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Angela Walters, the owner of Walters Realty Group at EXP Realty, has been named the new chair of the board of directors for the Greater Milwaukee Association of Realtors.

Serial entrepreneur Jeremy Fojut, the co-founder and chief executive officer of The Like|Minded Company; Justin Nicols, the founder and CEO of Milwaukee-based Sift Healthcare; and Glenn Reid, funder of Milwaukee-based Marathon Machines Inc., will be recognized for excellence in entrepreneurship at the BizTimes Media Innovation + Entrepreneurship Forum, to be held at the Italian Community Center in Milwaukee on Dec. 8.

Justin Mortara has been named the new CEO of Madison-based EnsoData following founder and past CEO Chris Fernandez stepping...

Theresa Nemetz, the founder and president of Great Lakes Shore Excursions and Milwaukee Food & City Tours, will receive the Regional Spirit Award at BizTimes Media’s annual Innovation + Entrepreneurship Forum, to be held on Dec. 8 at the Italian Community Center in Milwaukee.

Oldenburg Group founder Wayne Oldenburg will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award at the BizTimes Media Innovation + Entrepreneurship Forum on Dec. 8 at the Italian Community Center in Milwaukee. Click here to register.

Telisa Yancy has been named the president of Madison-based American Family Insurance Group of companies.

Dr. Howard Fuller Collegiate Academy's board of directors has named Marcus Robinson, Ph.D., as the first chief executive officer of the public charter high school on Milwaukee' northwest side.

Johnson Controls announced that Lei Schlitz has been named president of its Global Products business.

Chad Bathke, a former owner and chief operating officer for Pewaukee-based VJS Construction Services, Inc., is the new chief operating officer for Milwaukee-based Doral Corp.

Kenosha Area Business Alliance president Todd Battle will leave the organization at the end of the year to take a role with Milwaukee-based real estate development firm Zilber Property Group.

Tim Sullivan, the former CEO of REV Group, Gardner Denver and Bucyrus International, is donating $1 million to Catholic Memorial High School in Waukesha to support the school's plans to expand by purchasing the Infinity Fields Baseball Park complex in Waukesha.

Milwaukee Chamber Theatre managing director Amy Salat will step down from her role at the end of 2022.