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Corporate Citizen of the Year: Sargento Foods
BizTimes
Plymouth-based Sargento Foods, a family-owned and operated cheese distribution company since 1953, boasts decades of charitable efforts centering on education, shelter and food in Wisconsin communities.
Sargento has provided contributions for several organizations including Milwaukee Habitat for Humanity, to which the company has donated $1.7 million; Hunger Task Force and the United Way.
With campaigns such as Double Helping for Hunger, which features 2018 National League Most Valuable Player Christian Yelich of the Milwaukee Brewers, Sargento has helped raise more than $1 million for Wisconsin families in need of food. This year, Sargento teamed up with the Green Bay Packers and running back....
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Elevate Sustainability as an Economic Driver
Microgrid powers new holiday lights display
Insight Publications
When the new Fox Cities Festival of Lights opens on Friday, two-thirds of the light displays will be powered using renewable energy thanks to a partnership between Faith Technologies in Menasha, Excellerate Manufacturing and DCentraIQ.
The Fox Cities Festival of Lights is being held at Darboy Community Park and will feature more than 100,000 lights and more than 50 different handmade displays along the park’s half-mile walking trail. The event was organized and run entirely by volunteers led by...
Read More 2> New North Event 2019 New North Summit This year's New North Summit will kick off with Jan Allman, CEO of Marinette Marine Corporation, Melissa Hughes, WEDC Secretary and CEO, and City of Green Bay Mayor, Eric Genrich. Jan Allman has extensive manufacturing and operational excellence experience. Prior to joining FMM, Allman served as the Vice President of Global Manufacturing at Navistar Corporation, where she and her manufacturing team played a pivotal role in helping to reinvent Navistar's manufacturing landscape.
Before joining the WEDC as Secretary and CEO, Melissa “Missy” Hughes was General Counsel and Chief Mission Officer at Organic Valley.
Before joining Organic Valley, she was an associate attorney at the firm of Holland & Hart practicing in the areas of natural resources, construction litigation, and corporate business transactions.
Eric Genrich was elected the 42nd Mayor of Green Bay in April 2019. Prior to becoming Mayor, Genrich was elected to the state Assembly in November 2012. Serving three terms, he represented the 90th Assembly District which comprises the majority of the City of Green Bay.
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