The Board of Directors serves as the governing body of the Waukesha County Center for Growth.
Executive Committee
Jennifer Bognar
President
We Energies
Manager – Local Affairs
Tom Fotsch
Vice President
EmbedTek LLC
COO and Owner
Jeff Hoffman
Secretary
Cushman & Wakefield | Boerke
Principal
Dan Defnet
Treasurer
Johnson Financial Group
EVP, Commercial Banking
Patti Knesier
Past President
Froedtert Health
Vice President of Employer Services
Amanda Payne
Ex-Officio
Waukesha County Business Alliance
President & CEO
Dale Shaver
Ex-Officio
Waukesha County
Director of Parks & Land Use
Therese Thill
Waukesha County Center for Growth
Executive Director
Members at Large
Rachel Bahr
Xiogenix
President & CEO
Greg Bauer
BMO Harris Bank
Regional Manager, Business Banking
Christopher Burg
American Transmission Company
Director, Technology Engineering & Operations
Dan Habeck
Cramer, Multhauf & Hammes, LLP
Attorney
John Hazod
Town Bank
Regional Chief Financial Officer
Tim Schneider
Bank Five Nine
President & CEO
Jeff Searl
Milwaukee Tool
Director of Operations - Mukwonago
Marcease Warren
Vice President, Sentry Equipment Corporation
Ex-Officio
Mike Shiels
Waukesha County Technical College
Dean, School of Applied Technologies
Jeremy Smith
Village of Sussex
Village Administrator
Bon Wikenhesier
Associate Director
UW System Institute for Business & Entrepreneurship
State Director
Wisconsin Small Business Development Center