TEMPO MILWAUKEE NEWS

**2015/16 Directories

and 40th Anniversary

Pins are here!**

TEMPO Milwaukee is pleased to

announce the 2015/2016

Directories and 40th Anniversary

pins are here! We will have them

available at upcoming program

meetings and events in June,

July, and August. If you are

unable to attend one of the

meetings, please swing by the

TEMPO Milwaukee office to pick

up a copy of the directory and

your TEMPO Milwaukee pin.

In This Issue

CEO Message

Past Events

Upcoming Events

New Member Feature

Members in the News

Social Media 101

Memberclicks 101

CEO Message Greetings!

Well here it is! Our first newsletter of 2015-16 – and we’re issuing it in direct response to the request of our TEMPO Milwaukee members. Our resurrected newsletter is full of Information about the organization, our members and the great work we/they are doing within the Milwaukee business community. We’ve also shared a few social media tips as well as ways to navigate around our MemberClicks database. The newsletter will be issued once a quarter and will evolve over time with important information about TEMPO Milwaukee.

As always, we welcome your feedback and look forward to keeping our communications transparent and informative so our TEMPO Milwaukee members continue to be engaged. Feel free to call the TEMPO Milwaukee office at 414.301.6680 or email us at info@tempomilwaukee.org. It’s been an exciting start to the year – and so much more is on the horizon. We bid a heartfelt farewell to Linda Newberry-Ferguson and thanked her for her leader-ship as Board President during a transitional, but transformative year for the organ-ization. We said goodbye to several Board members including Kitty Brennan, Krista Brookman, Julie Cashman-Kuhn, Lindsay Hammerer, Kimberly Kane and Peggy Williams-Smith. We welcomed new Board Chair Jayne Hladio and new Board members Kris Best, Marybeth Cottrill, Vinita Paul and Paula Pergl. I am thrilled to be working alongside Jayne and our TEMPO Milwaukee Board as we continue to build the organization for the future.

In addition to our Board, we also unveiled our 2015-16 strategic plan. We developed a strategic plan in 2012 – and much of it is very relevant today. A lot of thought, hard work and feedback went into developing this strategy. We have been provided with a great foundation – now it is a matter of implementing and executing on that vision. We have included a link to the highlights of the strategic update in our newsletter. I encourage you to read and review the strategic plan. I hope you join in my excitement in bringing these strategic initiatives to life over the next year! We are also planning several stellar events at the end of the year, beginning with our 2015 Leadership Event on October 22, as we welcome Shaifali Puri. This will be the 10th annual Leadership Event and we anticipate another record-breaking year of attendance. On November 19, once again we will partner with Professional Dimensions and Milwaukee Women Inc., as well as Momentum to host keynote speaker Rebecca Ryan, as well as several Milwaukee area companies, to share their message of innovation and futurism. We round out the year celebrating our 40th Anniversary at our Holiday party on December 17. I look forward to seeing you at these upcoming events! Jennifer Dirks President & CEO

Quarterly Newsletter June 2015

Click here to view the

2015 Strategic Update!

Pictured Above: Mentor Event Co-Chairs– Sara Walker,

Ellen Trytek, Deanna Singh

Past Events

Pictured Above: 2014 Scholarship Recipients– Lydia

Schaser, Stela Ziu, Caitlin Miller, Lara Rosewicz

Pictured Above: 2015 Mentor Event Winners– Anne Crago, Sharon deGuzman,

Linda Gorens-Levey, Mary Meehan

Pictured Above: Dr. Joan Prince, Linda Newberry-

Ferguson, Mary Meehan, Jennifer Dirks, Erickajoy Daniels

Mentor Awards Luncheon

It was another record-breaking year for our Mentor

Awards luncheon on February 19, at the Pfister Hotel.

2015 marked the 25th year for TEMPO Milwaukee in

celebrating the practice of mentoring – recognizing

individuals who have demonstrated an extraordinary

commitment to helping others achieve their personal and

professional potential. Throughout its 25-year history,

TEMPO Milwaukee has recognized 53 individuals and

nine corporations for living and breathing the definition of

mentoring. This year, before a capacity crowd of 650

guests, TEMPO Milwaukee honored individual award

recipients Linda Gorens-Levey and Mary Meehan, and

corporate award recipient Baird. Three $5,000

scholarships were presented to Alverno and the

University of Madison – School of Business in recognition

of the winners.

