Capitol Bank: Wendy Jirsa Elected President of Verona Area Chamber of Commerce

Madison, WI: Wendy Jirsa, Vice President / Verona Bank Manager, has been elected to serve as President of the Verona Area Chamber of Commerce. The three-year term began in January 2022 and will allow Wendy to serve in this role until December 2024. Wendy has been with Capitol Bank since 2009 and her efforts helped Capitol Bank to become Verona’s largest bank by deposits in 2019 and 2020. Wendy has a wealth of experience in personal and business banking, in addition to serving as a mortgage lender alongside Howard Cagle at Capitol Bank Verona.

In addition to Wendy’s involvement with the Verona Chamber, she currently serves as the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) Visionaries of the Year Team Chair and was the LLS Woman of the Year in 2019. Wendy also serves on the board for BOSS (Building Opportunities for Student Success) as secretary and treasurer.

About Capitol Bank: Capitol Bank, locally-owned and operated since 1995, is committed to serving the communities in which we live, work and do business. We are proud of the partnerships we have established with organizations, businesses and individuals in the Dane County area. Our philosophy of community support is demonstrated at the corporate level, as well as in the time and energy our employees devote to our community each year. Capitol Bank
is Member FDIC and an Equal Housing Lender. Wendy Jirsa NMLS #1264271. Howard Cagle NMLS #593729.

Contact: Natalie Gregerson
AVP / Marketing
Capitol Bank
710 N. High Point Road
Madison, Wisconsin 53717
608.836.1616

Luminex Corporation: Women’s History Month Employee Spotlight

At DiaSorin North America we are honored to be part of an organization that recognizes women leaders. Last year during Women’s History Month, we acknowledged the women of DiaSorin Inc. and DiaSorin Molecular. This month we are recognizing the Women of Luminex! Over the course of the month we will highlight a woman in Madison, Chicago, Seattle, and Toronto. We will learn about who inspires them, the drive behind what they do everyday, and take away some words of wisdom. Featured Employee: Amanda Seyfert Our first featured employee, Amanda Seyfert, has worked for Luminex for 11 ½ years. As Director of Assay R&D, she oversees the development of new products and a team of assay development scientists at the Madison location.  She holds a Master of Science in Comparative Biomedical Sciences from the University of Wisconsin Madison. At work, her focus is to overcome technical challenges to develop quality products and lead a team of exceptionally talented scientists. Outside of work, she spends her time with her husband and two young daughters enjoying the outdoors (even in snow!), fixing up their older home, and being a part of the vibrant community found in Madison. She also loves to talk about her giant excitable dog and grumpy old cat.     Who is a woman (or women) from your life that have inspired and/or encouraged you? I feel fortunate to have encouragement and inspiration from a lot of sources. Choosing just a couple is challenging! I can’t answer this question without mentioning at least some notable women in STEM that I admire. My favorites include Rosalind Franklin, Mae Jemison, and Katherine Johnson. Each has made meaningful scientific contributions and I admire their courage to build successful careers despite being underrepresented and sometimes unwelcomed. But the women I find most inspiring and encouraging in my day-to-day life are family members, friends, and coworkers who are able to continuously develop their careers and maintain a good work/life balance. I’m inspired by my mother, an entrepreneur, who consistently challenged me to get out of my comfort zone to grow in my career. I’m encouraged by other friends and coworkers with young kids who spend nights being caretakers and days being leaders in their field. It clearly takes hard work and prioritization but I see other women who are able to juggle advancing their careers, taking personal time, and being a dedicated parents. To me, that is inspiring! What are memorable words that have inspired you, perhaps that have helped you when working through a challenge? “Why not?” If I hit a roadblock, I try to reflect on why I can’t move forward. Asking “Why not?” helps me to remove any doubt I have in my own abilities, gives me courage to step outside of the box, and motivates me to try new things. What is the most exciting thing about your work at Luminex?  Problem solving. It can be helping the team find a solution to improve performance of an assay or figuring out a creative way to get things done more efficiently. It is also incredibly rewarding to help individuals on my team develop their careers. It brings me a lot of joy to foster their success and growth! What advice do you have for the next generation of women who want to get into a job like yours?  Seek out people to help open up new opportunities for you and tell them what you want. It is hard. It can be awkward. But it is always worth it. Be courageous because opportunities are not always given away.     Luminex Corporation, a DiaSorin company, is extremely proud to have leaders like Amanda Seyfert. Help us celebrate Women’s History Month by thanking a woman that inspires you.

Elizabeth Donley Named Chair of M3 Insurance Board of Directors

Elizabeth L.R. Donley, CEO at Stemina Biomarker Discovery, was named chair of the board of directors for M3 Insurance at the M3 board meeting on March 2, 2022. Donley has served on the M3 board since October, 2013, and fills the chair position vacated by Corey A. Chambas, president and CEO at First Business Financial Services, Inc. Chambas will continue to serve as an advisor to the board.

Donley becomes the 4th board chair in M3’s 54-year history, succeeding Chambas who has served on the board since 2004. In 2013, Chambas became the first individual outside of M3 employment to serve as chair of the board, and has served in that position for the past nine years, providing leadership and innovation to grow and build what is now a top brokerage in America.

