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No. 1: Chris Abele, Milwaukee County Executive
He’s molded county government around himself, annoying longtime supporters but making new friends, many of them conservatives. “This is a guy with unlimited funds, and everybody knows it,” says one insider. “God knows where his money is.” But can he govern? If you mean outfoxing half the town’s power brokers, yes.
No. 2: Scott Walker, Governor of Wisconsin
The locally minded Republican governor likes tilting the playing field on which cities and school districts operate toward the right. He’s also been a boon to legislators wanting to downsize the Milwaukee County Board or nix the city’s residency requirement. After a painful presidential race, he should be hungry for more.
No. 3: Tom Barrett, Milwaukee Mayor
Dude’s the mayor. He doesn’t inspire rave reviews from insiders, but he’s been a stable and trusted force in city politics for a long time, sort of like Milwaukee’s Dad. “On the streetcar, he was tireless and fearless,” says someone who fought alongside him and notes that when Barrett applies himself, he’s a workhorse – and one that’s just getting started, as mayoral tenures go.
No. 1: Marc Lasry, Wes Edens and Jamie Dinan, Principal owners, Milwaukee Bucks
Pre-2014, Milwaukee’s power base was classic Rust Belt, with old-money heirs, successful industrialists and a few charismatic left-fielders wielding disproportionate mojo. The new Bucks owners changed that. They put together a group of investor-owners that’s the most powerful, bipartisan and ethnically diverse band of Milwaukee movers ever assembled, and achieved what no one could before: building a new arena, with a $250 million kiss from the state.
No. 2: John Daniels & Valerie Daniels-Carter*, Owners, V&J Holdings
She’s the co-founder and CEO of the mega-franchisee (Burger King, Pizza Hut, Häagen-Dazs and others); he’s the board chair. She sits on the Packers board and is a local Bucks owner; he helped with the Bucks arena deal and is chairman emeritus of Quarles & Brady. Together, these siblings have built schools and a Boys & Girls Club, and chaired corporate and nonprofit boards. Their six siblings are successful, too; one can only imagine what dinnertime at the Daniels’ house was like growing up.
No. 3: Ted Kellner*, Executive Chairman, Fiduciary Management
Between managing more than $21 billion in assets and chairing the boards of Summerfest, the Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce, and the BMO Harris Bradley Center, Kellner has muscle to spare. Why is it OK that he chairs both the Bradley Center board and is an owner of the Milwaukee Bucks? Because he assures us there’s no conflict of interest. Thank goodness.
No. 1: Marc Lasry, Wes Edens and Jamie Dinan, Principal owners, Milwaukee Bucks
Few in Milwaukee knew the New York billionaires before Herb Kohl sold his beloved Bucks to them in 2014. But in less than two years, they convinced big-name talent – like coach Jason Kidd and broadcaster Gus Johnson – to work for them, convinced perpetually bickering politicians to help fund a new arena, and convinced long-suffering fans that they just might win a championship.
No. 2: Bud Selig, Former Milwaukee Brewers owner, former MLB commissioner
He officially ceded his vast powers, and often-controversial tenure, as MLB’s commissioner when he retired in January 2015. That the sport’s owners kept him in the power loop as commissioner emeritus is testament to how much weight his opinion still holds. And he remains the man who brought the Brewers to Milwaukee, then kept them here with Miller Park.
No. 3: Mark Attanasio, Principal owner, Milwaukee Brewers
He succeeded Selig as Brewers owner, and was rumored as a candidate to succeed him as commish, too. It didn’t happen, but the mere prospect confirms the respect Attanasio’s engendered in MLB circles, particularly among small- and mid-market owners. The Brewers have had one of their most competitive stretches in club history during his tenure, setting franchise attendance records in the process.
No. 1: Barry Mandel, President, Mandel Group
Maybe it’s those round-rimmed glasses he wears, but Mandel is able to see Milwaukee’s real estate world the way others don’t. He’s been ahead of the wave on the booming Downtown apartment market, he’s reshaped the city with signature buildings, he’s breathed new life into toxic brownfields, and throughout all of it, he’s maintained a nearly unmatched level of creativity.