The event could not have been possible without the

leadership of our Mentor Awards co-chairs Deanna

Singh, Ellen Trytek and Sara Walker, along with our

committee members. Thank you to everyone who

participated and made this year’s event such a huge

success!

Please Join

Us!

10th Annual

TEMPO Milwaukee

Leadership Event

October 22, 2015

Pfister Hotel

7:00 a.m.-9:30 a.m.

Past Events

Featuring

Shaifali Puri

Click here to Register!

Golf Outing Summer Social

New Member Meet & Greet

July 21, 2015 River Club of

Mequon

Click here to Register!

TEMPO Milwaukee cheered on the Milwaukee Bucks! TEMPO

Milwaukee was recognized as a thought leader in the community

and was given the opportunity to speak with Bucks President,

Peter Feigin and Vice President, Alex Lasry during half time.

Pictured Above: (Left to Right) Top: Jennifer Dirks, Kris Best, Laura Lukas, Laura

Gough, Deanna Tillisch, Linda Newberry– Ferguson Bottom: Kelly Skindzelewski, Emily

Phillips, Marilyn Krause, Peggy Williams-Smith, Tami Garrison

Pictured Above: Milwaukee Art Museum Chief Designer, David Russick

explaining the new renovation plans to TEMPO Discovery attendees.

TEMPO Milwaukee members got a sneak peek at the Milwaukee

Art Museum renovations from Chief Designer, David Russick.

Members were able to hear about the history of the museum and

view the new architecture design models.

Pictured above: Katherine Gehl

Katherine Gehl spoke to TEMPO

Milwaukee at the May Program

meeting. Gehl spoke about the

state of democracy in the United

States and its impacts on U.S.

competitiveness. Gehl also shared

the emotions and decisions that

went in to her decision to sell her

family business, Gehl Foods.

Past Events

Members In the News

Lori Richards named President and Partner of Mueller Communications. Richards

serves as the Director of Communications on the TEMPO Milwaukee Board of

Directors. Click here to read more about Richard’s new role.

Pictured Above: Patti Gorsky, Jayne Hladio, Jennifer Dirks, Barb

Ecklond, Lynda Kohler, Lisa Froemming, Pat Ackerman, Rose

Spang, and Barb Bolens

2015 Women of Influence Sponsor

A record number of attendees packed the Wisconsin

Center to celebrate influential women in Milwaukee!

TEMPO Milwaukee was among those in attendance

as a proud sponsor of the Milwaukee Business

Journal’s 2015 Women of Influence Luncheon. Past

TEMPO Milwaukee Women of Influence Winners

accompanied TEMPO Milwaukee to congratulate all

of the Women of Influence Winners, especially the

TEMPO Milwaukee women! (See page 7 for a list of

the TEMPO Milwaukee winners)

Dr. Eve Hall, president and chief executive officer of the African American Chamber

of Commerce of Wisconsin was the recipient of the 2015 BizTimes Woman Executive

of the Year Award. To read more about Hall, click here.

TEMPO Milwaukee celebrated forty years of leadership at the 2015 Past

President’s Luncheon held on June 18, 2015 at the Woman’s Club of

Wisconsin. Over one hundred members gathered to honor the leadership

of the organization through its forty year history. Dr. Darienne Driver,

Superintendent of Milwaukee Public Schools was the keynote speaker for

the event. TEMPO Milwaukee Past Presidents: Linda Newberry-Ferguson, Peggy Williams-Smith,

Jennifer Bartolotta, Amy Rislov, Kimberly Kane, Gina Alberts Peter, Nancy Hernandez,

Cristy Garcia-Thomas, Phyllis King, Tracey Klein, Beverly Greenberg, Lori Stortz, Pat

DeLaney Lang, Susan G. Stein, Jo Ann Ratcheson, Lynne Pearson, Sue Marks, Marion

Smith, Mary Ellen Stanek, Janice Loebel, Sheryl St. Ores, Melodie Wilson, Peg Fennig,

