Frank Gumina named Chief Legal Officer at WPS

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Tom Enwright

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Frank Gumina named Chief Legal Officer at WPS

MADISON, Wis.—Sept. 6, 2018—Frank Gumina is the new Chief Legal Officer at WPS Health Solutions. He succeeds Dan Schwandt, who was named Chief of Staff while continuing his role as Chief Governance Officer.

Prior to joining WPS, Gumina worked in the private practice of law for over 27 years serving corporate clients in a vast array of legal matters with particular focus in the health care market. For a number of years, Gumina held an executive management position in one of Wisconsin’s largest law firms and, prior to joining WPS, was a partner at Husch Blackwell in Milwaukee.

Gumina is a graduate of the Marquette University Law School in Milwaukee. He has been a guest presenter at the State Bar of Wisconsin and Marquette University Law School and School of Business.

He serves on the Board of Directors for Tomorrow’s Children, a Wisconsin-based residential care center for children. He is also a member of the American Health Lawyers Association, Defense Research Institute, Society for Human Resources Management, and State Bar of Wisconsin (Health Law and Labor/Employment Sections).

About WPS Health Solutions

WPS Health Solutions is a nationally regarded government contractor and a leading Wisconsin not-for-profit health insurer. The WPS Health Insurance division offers affordable health plans and benefits administration. The WPS Government Health Administrators division administers Part A and B Medicare benefits for millions of seniors in multiple states, and the WPS Military and Veterans Health division serves millions more members who are active in the U.S. military, veterans and their families. In 2018, the international Ethisphere® Institute named WPS one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® for the ninth straight year. For more information, please visit wpshealthsolutions.com.

Hunter and Mastronardi join WPS Board of Directors

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Tom Enwright

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Hunter and Mastronardi join WPS Board of Directors

MADISON, Wis.—August 23, 2018—Christine Hunter, M.D., and Nick Mastronardi, Ph.D., have been elected to the Board of Directors for Wisconsin Physicians Service Insurance Corporation, doing business as WPS Health Solutions.

Dr. Hunter recently retired from the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, where she served as Medical Director for the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program since 2011. While in that role, she was Co-Chairman of the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) Committee on Performance Measurement and contributed to the design of new federal insurance offerings.

Dr. Hunter developed a distinguished career in the Navy with expertise in direct delivery, health system, health plan, and insurance operations. She attained the rank of Rear Admiral in 2005.

From 2009 to 2011, Dr. Hunter served as Deputy Director of TRICARE Management Activity, coordinating health care for 9.6 million military beneficiaries.

She was Commanding Officer of the Naval Medical Center in San Diego, California, from 2007 to 2009.

From 2004 to 2006, Dr. Hunter was Chief of Staff for the Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery in Washington, D.C. She was responsible for setting strategic priorities and directing the work of 40,000 military medical professionals worldwide.

Dr. Hunter earned her medical degree from the Boston University School of Medicine. She is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians.

Dr. Mastronardi is an accomplished economist, presidential policy analyst, and entrepreneur. He is founder and Chief Executive Officer of POLCO, a Madison-based firm specializing in advanced policy polling and civic analytics.

Earlier in his career, Dr. Mastronardi served on the President’s Council of Economic Advisers. He also was a Senior Economist with Amazon.

Much of Dr. Mastronardi’s career has been devoted to military service. From 2004 to 2014, he was an active-duty officer in the Air Force, reaching the rank of Major. Since 2014, he has been an officer in the Air Force Reserve, working with the U.S. Cyber Command and in emerging technologies and data science.

From 2009 to 2014, Dr. Mastronardi was an Assistant Professor of Economics at the Air Force Academy where he taught game theory, microeconomics, quantitative finance, econometrics, and statistics.

He also served as an Economic and Security Analyst in the Office of Secretary of Defense at the Pentagon. Earlier in his military career, he was a Research Physicist and Program Manager with the Air Force Research Laboratory.

Dr. Mastronardi earned a bachelor’s degree in mathematics and physics from the University of Notre Dame, and a doctorate in economics from the University of Texas at Austin.

About WPS Health Solutions

WPS Health Solutions is a nationally regarded government contractor and a leading Wisconsin not-for-profit health insurer. The WPS Health Insurance division offers affordable health plans and benefits administration. The WPS Government Health Administrators division administers Part A and B Medicare benefits for millions of seniors in multiple states, and the WPS Military and Veterans Health division serves millions more members who are active in the U.S. military, veterans and their families. In 2018, the international Ethisphere® Institute named WPS one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® for the ninth straight year. For more information, please visit wpshealthsolutions.com. WPS is a member of the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD).

