy. He’s also experienced a fairly major career transition himself, having left the Catholic priesthood in 1989. He sat down with Read More...
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Charlie Schrock
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on the future of energy generation
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By Rick Berg
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In December, Wisconsin Public Service Corp. President and CEO Charlie Schrock was named president and CEO of the Integrys Energy Group, a holding company formed in 2007 to include WPS and five other utilities. Schrock, who joined WPS in 1979 as an associate engineer, sat down with Read More...
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Lorrie Keating Heinemann
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on what’s up with banking
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By Margaret LeBrun
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Secretary of the Department of Financial Institutions since her appointment by Gov. Jim Doyle in 2003. She oversees the state regulation of the banking and securities industries and the licensing of financial service providers. The Oshkosh resident, who formerly worked 18 years in the banking industry, sat down with Read More...
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