Barbara Faucett, Anne Curley, Frances Smith, M. Kathleen Eilers, Carole Kraemer, Martha

Valerio, Alyson Zierdt, Elly M. Pick, Mary Tenwinkel, Mary Ann LaBahn, Mary Alice Tier-

ney, Merrilee Zielinski, Mary Louise Roozen, Colleen F. Henderson, Marilyn Vollrath, Joan

Francoeur, Carla Butenhoff, Donna Dollase, Pat Lunde

Dr. Darienne Driver

Superintendent

Milwaukee Public Schools

Members In the News

Carol Voss was recently elected to serve on the MPS School Board, representing

District 8. As if that were not enough, Voss has also been hired by Creative

Alliance Milwaukee to lead the efforts to host events throughout the summer and

fall on a city-owned parking lot on west Wisconsin Avenue. Voss previously served

as the director of communications and special projects at IndependenceFirst.

To read more about Voss’s news, click here.

Mary Dowell retired from her role at Johnson Controls Inc. after nineteen years

with the organization. Dowell has served as the director of corporate human

resources and led the company’s diversity initiatives. Most recently, she served as

the vice president of foundation affairs and global community relations. Click here

to read more about Mary Dowell’s impressive career.

Rose Spang, a Senior Financial Representative with the Holter Group, a top

ranked office of Northwestern Mutual, recently received the Italian American

UNICO citizen of the year award! Pictured with Rose is TEMPO Milwaukee

member, Rose Spano Iannelli.

Griselda Aldrete, president and chief executive officer of the Hispanic Profession-

als of Greater Milwaukee, received the 2015 BizTimes Regional Spirit Award. The

award recognizes her for her commitment to advancing southeastern Wisconsin as

a place to live, work and play. Most recently, Aldrete was also named “Young

Alumna of the Year” by Marquette University. Aldrete graduated from Marquette

University, majoring in law studies and Spanish. Click here to read more about

Aldrete’s awards.

Amy Jensen joined The Water Council as the director of finance and operations.

Jensen announced in November that she would be leaving the Skylight Music

Theatre where she previously served as the managing director. "Because of an

inspiring and passionate presentation about The Water Council that Rich Meeusen

[co-chair of The Water Council] gave a couple of months ago, this opportunity

caught my attention immediately," Jensen said in a press release. To read more

about Jensen’s career move, click here.

Upcoming Events

July 14, 2015

TEMPO Discovery invites you to

attend a hard hat tour of Sojourner

Family Peace Center! Come be a

part of the excitement!

Click here to Register!

July 21, 2015

Our Annual Golf outing makes its

triumphant return this year, along

with a summer social and meet-n-

greet with our newest members.

So whether you’re a golfer, a golf-

ing novice, or just want to social-

ize and enjoy a summer evening

with fellow TEMPO Milwaukee

members– this event is for you!

Click here to Register!

August 20, 2015

Join TEMPO Milwaukee in

August for a program featuring

Chief Ed Flynn.

Click here to Register!

Members In the News

TEMPO Milwaukee sponsored the Milwaukee Business

Journal's Mentoring Monday which was held on March

30th at the Hilton Milwaukee City Center. Many of

TEMPO Milwaukee members participated as

mentors! Karen Coy Romano, Mary Dowell, Lindsay

Hammerer, Louise Hermsen, Jayne Hladio, Phyllis

King, Kira Lafond, Joan Prince, Hannah Rosenthal,

Lynn Sprangers, Sandy Wysocki, Linda Newberry

Ferguson, and TEMPO Milwaukee CEO, Jennifer Dirks. This was a great way

to illustrate TEMPO's commitment to mentoring.

TEMPO Milwaukee members honoring Waukesha women at the Women of

Distinction event held on May 5th at The Country Springs Hotel in Waukesha.

The event was held on behalf of the Women and Girls Fund of Waukesha

County. Pictured above from left to right– Rachel and Jody Lowe, Marybeth

Cottrill, and Jennifer Dirks.

Katie Perhach was recognized for her work at Quarles

and Brady in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. She is

one of three women who are managing partners of

offices across the law firm's 10 locations in the United

States. Click here to read the full article on Perhach.

