Executive Fellowship
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This program is designed to give emerging executives an exclusive opportunity to get executive experience and build a strong leadership foundation.
Applications for the 2025 Executive Fellowship Program are now open!
Multi-Day Programming
Presented by Clifton Larson Allen
Wisconsin Leads
About Us
The Wisconsin Leads: Executive Fellowship Program is an exclusive leadership development fellowship opportunity for emerging executives to learn from other prominent executives and lawmakers about Wisconsin’s economy and the foundational public policies that shape it.
We encourage all emerging executives to apply and gain valuable networking experience and business insight from the top business executives and lawmakers in the state.
Executive Fellowship
2025 Program Details
Retreat One
January 23-24
Madison
Retreat Two
February 25-26
La Crosse
Retreat Three
April 22-23
Milwaukee
Alumni Retreat
May 20-21
Kohler
Event
Past Speakers
Samantha Metcalf
Clifton Larson Allen
Managing Principal Private Industries and Manufacturing and Distribution
Rick Parks
Society Insurance
Engaging and Managing a Board of Directors
Michelle Grajkowski
Wisconsin Business World
Business & Education Partnership Best Practices
Scott Manley
WMC
Navigating the Administrative State
Rusty Schieber
Brakebush Brothers
Managing Dynamics in a Family Run Business
Gen. Rob Palmer
WPS
Military Lessons for Corporate Leaders
Steve Loehr
Kwik Trip
Culture: the Key to Success
Brent Ridge
Dairyland Power
Energy Policy
Wade Goodsell
WMC Foundation
Workforce Challenges and Demographics
Tom Boldt
The Boldt Company
Leadership: Lessons of a CEO
Marie Herm
Belmark
Business and Education Partnership and Best Practices
Brian Earle
Eaton Corp.
Business and Education Partnership and Best Practices
Holly Cloutier
Waupaca Foundry
Lessons Learned: Alumni Cohort Panel
Jen Fietz
Imaginasium
Lessons Learned: Alumni Cohort Panel
Jackson Smith
Greenheck
Lessons Learned: Alumni Cohort Panel
Mike Victorson
M3
Winning with Culture: The Growth of M3 Insurance
Holly Brenner
CD Smith
Leadership: The Art of Networking
Rick Viviani
First Supply
Leadership: The Art of Networking
Richard Graber
The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation
Lesson of an American Ambassador
Tom Christen, CPA
Baker Tilly
Appropriate Innovation Versus Incremental Growth
Rebeca Lopez
Godfrey Kahn
The State of the Economy
Paul Connor
M3 Insurance
The State of the Economy
Ali Van Dalen
Kwik Trip
The State of the Economy
Todd Pagel
Waupaca Foundry
The State of the Economy
Rachel Ver Velde
WMC
Workforce, School Choice & Solving the Talent Issue
John Carr
Dairyland Power
Energy Policy and How it Affects our Future
Paige Conforti
Inland Packaging
Lessons Learned: Alumni Panel
Josh Marron
Park Bank
Lessons Learned: Alumni Panel
Corey Chambas
First Business Financial Services
Leadership: The Ideal Team Player
Christa Baldridge
CLA
The Ins & Outs of Wisconsin's Business Taxes
Andrea Virsnieks
CLA
The Ins & Outs of Wisconsin's Business Taxes
Jane Blaine Gilbertson
Blain Supply/Blain's Farm & Fleet
Keynote Presenter
John McHugh
Kwik Trip
Purpose & Compassion at Work
Philip Blair
Gamber Johnson
What's the Deal with Healthcare Costs?
Libby Weber
The Weber Group
What's the Deal with Healthcare Costs?
Coleman Peiffer
Alliant Energy
Site Selection and Real Estate for Business Growth
John Wichman
Cushman & Wakefield
Site Selection and Real Estate for Business Growth
Nick Ariens
Ariens Co.
Keynote Presenter
Abigail Carlson
CentroMotion
Corporate and Crisis Communications
Bill Berrien
Pindel Global Precision
Lessons of a Navy SEAL
Wade Goodsell
QUESTIONS?
Contact Wade Goodsell or Stephanie Stevens with any questions, (608) 258-3400.