Economic Development activity in the city of Milwaukee has been extremely high over the last several years.  The new Milwaukee Bucks arena, the Northwestern Mutual Tower & Commons, several new hotels and office buildings, residential apartment buildings and a controversial but publicly funded trolley just to name a few.  Our guest speaker this month has been a part of […]

Until he stepped down in December 2016, Charlie Sykes was one of Wisconsin’s top-rated and most influential conservative talk show hosts. He’s currently an MSNBC contributor, a contributing editor at the Weekly Standard magazine, and the host of that magazine's Daily Standard Podcast. Charlie also appears regularly on a variety of network and nationally syndicated […]

In case you have not noticed, there are two phenomenon that are taking place nationally and here in Milwaukee.  The number of brick and mortar retail businesses that are reducing their square footage, closing locations and or going out of business.  At the same time, the traditional grocery store business continues to be growing, adding […]

Celebrate!  Summer Social with Corporate Casual @AleHouse Milwaukee This month we deviate from our normal networking and excellent speaker series to celebrate the personal friendships and business relationships we've made throughout the year and to invite non-members to explore the networking opportunities provided through Corporate Casual.   Join us on June 26th for a FREE Summer Social hosted at the […]

As technology continues to rapidly change the way we work and live our lives, it’s sometimes a challenge to keep up with all the latest innovations and what is driving these changes.  At the center of a lot of the innovation today are machines or computer systems learning to do and perform tasks that normally […]

The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) is Wisconsin’s premier technology transfer and research foundation.  WARF has supported scientific research at the University of Wisconsin Madison since 1925. This month’s speaker is WARF’s Managing Director, Erik Iverson.  Iverson, who came to WARF in 2016, will share both WARF’s history and current day contributions that advance research, […]

We're pleased to welcome Derek Deprey the author of "SHIFT Move from Frustrated to Fulfilled", to our October 23rd event at 5pm. Derek is a speaker, author and consultant who helps organizations create energized and effective cultures so they can fully realize their mission and vision.  His passion in life is to evoke excellence in […]

Record low unemployment, rising wages, lower income taxes, budgets surpluses and a pro-business environment helped Wisconsin land one of the largest and most impactful business development stories in the nation – Foxconn.  This month, the state elected a governor that strongly opposes the Foxconn development and promises to roll it back, while at the same time […]

Since our country’s founding the two-party political process has ruled.  This means that voters select their leaders based on the candidates nominated by the two parties in a “winner take all” election.  Our guest this month represents a growing group of organizations that believe this model should be challenged in favor of a system that […]

Born and raised in Milwaukee and with over 25 years of law enforcement experience, Alfonso Morales was name Chief of Police for the City of Milwaukee. This month Chief Morales celebrates his first full year in the role as the top police officer in the City of Milwaukee.  After a difficult six months for the […]