TEMPO Milwaukee member Magda Peck, founding dean of

the Joseph J. Zilber School of Public Health, will leave her

position at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee to

expand her consulting business. Peck said. Click here to

read more about Peck’s work at UWM and her future

plans.

2015 Women of Influence Winners

TEMPO Milwaukee celebrates and congratulates all of the Milwaukee Business Journal’s

2015 Women of Influence Winners, including many TEMPO Milwaukee members!

Members In the News

Rana Altenburg Sharon deGuzman Joanne Macinnes Gruneau Magda Peck

Rose Spano Iannelli Anne Reed Rhonda Ware Teri Zywicki

Social Media

5 Ways to Engage with TEMPO Milwaukee on Social Media

1. Make the TEMPO Milwaukee logo your cover photo on Facebook.

2. Identify yourself as a TEMPO Milwaukee member on LinkedIn

3. ‘Like’ and ‘Share’ posts on Facebook on our TEMPO Milwaukee page

4. Retweet and tag TEMPO Milwaukee in your social media posts at

TEMPO Milwaukee events.

5. Join the TEMPO Milwaukee LinkedIn Discussion group and share

career changes, professional articles, and Milwaukee community event

information

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New Member Feature

Amanda Baltz,

President

Spaulding Medical

Amanda Baltz helped establish Spaulding Clinical Research in 2007 and successfully helped

to grow the startup at a growth rate of 50% a year in just a few short years. Amanda is now

currently leading Spaulding Medical into healthcare commercialization with its proprietary 12

Lead Mobile ECG device.

Brigette Breitenbach

Principal

Company B Brand Marketing

Brigette Breitenbach is the owner of Company B, a full-service marketing communications firm

specializing in hospitality. Based in Milwaukee since 2008, Brigette's team of account manag-

ers, graphic designers and digital programmers focuses on the vehicles that create the most

value for their clients.

Christine Candela

Human Resources Manager

Caterpillar

Christine is currently an HR Manager at Caterpillar in their Global Mining offices in Oak Creek

where she provides HR leadership support to a global team. Prior to that she held various HR

leadership positions at Caterpillar such as acquisition integration and global compensation

and benefits leadership.

Lisa Cieslak

Chief Financial Officer

GMR Marketing

Lisa has been with GMR since 2000 and in the CFO role since 2009. She is a member of the

Executive Leadership Team where she helps shape GMR's long-term business strategy,

drives corporate synergies while ensuring financial stability of the global company. At GMR,

Lisa has spearheaded the creation of GLOW, a women's initiative that stands for Growth,

Leadership and Opportunities for Women.

Kathryn Dunn

VP Community Investments

Greater Milwaukee Foundation

Kathryn J. Dunn is responsible for the strategic direction, development and management of

the Foundation's grant making, scholarships, leadership initiatives and evaluation of grant

outcomes and impact. She previously spent fourteen years at the Helen Bader Foundation,

where she specialized in community and economic development and workforce issues.

Marty Ellery

Vice President of Public Relations

Nelson Schmidt

Marty Ellery is the Vice President of Public Relations for Nelson Schmidt, a full-service agen-

cy focused on global manufacturing, recreational transportation and medical technology com-

panies. Ellery oversees all PR/ communications strategy and visioning for global clients in-

cluding Polaris, Alliance Laundry Systems, and the WI Economic Development Corporation.

Kathlyn Fletcher

Associate Professor of Medicine

Medical College of Wisconsin

Kathlyn Fletcher is an Associate Professor of Medicine for the Medical College of Wisconsin. She

is a clinical physician, however, she also has a major educational role for the internal medicine

residency program. In that role, she mentors 19 residents through their training and coaches an

additional 15-20 residents per year in finding research projects and mentors.

Sandra Hoeft

Audit Senior Manager

Deloitte

Currently, I am an audit senior manager at Deloitte. While at Deloitte, I have worked with public

and private clients in multiple industries including manufacturing, retail and not-for-profit. In addi-

tion, I serve as the Milwaukee office WIN (women’s initiative) leader. Outside of Deloitte, I have

two daughters, ages 10 and 6, who are actively involved in a competitive dance team, which

keeps our family busy. As a family, we spend time together reading, playing board games and

outside activities.

