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The list is intended to recognize people who are movers and shakers in the region.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThey are the people who others turn to when they need to get something done, whether it\u2019s a business deal, community project or raising money for a great cause,\u201d the Business Journal says.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">51ÁÔÆæ administrators making the list are Chancellor Mark Mone; Makda Fessahaye, associate vice chancellor, human resources; and Phyllis King, 51ÁÔÆæ associate vice chancellor, academic affairs. King is also a two-time 51ÁÔÆæ alum, earning a bachelor\u2019s in occupational therapy in 1983 and a doctorate in administrative leadership in education in 1995.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">51ÁÔÆæ alumni recognized as power brokers are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Michael Emem (&#8217;20 BBA Finance with Real Estate Certificate), founder of Emem Group<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Wendy Baumann (&#8217;84 BA Clinical Psychology, &#8217;94 MS Exceptional Education), Wisconsin Women&#8217;s Business Initiative Corp.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">H\u00e9ctor Col\u00f3n (&#8217;97 BS Occupational Therapy, &#8217;01 MS Occupational Therapy), Lutheran Social Services of Wisconsin &amp; Upper Michigan<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Patricia Contreras (&#8217;00 BBA Finance), Rockwell Automation<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Eve Hall (&#8217;92 MS Administrative Leadership in Education), Greater Milwaukee Urban League<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">JoAnne Anton (&#8217;99 MS Criminal Justice), Herb Kohl Philanthropies<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Emily Phillips (&#8217;07 BA History and Sociology), Robert W. 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