No. 2: Rick Barrett, Founder, Barrett Lo, Visionary Development
Using “Visionary Development” in your company’s name takes confidence, but so does building a multimillion-dollar high-rise in the Park East during a recession. That’s exactly what Barrett did with The Moderne. For an encore, he’s charging forward with The Couture – a new lakefront tower (complete with a streetcar hub) that will soon be a signature building in the skyline.
No. 3: Gary Grunau, President, Grucon Group; part-owner, Schlitz Park
For four decades, he’s been at the center of some of Milwaukee’s biggest developments – the RiverWalk, convention center, Discovery World, U.S. Bank Center, the list goes on. The 76-year-old is still known as a trailblazing risk-taker. Look no further than his latest – Schlitz Park – as evidence. More people work there now than did during the brewery’s heyday, and a $76 million expansion is on the way.
No. 1: Dan Keegan, Director, Milwaukee Art Museum
Since taking the reins in 2008, Keegan has accomplished what other recent directors couldn’t: renovating the museum’s oldest galleries. With $10 million from Milwaukee County and gobs of private cash, sources say, Keegan pushed through the red tape for November’s big reveal. Considering more than 400,000 people enter the museum each year, the impact of Keegan’s approval on everything from architects to curators and major artworks (like the controversial Eggs Benedict) can’t be understated.
No. 2: Joe Bartolotta, Co-owner, The Bartolotta Restaurants
Many chefs have trained in the kitchens of Joe B’s empire, which – besides fine-dining venues Lake Park Bistro, Bacchus, Harbor House and others – has grown to include casual restaurant models (such as Downtown Kitchen) that it can duplicate. Bartolotta Restaurants is “the gold standard,” says a source, that “created the excitement [for dining] in Milwaukee.”
No. 3: Jonathan Jackson, Artistic and Executive Director, Milwaukee Film Festival
It was only seven years ago that the wee Milwaukee Film Festival dreamed of growing up to be like her big sister, the Chicago International Film Festival. Well, kids grow up fast these days, because this year, the MFF screened 300-plus films – about double that of Chicago. Jackson has helmed the ship since the early days, and is responsible for putting the fest on the map in record time.
No. 1: John Bartkowski, President and CEO, Sixteenth Street Community Health Centers
He was reforming health care before health care reform was cool. From river cleanup to lead abatement, Sixteenth Street has revolutionized caring for its community. Under Bartkowski, in 10 years, the center has doubled its budget (to $30 million) and the number cared for (to 36,000). Next: a new clinic in the 43rd Street corridor by 2017, thanks to a $12 million gift from Froedtert Health.
No. 2: Michael Gifford, President and CEO, AIDS Resource Center of Wisconsin
6,899: the number of people living with HIV in Wisconsin as of 2014, nearly half of whom receive care from ARCW. 250: average number of new HIV cases in the state each year. 127: average number of HIV patients in Wisconsin who die each year. 85: percentage of ARCW HIV patients with undetectable viral loads, more than double the national average. Keeping these stats in check: Gifford.
No. 3: Steve Hargarten, Chair of Emergency Medicine, Froedtert Hospital
Treat gun violence as a preventable, biosocial disease, and the good old days of the 1930s, when Milwaukee was “the healthiest, safest and best-policed city in the United States,” are 10-15 years within reach. So believes Hargarten. With national credentials to leverage cross-sector support, this homegrown voice against violence says, “Police Chief Flynn needs to know he is not alone.”
No. 1: Dan Bader, President and CEO,, Bader Philanthropies
Passionate. Engaged. Thoughtful. That’s how many describe Bader, who this year merged the foundation of his mother (Helen) and the trust of his father (Alfred). With a grant-making capacity of $15 million for the fiscal year, its funding extends to health, the arts, the poor, nonprofit management and other areas. “He’s the real McCoy,” one leader says. “He makes sure the money is spent wisely.”
No. 2: Sheldon and Marianne Lubar, Lubar Family Foundation
The Lubars not only give big, they’re active fundraisers. In July, they donated $10 million to UW-Milwaukee to establish the Lubar Center for Entrepreneurship. That followed a $10 million gift in 2006 to endow professorships and scholarships at the Lubar School of Business. With foundation assets of $51 million reported in 2013, they’ve bankrolled arts, education, community and Jewish organizations, and raised millions more.