Mary Hoppa

Senior Vice President

Robert W. Baird

Mary has over 28 years of financial services expertise. As part of the Baird Advisors Fixed Income

team, Mary focuses on project implementations and leading process improvements to build scale

in the business. Prior to joining Baird in 2009, Mary spent 17 years at Strong Capital Management

in various operational roles, including leading the Transfer Agency as a Senior Vice President.

Rebecca House

Assistant– General Counsel

Harley Davidson

Rebecca House is Assistant General Counsel at Harley-Davidson, Inc. She manages a team that

is responsible for corporate governance, securities law and public company legal work and that

provides legal support for the company’s North American region and marketing organization. Prior

to joining Harley-Davidson in 2010, Rebecca was a partner at Foley & Lardner, where she was a

member of the litigation department. Rebecca is a graduate of Harvard Law School and the

University of Wisconsin, Madison.

Michelle Keith

Global Director, Human Resources, Learning and Organizational Development

Manpower Group

Michelle Keith joins us from ManpowerGroup where she has been leading Global Leadership and

Talent Development for the past 3½ years. Prior to this, she served in a variety of HR leadership

roles, as well as consulting roles, with companies such Microsoft, Travelers Insurance, and

Deloitte. Her experience covers a variety of industries including financial, technology, consulting,

services, retail and manufacturing. A passion of Michelle’s is supporting women’s social and eco-

nomic issues and developing women leaders.

New Member Feature

New Member Feature

Stacy Meller

Tax Senior Manager

KPMG

Stacy Meller a tax senior manager in KPMG’s Federal Tax practice and is based in the Milwaukee

office. She has more than 12 years of experience in providing tax compliance and consulting ser-

vices. Stacy serves a variety of privately and public held corporations and partnerships, including

multinational and foreign owned companies. Additionally Stacy leads the Milwaukee office’s chapter

of KPMG’s Network of Women.

Christine Metcalf

Vice President Finance

Rexnord

Christine is Vice President of Finance for the Process & Motion Control division of Rexnord, a glob-

al industrial component manufacturer headquartered in Milwaukee.

Prior to this Christine has worked in various financial roles within Johnson Controls, Newell Rubber-

maid and SC Johnson. She is a long time volunteer with the Milwaukee Art Museum and currently

serves as a Director on the Friends of Art Board.

Laurie Panella

Chief Information Officer

Milwaukee County

Laurie Panella is Milwaukee County's Chief Information Officer and provides leadership

strategic management, vision, collaboration, and implementation for IT services and solutions

throughout Wisconsin's largest county. Laurie has been with Milwaukee County for over twenty

years. Over the last ten years, Laurie has held the Chief of Recreation and Business Development,

Deputy Chief Information Officer and Interim Chief Information Officer positions.

Catherine Faught Pollard

Attorney/ Partner

Quarles & Brady LLP

Catherine is a Partner at Quarles & Brady LLP and practices litigation in the areas of product liabil-

ity, health & life sciences, toxic torts and personal injury defense. She represents manufacturers and

companies in litigation across the country involving medical devices, pharmaceuticals, chemical ex-

posure, long-term care and skilled nursing facilities, chemical exposure, toxic torts, asbestos, motor-

cycles, and professional liability issues. Catherine has been involved with Friends of Art of the

Milwaukee Art Museum since childhood and currently serves on its Board of Directors.

Heidi Schneider

Managing Director

Robert W. Baird

Heidi is responsible for developing relationships with and servicing institutional clients and interme-

diaries for Baird Advisors, the fixed income asset management division of Baird that currently man-

ages over $33 billion in client assets. Heidi has over 20 years of financial services experience. Prior

to joining Baird Advisors Heidi was the Controller for the Private Wealth Management division at

Robert W. Baird & Company.

New Member Feature

Marie Suesse

Director of Talent Acquisition/ Human Capital

Artisan Partners

Marie C. Suesse directs the talent acquisition function at Artisan Partners. Ms. Suesse works on

key human capital initiatives, including early talent development, talent management, recruiting,

onboarding and employee engagement. Prior to joining Artisan Partners in May of 2010, Ms.

