Special Event Update
More to offer: New North Summit offers mix of virtual, live programming
Insight On Business
Like so many other organizations planning to hold events, New North, Inc. had to reimagine and reschedule its annual New North Summit, which is typically held in person each December.

The 2021 summit, which is one of the largest economic development gatherings in the region, will be held over four days, with three days of virtual programming and one in-person gathering on June 10 at Lambeau Field in Green Bay.

“We know our annual summit is an event that our stakeholders look forward to for enriched networking and regional updates,” says Barb LaMue, president and CEO of New North, Inc. “While we are thankful for the progress that is being made to beat COVID-19, holding a large gathering on the previous date of March 11 is not possible. We instead have reshaped the event into....
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Leadership in the New North
Breaking the mold: Wisconsin Aluminum Foundry CEO Sachin Shivaram follows an unconventional path
Insight On Business
The story of Sachin Shivaram, a would-be lawyer with an Ivy League education who abandoned his earlier aspirations to pursue a career in the steel industry, should cast aside any doubts about the power of the written word to move and inspire.

Shivaram, who grew up in the Milwaukee suburb of Glendale and completed his higher education at Harvard, Yale and the University of Cambridge, was in law school and on track to become a lawyer when he read Ayn Rand’s “Atlas Shrugged,” a book that changed the trajectory of his life.

The dystopian novel tells the story of two lovers, railroad executive Dagny Taggart and steel tycoon Hank Reardon. While the book has a reputation as a darling among conservative and libertarian thinkers, Shivaram says it was the story that drew him in. Abruptly, he decided he didn’t want to be a lawyer and wrote to a steel company saying....
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Leadership in the New North
‘Not a fixer-upper anymore’ – Retiring CEO Flynn says Associated ready for new era of banking
Publication
Associated Banc-Corp president and chief executive officer Phil Flynn will retire from the company at the end of this year after 42 years in the industry.

Flynn, 63, joined the bank in 2009 from Union Bank in California, where he started out of college and worked for 30 years. The son of two bankers, Flynn said he had not been looking for a new job when recruiters contacted him about the....
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Economic Development Feature
gener8tor to host third northeast Wisconsin Upskilling Program in March
WisBusiness
Madison-based startup incubator gener8tor plans to host its third Upskilling Program in northeast Wisconsin in mid-March after two successful cohorts last year.

Director Cole Shearer said the program will be eight or 10 weeks and will result in information technology certification for 20-30 participants chosen from about 200 expected applicants. Shearer hopes to see the selected cohort grow in the future.

The gener8tor and Microsoft Upskilling Program aims to develop a skilled workforce for area businesses. Participants learn technical skills of the program theme. This year’s....
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Encourage Educational Attainment 
New certificate program at UWGB addresses diversity, equity and inclusion
NBC 26
University of Wisconsin-Green Bay has a goal with its new certificate program: Give everyone a voice.

The new noncredit Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Certificate Program launches this month at UWGB. The goal of the program is to promote social evolution in workplaces, organizations and communities, the school says.

The program is being offered at two levels, both of which are 100% online. Level 1 offers courses which address the multi-facets of diversity and privilege. It also offers a live online discussion and....
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Promote the Regional Brand
Join in on the 21-Week Equity Challenge to better understand racism
WBAY
United Way Wisconsin is hoping you’ll join them and thousands already signed up for its 21-Week Equity Challenge. It’s a way to better understand how inequity and racism affect people’s lives and our communities.

You can sign up for the challenge here.

The challenge, coinciding with the start of Black History Month, is a way to carry on the conversation of racism that still happens all around us, every day.

“We wanted to present our communities with the chance to engage with issues around race equity. At its heart it’s an email campaign with a weekly challenge,” said Katie McMullen, United Way Of Wisconsin, Member Services Manager.

Whether it’s to read, watch, or engage, the idea is to maybe get outside your comfort zone, learn something new, while building up a.... 
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Economic Development Feature
De Pere looks forward after challenging 2020
Go Press Times
The year 2020 may be in the rearview mirror, but objects are still larger than they appear. At the annual State of De Pere program last month city leaders painted a positive portrait of the community's road to pandemic recovery, but they didn't try to wallpaper over the potholes from 2020. Business closures and pandemic preparedness measures put a damper on much of the De Pere's business community, but as a whole, the city is emerging,...
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