Are you attending IWFs 50th Anniversary? If so, please contact Becky Splitt at splittrebecca@gmail.com.

We are also planning a dinner for IWF WI members after the opening reception, with details to follow.

The Wisconsin Academy is honored to announce the awarding of the 2024 Fellows Award to 16 extraordinary Wisconsinites with high levels of accomplishment in their fields who have demonstrated a lifelong commitment to intellectual discourse and public service.

• For over 150 years, the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts & Letters has amplified and celebrated excellence, building on extraordinary achievement to connect people and improve life in Wisconsin.
• Through exploration of the sciences, arts, and letters, the Wisconsin Academy cultivates civil discourse, creates common ground, and increases our understanding of one another and the world we share.
• The Academy Fellows represent the highest level of accomplishment and reflect incredible contributions to Wisconsin, providing inspiration and hope.

Since 1982, the Wisconsin Academy Fellows Award recognizes educators, researchers, mentors, artists, and civic or business leaders from across Wisconsin who have made substantial contributions to the cultural life and welfare of our state and its people. Being selected as a Fellow is the highest recognition conferred by the Wisconsin Academy. Honorees will receive their award at a ceremony in September of 2024.

Read more!

The 23rd annual Best of Madison Business Awards honor visionary leaders who see how it all connects to build a better Madison.

Read more about Marsha Lindsay's and her firm's strategic playbook 'The Madison Ethic' in her LinkedIn post.

Read more about her honor as a Best in Madison Business 2024 here in Madison Magazine!

Ep 258: Uniting Venture Investors with a Fund of Funds: with Carrie Thome, Managing Director of NVNG

"Carrie Thome left the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, where she oversaw a $3 billion investment portfolio, to co-found NVNG Investment Advisors, an investment platform and network made up of a family of funds. The organization closed its Fund 1 in late 2021. Carrie talks about the organization, leaving WARF to launch it, her experience as a fund raiser and the progress NVNG has made since its start in 2019."

Listen here! 

Leslie Ann Howard, a member of our Board of Visitors, recently received the UW-Madison Sandra Rosenbaum School of Social Work's 2024 Distinguished Alumni Award. As President and CEO of United Way of Dane County, Leslie helped strengthen communities and transformed the organization. She also taught courses at the La Follette School!

Congratulations Leslie!

Read more about Leslie and her career: https://lnkd.in/gaBpjFjA

Three of our members have been interviewed by Zach Brandon (Head of the Greater Madison Chamber) and Henry Sanders (Head of 365 Nation) for a new podcast called Leaderboard:

• Kim Sponem
• Angela Santiago
• Marsha Lindsay

As Zach and Henry note in the intro to each program, this podcast is unusual because it not only discusses the interviewee’s leadership traits, it also seeks to find out what formed as leaders. Among things each is asked to do: Describe their 13-year-old self. Each interviewee also discussed their point of view on how to create a more equitable and inclusive future for us all.

You can access them all here:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/leaderboard-podcast/id1674606959

Congratulations to Christy Brown for being named the new President of Alverno College. 

Read 5 things to know about new Alverno College president Christy Brown in an article featured in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/education/2023/04/19/alverno-college-names-milwaukee-executive-christy-brown-as-new-president/70130042007/

Congratulations to Terri Young, who was one of three women from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health (SMPH) and/or UW Health and among the six at UW–Madison to earn 2023 Outstanding Women of Color Awards in March. The annual tradition honors women of color among faculty, staff, and/or students who are deeply rooted in the UW–Madison and Madison communities through their work in one or more of the following areas: social justice, activism, and advocacy on behalf of disadvantaged, marginalized populations; community service; scholarly research, writing, speaking, and/or teaching on race, ethnicity, and indigeneity in U.S. society; and/or community-building to create an inclusive and respectful environment for all. 

Read more: Terri Young - Quarterly.pdf

Very sad news for our forum and the Wisconsin Badger community. Becky Blank passed away peacefully on February 17 after a seven month battle with an aggressive form of cancer. She was a visionary and a leader that exemplified IWF values and will always be remembered for the significant impact she made for Badgers and the state of Wisconsin. Thank you, Becky, for your lasting legacy.

See more here https://rebeccablank.wisc.edu 

In December the Business Times unveiled Wisconsin 275, a new publication naming the most influential business leaders in the state. Congratulations to three of our own that made the 2022 list: Jane Blain-Gilbertson, Carrie Thome, Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin.

The 275 Wisconsin business leaders span a variety of industries, doing business in all corners of the state. Industries represented include: accounting, agriculture, banking & finance, construction, education, energy and utilities, entertainment, health care, insurance, law, manufacturing, nonprofits, real estate, restaurants, retail, sports, staffing, technology, tourism, transportation & logistics.

Details here: https://biztimes.com/wisconsin-275-meet-the-states-most-influential-business-leaders/