Suesse was a Vice President in JP Morgan's Asset Management/ Private Banking Group where

she led recruiting and staffing initiatives.

Marcia Wayer

Director of Marketing

Roadrunner Transportation Systems, Inc.

Marcia Wayer is the Director of Marketing for Roadrunner Transportation Systems, a $2 billion

transportation and logistics company headquartered in Cudahy. Prior to joining Roadrunner,

Marcia spent 10 years as an independent consultant assisting area businesses, including Fortune

500 clients, with marketing strategy, research, communications and management development.

Marcia holds a Masters Degree from UW-Milwaukee in Marketing Analysis and undergrad from

Valparaiso University in Business. Vera Westphal

Deputy Zoo Director

Milwaukee County

Vera Westphal serves as Deputy Zoo Director (Administration/Finance) for the Milwaukee County Zoo

and has been at the Zoo since 2005. She oversees all the financial aspects of the Zoo, program and au-

dience evaluation and research services, zoo-wide performance measures, Human Resources and other

administrative functions.

Stacy Williams

Vice President

Robert W. Baird

Stacy is currently a Vice President at Baird in Private Wealth Management in the downtown Milwaukee

office where she provides investment advice and asset management to successful families, corporations

and endowments. Stacy is very actively involved with The Milwaukee Repertory Theater, United Way’s

Women’s Leadership Council, UPAF Notable Women, and Milwaukee Rotary.

Teri Zywicki

President & CEO

SaintA

Teri Zywicki has been President and CEO of SaintA since 2001, and in that time has tripled its staff and

almost quadrupled its budget. She has served as an executive leader for nonprofits for 26 years. Teri is

on the board of the Wisconsin Association of Family and Children's Agencies and is a former chair.

WELCOME TO ALL OF OUR NEW TEMPO MILWAUKEE MEMBERS

Nominations forms for the Fall Membership Cycle due by August 15, 2015.

Contact the TEMPO Milwaukee office for Nomination forms (414) 301-6680.

2015/2016 Board of Directors Officers Board Chair Jayne Hladio US BANK Past Chair Linda Newberry-Ferguson

Rehabilitation Hospital of Wisconsin

Treasurer/ Secretary Kris Best

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Governance Heather Fields Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren Directors Communications Lori Richards Mueller Communications Membership Sharon deGuzman Robert W. Baird Programming Mary Burgoon Rockwell Automation Women’s Affinity Alliance Laura Lukas Johnson Controls Directors-at-Large Katie Clark Three Harbors Council, BSA Marybeth Cottrill Northern Trust Tami Garrison MillerCoors Cathy Girard Goodwill Industries of Southeastern Wisconsin Marilyn Krause The Lowe Group Jody Lowe The Lowe Group Linda Mertz Mertz Associates Vinita Paul Heartland Advisors Paula Pergl Lauber CFOs Rose Spano Iannelli Spano Pratt Executive Search Ellen Trytek Drinker Biddle & Reath President & CEO Jennifer Dirks TEMPO Milwaukee

MemberClicks 101

What’s MemberClicks? All of TEMPO Milwaukee members is housed within our

database called MemberClicks. As a member, you have access to view member

information, update/ change your profile information, and register for events. All of this

information can be accessed on the website.

Updating Profile Information:

1. Log in using your TEMPO Milwaukee log in information.

Default Login

Username: first initial last name (Ex] kroell)

Password: tempo

2. Click ‘Roster’. Enter your first and last name and Click ‘Search’.

3. Hover your cursor over ‘My Profile’. Click ‘Edit Profile’.

From there, you can update your profile information, change your password, and up-

date your profile picture. You can also check to see what events you are

registered for!

View Event Registrations

1. Hover with your cursor ’My Profile’. Click ’View Transactions’.

From there you can view all events you have registered for. You can also click

’Receipt’ and view your payments or print a receipt.

Find Member Contact Information

1. Log in using your TEMPO Milwaukee log in information.

2. Click ‘Roster’. Enter the first name and last name of the person you would like to

contact. Click ‘Search’.

Profile information will then appear.

For more information about MemberClicks, contact the TEMPO Milwaukee office at

(414) 301-6680.

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