No. 3: Michael Cudahy, The Cudahy Foundation
Businessman, inventor and philanthropist, he’s described as a total risk-taker who says out loud what’s on everyone else’s mind. Cudahy has donated to a range of arts and educational institutions. He funded the MAM’s Cudahy Gardens, helped build Discovery World and the Harbor House, gave to MU and MSOE, and has taken a keen interest in lakefront development. The 92-year-old says he wants to give it all away before he dies. And with a bit under $10 million in his foundation in 2013, he just mi...
No. 1: Darienne Driver, Superintendent, Milwaukee Public Schools
On the job barely a year, she’s initiating bold reforms to improve student outcomes, and is seen as an energetic visionary. There’s cautious optimism she’ll remain a force for MPS, which has a history of grinding up leadership. One insider warns, “Her board and political opponents of public education could put a ceiling on her impact.”
No. 2: Ricardo Diaz, Executive Director, United Community Center
Respect for Diaz runs so deep in the Latino community and beyond, many believe him to be a prime candidate for public office. The Cuba native pushes education as an antidote to social ills and forges strong ties to the business community.
No. 3: Patricia Hoben, Principal, Carmen High School of Science and Technology
A former biophysicist and science adviser to Washington, D.C., politicos, Hoben left the laboratory to later found Carmen High School, ranked seventh in the state in 2014 by U.S. News & World Report. The charter school now has campuses on Milwaukee’s South and Northwest sides. “A gem,” says a business leader.
No. 1: Maxine White, Chief Judge, Wisconsin’s First Judicial District, Milwaukee
The daughter of Mississippi sharecroppers, she was named an assistant U.S. attorney straight out of MU’s Law School before taking the bench in Milwaukee in 1992. Heralded for her work in domestic violence, White cast a long shadow when presiding over family court and drug court, and was a shoe-in in March when the state Supreme Court appointed her Wisconsin’s first African-American chief judge.
No. 2: John Chisholm, District Attorney, Milwaukee County
Spotlighted in May by The New Yorker for his attempts to correct racial disparities in the justice system, this DA thinks outside of the box. His claim to fame was installing community prosecutors in each police station as a crime-prevention strategy. “He’s doing stuff that’s radically different than his predecessor, Mike McCann,” says a local criminologist. The heat he’s taken for leading two John Doe investigations of Scott Walker’s political associates hasn’t slowed him down. “John’s a guy...
No. 3: Carmen Pitre, Executive Director, Sojourner Family Peace Center
She’s been a warrior in the domestic violence trenches for decades, in support of women, men and families. Pitre, say her allies, is especially effective at connecting the dots between health and welfare, and women’s rights. She’ll open the doors to the center’s new $21 million North Side headquarters in January.
No. 1: Mike Gousha, Newscaster, WISN-TV
Gousha enjoys respect, credibility and access to be envied by any journalist – and on two platforms: Channel 12, where he’s a weekly interviewer, and at Marquette University Law School, where his lunchtime Q&As pack the house with political and policy elites, and ambitious students angling to join them. “He’s a master interviewer,” notes one observer.
No. 2: Dan Bice, News columnist, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
His unique niche as political gossip gumshoe explains why he’s the newspaper’s only reporter repeatedly mentioned, regardless of the mentioner’s vantage point. A Bice front-page story gets people talking for days and can shape coverage by other news sources. Bice’s in-your-face celebrity has made him the face of the JS’s Watchdog team.
No. 3: Charlie Sykes, Talk radio host, WTMJ-AM
Love him or hate him, the flagship talker on TMJ’s right-wing radio gets unanimous recognition for commanding an audience and the power that goes with it. His website Right Wisconsin, his editorship of the conservative Wisconsin Interest policy magazine, and ties to a larger web of conservative groups extend his reach as a sort of anti-Gousha – or, say some critics, make him merely the mouthpiece for other interests.
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Jul 29, 2012 · About Barry Mandel Milwaukee-native Barry Mandel is the president of Mandel Group, Inc., which has developed over $500 million in residential and retail developments in the metro-area since 1991.
