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WRTP | BIG STEP Treasurer Jeannie Lauret Named Notable Nonprofit Board Leader

As originally published in BizTimes Jeannie Lauret is head of Menomonee Falls-based custom fabricator company Duwe Metal Products. She has served on the board of Milwaukee-based nonprofit WRTP | BIG STEP for five years and currently is the board treasurer. “Duwe Metal Products is engrained in Milwaukee’s subcontractor culture, thanks to Lauret’s leadership,” said Lindsay

WRTP | BIG STEP Treasurer Jeannie Lauret Named Notable Nonprofit Board Leader2025-05-16T11:11:44-05:00

WRTP | BIG STEP Co-Chair Henry Hurt Named Notable Nonprofit Board Leader

As originally published in BizTimes Henry Hurt, founder and president of Wauwatosa-based Hurt Electric Inc., has been on the WRTP | BIG STEP board for 27 years and currently serves as co-chair. “As a 1978 graduate of BIG STEP’s certified pre-apprenticeship training, Hurt brings an incredible understanding of the nonprofit’s programming and the apprenticeship

WRTP | BIG STEP Co-Chair Henry Hurt Named Notable Nonprofit Board Leader2025-05-16T11:11:43-05:00

WRTP | BIG STEP Partner Receives Grant to Fuel Economic Growth

As originally written by Marquette Today. Dr. Yong Bai, McShane Chair and Professor of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering in the Opus College of Engineering, has received a $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for research and curriculum development of infrastructure construction and engineering. The goal of the Training

WRTP | BIG STEP Partner Receives Grant to Fuel Economic Growth2025-05-09T10:05:06-05:00

WRTP | BIG STEP Gets Grant to Expand Apprenticeship Pathways

As Wisconsin’s skilled trades workforce faces a labor shortage, the number of Registered Apprentices has reached a record high. This is thanks, in part, to WRTP | BIG STEP attracting new talent to the skilled trades and offering accessible training opportunities. With a $10 million grant from Ascendium Education Group, great things are on

WRTP | BIG STEP Gets Grant to Expand Apprenticeship Pathways2025-05-06T11:06:43-05:00

Overcoming Labels, Limiting Beliefs: Edmund Reetz

Enrolling in WRTP | BIG STEP’s Entry-Level Construction Skills (ELCS) program taught Edmund Reetz, who was already a welder by trade, some unexpected lessons. “There were valuable transferable skills that I learned going through the program, like showing up on time and committing yourself to something,” Edmund says. “It was just what I needed

Overcoming Labels, Limiting Beliefs: Edmund Reetz2025-08-15T10:53:20-05:00

Taking Career to New Heights: Ricardo Rojas

The apprenticeship pathway is taking Ricardo Rojas to new heights. The 2021 BIG STEP Builders graduate is working toward journeyman status, with the goal of eventually becoming a foreman. Our Milwaukee office’s BIG STEP Builders program introduces high school juniors and seniors to careers in construction through hands-on projects, field trips to union halls,

Taking Career to New Heights: Ricardo Rojas2025-08-15T11:02:35-05:00

Building a Better Life: Brandon Ericson

Brandon with Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley Obtaining certified pre-apprenticeship credentials “catapulted me into my future,” says Brandon Ericson, a 2024 graduate of WRTP | BIG STEP’s Certified Production Technician and High School Equivalency Diploma (CPT HSED) training. During the 16-week program, participants simultaneously earned certifications in two Manufacturing Skill Standards Council

Building a Better Life: Brandon Ericson2025-08-15T11:20:07-05:00

2024 Impact Report: A Year of ‘Strategic Doing’

“Strategic doing” is WRTP | BIG STEP’s critical way of engaging with projects, programs, and goals. This strategic doing propelled us to start and end 2024 in the national spotlight. In January, the former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen toured our Milwaukee office and presented $1.5 million in federal funds to modernize our

2024 Impact Report: A Year of ‘Strategic Doing’2025-04-08T11:33:18-05:00
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