MMAC welcomes new Board of Directors appointments
The following business leaders were appointed to the MMAC Board of Directors at the November board meeting:
Tim Mattke
CEO,
MGIC
Tim joined MGIC in 2006. Prior to his appointment as CEO, he served as MGIC’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from 2014 to 2019, and Controller from 2009 to 2014. Before joining MGIC, he was an audit manager with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. He has a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and a master’s degree in Accountancy from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and is a Certified Public Accountant.

Tim grew up in the Madison area, and is married to Catherine. They have two school-aged children, Emerson and Andrew, and live in Whitefish Bay.

He currently serves as the Board Chair of Goodwill Industries of Southeastern Wisconsin, Inc., is the treasurer for the United Performing Arts Fund, sits on the fundraising committee of SecureFutures and on the advisory board for the Accounting Department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Blake Moret
Chairman/CEO ,
Rockwell Automation
Joining Rockwell Automation in 1985 as a sales trainee, Blake has built his career with the company and has held leadership positions in many areas of the business. He became CEO on July 1, 2016 and was elected Chairman of the Board effective January 1, 2018. He is passionate about workforce development and creating a diverse worldwide team of employees that can and want to do their best work.

Blake serves on the PTC, Inc. Board of Directors, the executive committee of the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) and is a member of the Business Roundtable. He also serves on the board of the ARMI Advanced Regenerative Medicine Institute and the Georgia Tech Advisory Board.
Blake is chairman of the Rockwell Charitable Giving Corporation and is on the board of the United Way of Greater Milwaukee and Waukesha, and the board of trustees for the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Milwaukee.

Originally from Atlanta, Blake graduated from Georgia Tech with a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering. He and his wife Cheryl have four children.
Alan Yeung
President, FEWI Development Corp.,
Foxconn
Alan led Foxconn Technology Group’s U.S. strategic initiatives for corporate development and infrastructure, including: site selection for its multibillion-dollar investments at Wisconn Valley Science and Technology Park in Mount Pleasant, WI; establishing its North America headquarters in Milwaukee; creation of a network of Wisconn Valley Innovative Centers in Wisconsin; and sponsoring/co-founding Wisconn Valley Ventures, a $100M venture capital partnership with Advocate Aurora Health, Johnson Controls and Northwestern Mutual.

Alan serves on startup and nonprofit boards including Katerra, Greater Milwaukee Committee, University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering Industrial Advisory Board, and Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce. An entrepreneur and an author, Alan received his Ph.D from Stanford, MBA from the University of California-Berkeley, and bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Updated Common Report Card and Interactive School Map Released
MMAC’s exclusive online Common Report Card and Interactive School Quality Map for Milwaukee County just went live, updated with the latest test scores from the Department of Public Instruction.

Please take a moment to familiarize yourself with these resources and share them within your networks.  While Milwaukee has a vibrant marketplace of educational choices, including traditional public schools, independent charter schools, and private choice schools, many parents continue to place their children in failing schools.

Convinced that a fundamental reason for this disconnect was a lack of easily accessible, accurate school quality information for parents, the MMAC created The Milwaukee School Quality Map -- a public, web-based resource that is searchable by school name, location, size, quality and demographics. It also provides a Common Report Card overview, ranking all schools in Milwaukee County by their overall proficiency test scores as well as their performance in reading, math and on the ACT. 

Our goal is to provide better information to parents, policymakers and politicians. This can lead to better choices on how to expand quality education options in our community.
Inspire the next generation of our workforce:
Host a be the spark tour
For one Milwaukee Public Schools seventh grader, a recent tour of Milwaukee architecture and interior design firm Kahler Slater sparked a career interest in design. And that’s why we call this program Be the Spark.

When you open your company’s doors to an MPS seventh-grade classroom as a tour host, you open students’ minds to future career possibilities.

Get involved with Be the Spark:





How can your small business grow with Amazon?
Join members of Amazon’s national small business team on Friday, Dec. 13 to see how your company can use Amazon to grow. Speakers at the Amazon Small Business Academy include:
  • Nick Denissen, Amazon Vice President, Small Business
  • Shari Lava, Research Director, Small and Medium Business, IDC
  • Panel of local small businesses succeeding with Amazon today
  • Prakash Somasundaram, Head of Projects, Amazon Launchpad
















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