“We are incredibly grateful to both Corey and Beth for their loyal service and commitment to M3. The leadership, guidance and strategy they provide play an integral role in our forward-thinking, client-focused mindset.”

— Mike Victorson, CEO | M3 Insurance

About M3

M3 is a top insurance broker and risk management firm in America. We’re leaders in the products we represent and the industries we serve. M3’s people are an extension of your team, providing world-class resources to help you manage risk, purchase insurance, and provide employee benefits. And our focus on community builds better places to live and work.

UW–Madison Division of the Arts: Announcing the Inaugural Arts Crawl at UW–Madison from March 31-April 2, 2022

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 10, 2022

MEDIA CONTACT:
Lisa Spierer | UW–Madison Division of the Arts | lisa.spierer@wisc.edu

WEBSITE: go.wisc.edu/ArtsCrawl

MEDIA KIT: https://uwmadison.box.com/s/ekt0fd6tv4pc5dculz7dx0wal55bimif

LINK TO ARTICLE: https://artsdivision.wisc.edu/2022/03/10/arts-crawl/

Announcing the Inaugural Arts Crawl at UW–Madison from March 31-April 2, 2022

Madison, Wis. – Mark your calendars for the inaugural Arts Crawl, taking place on the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus from Thursday, March 31 – Saturday, April 2.

Arts Crawl highlights a collection of arts events held over several days in the arts departments and co-curricular arts units at UW­–Madison. It is an opportunity to have creative arts experiences, which may take the form of demonstrations and workshops, as well as the chance to visit arts classes, lectures, talks, performances, exhibitions and rehearsals.

Division of the Arts student assistant Dawry Ruiz presented the concept for this event last fall. Ruiz is a third-year First Wave Scholar majoring in Community and Nonprofit Leadership and a certificate in Arts and Teaching. He says, “The Arts Crawl is a collaborative experience where the arts on campus are showcased in their most collaborative and interdisciplinary form. The Crawl is an opportunity to share what the arts community at UW can offer the surrounding communities.”

Attendees are invited to curate their own experience. Sit in on a weaving course or watch films by students in Communication Arts. See a glass blowing demonstration, walk through an immersive installation at the campus art museum or attend a performance by Grammy-nominated musicians.

Arts Crawl is presented in partnership with Line Breaks Festival (April 1-2, 2022), one of the largest annual hip hop theater festivals in the Midwest. In the fifteenth anniversary year of the Office of Multicultural Arts Initiatives, the sixteenth annual Line Breaks Festival will be a homecoming for UW alumni involved in multicultural arts over the last 15 years and beyond. Line Breaks Festival events are free and open to the public, but registration is required.

Many Arts Crawl events are free and open to the public. Some events require advance registration or ticket purchase. To view the whole schedule, visit go.wisc.edu/ArtsCrawl.

Arts Crawl 2022 is presented by the UW–Madison Division of the Arts in partnership with the Office of Multicultural Arts Initiatives and the Madison Metropolitan School District.

About the Division of the Arts

An academic administrative unit in the Office of the Provost, the Division of the Arts unifies and catalyzes the arts at UW–Madison. We support and promote the missions of the academic arts departments and affiliated partners, foster interdisciplinary collaborations, deepen the student experience, build community engagement, and advocate for inclusion, diversity, equity, and access across the arts.

About the Office of Multicultural Arts Initiatives

The Office of Multicultural Arts Initiatives within the Division of Diversity, Equity, & Educational Achievement at the University of Wisconsin-Madison provides culturally relevant and transformative arts programming to promote positive social dialogue and to give cultural art forms a legitimate academic forum. By harnessing the broad cultural influence of spoken word, hip hop and emerging as well as traditional art forms, OMAI’s events and programming create learning environments that directly affect UW-Madison’s campus climate, improving retention and graduation success, preparing future leaders to reinvest in their communities. By continually refreshing this paradigm that integrates traditional academics and cutting-edge arts activism, OMAI empowers transnational leaders with new tools for inclusive community building.

One of OMAI’s most prominent initiatives is the First Wave Hip Hop and Urban Arts Learning Community, a cutting-edge multicultural artistic program for incoming students which offers a four-year full tuition scholarship to the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Bringing together young artists and leaders from across the United States and beyond, the First Wave Learning Community offers students the opportunity to live, study and create together in a close-knit, dynamic campus community. First Wave is the first university program in the country centered on urban arts, spoken word and hip-hop culture.

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Local EXIT Realty Affiliated Offices Welcome New Team Members

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact:
Susan Harrison
Senior Vice President
EXIT Realty Corp. International
sharrison@exitrealty.com
888-668-3948

Local EXIT Realty Affiliated Offices Welcome New Team Members

Madison, WI (Grassroots Newswire) March 10, 2022 – EXIT Realty HGM is pleased to announce that Glorian Rangel, Erica Lee and Miguel Meza Zelaya have joined its growing team of dedicated real estate sales professionals.

EXIT Realty HGM, located at 4211 W. Beltline Hwy, Madison, Wisconsin is a proud member of EXIT Realty Upper Midwest’s rapidly expanding network of independently owned and operated brokerages across the region.

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