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Board of Directors2024-11-26T12:20:08-06:00
Wisconsin Regional Training Partnership
BOARD OF DIRECTORS

GUIDANCE INFORMED BY EXPERIENCE

WRTP | BIG STEP’s Board of Directors is composed of individuals who have made a mark on the trades. They actively participate in our workforce and believe in our mission; the guidance they impart is informed by their own, real-world experiences from decades in the trades.

WRTP BOARD OF DIRECTORS – 2024

  • HENRY HURT | CO-CHAIR
    Hurt Electric Inc.
    President
  • DAN BUKIEWICZ | CO-CHAIR
    MKE Building & Construction Trades Council
    President

  • JEANNIE LAURET | TREASURER
    Duwe Metal Products, Inc.
    Chief Executive Officer

  • DECORAH GORDON | SECRETARY
    IBEW Local 2150 Executive Board
    Chair (Chief Steward) for WE Energies Downtown

  • STEPHANIE BLOOMINGDALE | DIRECTOR
    Wisconsin State AFL-CIO
    President

  • STEVE BREITLOW | DIRECTOR
    Plumbers Local 75
    Business Manager

  • BRAD DORFF | DIRECTOR
    United Steelworkers District 2
    Sub-District Director
  • KILAH ENGELKE | DIRECTOR
    OPCMIA Local 599 Area 558
    Business Agent, empowHER Co-Founder
  • MICHELLE BENISHEK | DIRECTOR
    WEC Energy Group
    Senior VP of Strategic Operations

  • MARK KESSENICH | DIRECTOR
    Associated General Contractors of Greater Milwaukee
    Chief Executive Officer

  • JONATHAN KOWALSKI | DIRECTOR
    Plumbing Mechanical & Sheet Metal Contractors’ Alliance
    Executive Director

  • CHRIS MAMBU RASCH | DIRECTOR
    Building Advantage/CLMC
    Executive Director

  • TONY NEIRA | DIRECTOR
    Laborers International Union of North America Local 113
    Business Manager
  • JOE PREISLER | DIRECTOR
    UAW Region 4 Sub-Region
    International Representative
  • DAJEN BOHACEK | DIRECTOR
    Wisconsin Chapter, National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA)
    Association Director

BIG STEP BOARD OF DIRECTORS: Bob Rayburn (c), Dan Bukiewicz (l), Jeannie Lauret (d), Jonathan Kowalski (Co-Chair) (c), Steve Breitlow (Co-Chair) (l), Henry Hurt (d), Mark Kessenich (c), Tony Neira (d), Kilah Engelke (l)

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BREWS & BLUEPRINTS

WRTP | BIG STEP has been named the Anchor Institution for Milwaukee’s Workforce Hub, one of nine Investing in America Workforce Hubs launched by the Biden-Harris Administration.

Listen in on the Brews & Blueprints podcast, where Ethan Duran of The Daily Reporter talks with Lindsay Blumer, President and CEO of WRTP | BIG STEP.

TUNE IN

BREWS & BLUEPRINTS

WRTP | BIG STEP has been named the Anchor Institution for Milwaukee’s Workforce Hub, one of nine Investing in America Workforce Hubs launched by the Biden-Harris Administration.

Listen in on Brews & Blueprints, where Ethan Duran of The Daily Reporter talks with Lindsay Blumer, President and CEO of WRTP | BIG STEP.

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