  {"id":143089,"date":"2025-03-20T11:29:32","date_gmt":"2025-03-20T16:29:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/?p=143089"},"modified":"2025-03-20T11:29:32","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T16:29:32","slug":"uwm-prominent-on-milwaukee-area-power-players-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/uwm-prominent-on-milwaukee-area-power-players-list\/","title":{"rendered":"51ÁÔÆæ prominent on Milwaukee-area power players list"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Nineteen people with ties to 51ÁÔÆæ have been named to this year\u2019s Milwaukee Business Journal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/milwaukee\/news\/2025\/02\/28\/power-players-leaders-questions-answers.html\">Power Players list<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">The list recognizes 100 people in southeastern Wisconsin who get things done, whether they be up-front leaders of important organizations or movers-and-shakers behind the scenes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThese are people you turn to when you need to get something done, whether it\u2019s a business deal, community project or raising money for a great cause,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/milwaukee\/news\/2025\/01\/16\/power-players-milwaukee-group-1-2025.html\">the Business Journal said<\/a>. \u201cMany of them excel as mentors, both formally and not, while others are on the list because of the reputational capital they&#8217;ve built up over the years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">The list includes 51ÁÔÆæ Chancellor Mark Mone, who is stepping down from that position this summer to return to teaching in the Lubar College of Business, along with these alumni and those who have been awarded honorary degrees:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">JoAnne Anton (\u201999 MS Social Welfare), Herb Kohl Philanthropies<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Eve Hall (\u201992 MS Education), Greater Milwaukee Urban League<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mary Kellner (\u201978 MS Education, \u201919 Honorary Doctorate), Kelben Foundation<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">DeVona Wright Cottrell (\u201906 MBA), GMR Marketing<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">John Daniels, Jr. (\u201914 Honorary Doctorate)<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">John Kissinger (\u201979 BS Engineering), Graef<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bob Monnat (\u201979 BS Architecture), Mandel Group<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Steve DeCleene (\u201993 BBA Business), Neumann Cos.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mary Ellen Stanek, (\u201984 MBA), Baird Advisors<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sheldon Lubar (\u201988 Honorary Doctorate), Lubar &amp; 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