WisBusiness

Jay Fulkerson, formerly CEO of United Healthcare’s Central Region, and prior to that, CEO of Touchpoint Health Plan, will join Milwaukee-based Health Payment Systems April 4 as executive vice president. With nearly 20 years of healthcare and management experience, Fulkerson will help lead the healthcare technology company’s continued growth. Founded in 2006, HPS provides innovative technology that simplifies the healthcare...

CONTACT: Stephen J.A. Ward, 608-263-2845, sjward2@wisc.edu MADISON - Al Jazeera's chief strategic adviser in the Americas will be the keynote speaker at the third journalism ethics conference at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on Friday, April 15. Tony Burman, previously managing director of Al Jazeera English, will address the conference "In Your Face: Partisan Journalism in a Democracy." The Center for Journalism...

CONTACT: Sarah Schaffer, 608-836-7683, slschaffer@wisc.edu MADISON - In an effort to provide high-quality professional recordings, the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Music will begin the process of offering digital delivery to their current compact disc recordings of faculty and eventually student work. Sarah Schaffer, the School of Music's coordinator for recordings projects, notes that these recordings will be beneficial...

MADISON - Several University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate programs are ranked among the nation's best in the 2012 edition of U.S. News and World Report's "Best Graduate Schools." Not all programs are ranked every year. Those UW-Madison programs ranked this year (along with specialties ranked in the top 10 nationally) include: - School of Business: 28th overall. - School of Education: ninth overall....

Media Contact: Jodi Hanoski (262) 923-5136 Milwaukee, WI, March 14, 2011– Rene C. Schaefer, principal of SVA Certified Public Accountants, S.C. was recently appointed to Catholic Charities’ Board of Trustees – 2011. Catholic Charities wanted to add a member with a strong financial background. Being in the accounting field for over 20 years gave...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Julia Monti, The Rosen Group 646.694.7044 julia@rosengrouppr.com Winners Far Outpacing Fortune 500 in Advancement of Women American Express, Kraft, IBM, Procter & Gamble and Prudential among the NAFE Top 10 New York, N.Y. (March 15, 2011) – The National Association for Female Executives (NAFE) today reveals the widening gap of women’s advancement between the Fortune 500 and winners of the annual NAFE...

Dear Friends: In light of last week’s tragic earthquake and tsunami in Japan, AT&T* has teamed up with the American Red Cross relief efforts in Japan by collecting donations from customers to help provide food, shelter, counseling and other assistance to victims of the disaster. To make a $10 donation to the Red Cross, AT&T wireless customers can text REDCROSS...

CONTACT: Molly Jahn, mjahn@cals.wisc.edu, 608-216-6304 MADISON - Molly Jahn, a University of Wisconsin-Madison professor and administrator, has been named to a newly created Commission on Sustainable Agriculture and Climate Change, a group of international experts on agriculture, climate, food, economics and natural resources. The new commission was announced March 11 by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) Research Program...

Contact: Tony Hozeny, Department of Commerce, 608/267-9661 MADISON Wisconsin businesses that are successful government contractors will be on hand on April 21 in Eau Claire for a Growth Strategies and Government Contracting Conference. Participants will be able to learn from current contractors what it takes to make the government their customers. This event is meant for any business...

Contact: Theresa Islo Director of Operations Wellness Council (Milwaukee, WI)—The Wellness Council of America, with its local affiliate, the Wellness Council of Wisconsin, recently presented Well Workplace Awards to six employers. American Society for Quality, Children’s Hospital and Health System, City of Oak Creek, Sadoff & Rudoy Industries and Waukesha County all received the Gold Well Workplace Award. In addition, Kenneth...

More than $1.6M donated since 1998 WPPI Energy’s 51 member utilities contributed more than $290,000 in 2010 to worthy local causes through the nonprofit power supplier’s Community Contributions program. WPPI Energy provides local funding through the program for member utility contributions to local charities and community causes and efforts to encourage energy savings within the community. WPPI Energy’s Community Contributions program...