36 DeWitt Attorneys Named Best Lawyers in America® – 2019 Edition

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Michelle M. Friedman, (262) 754-2877, mmf@dewittross.com

36 DEWITT ATTORNEYS NAMED BEST LAWYERS IN AMERICA® – 2019 EDITION

Three Madison DeWitt Attorneys Named Lawyer of the Year

MADISON|MILWAUKEE|MINNEAPOLIS – The law firm of DeWitt Ross & Stevens S.C., and its affiliate DeWitt Mackall Crounse & Moore S.C., announced today that 36 lawyers from its Wisconsin offices have been named for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2019. In addition, three of its attorneys also received the distinction of Lawyer of the Year in their respective practice areas for the region: Brian L. Anderson Tax Law Lawyer of the Year; Ronald W. Kuehn Government Relations Practice Lawyer of the Year; and Joseph T. Leone Litigation Lawyer of the Year. Only one attorney per practice area is recognized per community.

The attorneys selected for The Best Lawyers in America inclusion represent 28 areas of law.

The 32 Madison-based attorneys and their specialties selected for inclusion are:
*The years listed in parentheses are their inaugural years of being featured on the list

Brian L. Anderson (2005) Employee Benefits, Tax Law, Trusts and Estates (Lawyer of the Year – Tax Law)
Jon P. Axelrod (1995) Commercial Litigation
Donald L. Bach (2007) Water Law
Denis P. Bartell (1989) Banking and Finance Law, Bankruptcy, Commercial Litigation, Real Estate Law
Frederic J. Brouner (2005) Corporate Law, Real Estate Law, Tax Law
Paul A. Croake (2006) Corporate Law
Michael R. Davis (2005) Personal Injury-Plaintiffs
Stephen A. DiTullio (2007) Commercial Litigation, Employment Law, Labor Law
Peter R. Dohr (2006) Corporate Law
Bryan C. Esch (2011) Real Estate Law
Eric A. Farnsworth (2005) Medical Malpractice-Plaintiffs, Personal Injury-Plaintiffs
Bradley C. Fulton (2013) Commercial Litigation
Jeffrey A. Goldman (2016) Trusts & Estates
Henry J. Handzel, Jr. (1989) Environmental Law
Hugh J. Hayes (2011) Family Law
Stuart C. Herro (2005) Real Estate Law, Trusts and Estates
Christopher S. Krimmer (2014) Family Law
Jayne K. Kuehn (2007) Education Law
Ronald W. Kuehn (2009) Government Relations (Lawyer of the Year – Government Relations Practice)
Jordan K. Lamb (2009) Government Relations Practice
Joseph T. Leone (2007) Copyright Law, Intellectual Property Litigation, Patent Litigation, Patent Law, Trademark Law (Lawyer of the Year – Litigation – Patent)
Troy A. Mayne (2005) Corporate Law, Real Estate Law
William E. McCardell (2007) Construction Law, Employment Law, Labor Law
Richard W. Pitzner (1983) Corporate Law, Tax Law
Ron R. Ragatz (2006) Commercial Litigation, Environmental Law
Joseph A. Ranney (2010) Commercial Litigation, Intellectual Property Litigation, Patent Litigation
John Rashke (1987) Employee Benefits
Greg E. Scallon (2013) Corporate Law
Mark R. Sewell (2009) Land Use & Zoning Law, Municipal Law
Wrede H. Smith, Jr. (2005) Commercial Litigation, Corporate Law, Real Estate, Trusts and Estates
Timm P. Speerschneider (2006) Environmental Law, Land Use & Zoning Law
Michael W. Wilcox (1983) Trusts and Estates
The four Metropolitan Milwaukee-based attorneys and their respective specialties are:

*The years listed in parentheses are their inaugural years of being featured on the list

Douglas H. Frazer (2007) Tax Litigation and Controversy, Tax Law
Paul R. Hoefle (2017) Litigation – Insurance, Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs
Brian R. Smigelski (2013) Construction Law
John P. Yentz (2013) Corporate Law
About Best LawyersÒ

Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Because Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey in which tens of thousands of leading attorneys cast votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their practice areas, and because lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed, inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor.

About DeWitt

DeWitt Ross & Stevens S.C., including its affiliate DeWitt Mackall Crounse & Moore S.C., is one of the ten largest law firms based in Wisconsin, with an additional presence in Minnesota. It has nearly 140 attorneys practicing in Madison and Metropolitan Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and Minneapolis, Minnesota, in a variety of legal areas and has the experience to service clients of all scopes and sizes. The firm is known for its work in several areas, including civil rights litigation, corporate law, employment, environmental, employee benefits, estate planning, family law, government relations, health care, intellectual property, patents, trademarks and copyright law, litigation, personal injury, real estate, and tax law.

Platz named CEO of Mead & Hunt, national architecture-engineering firm

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July 10, 2018

Platz named CEO of Mead & Hunt, national architecture-engineering firm

Mead & Hunt announced that Andy Platz is the new CEO effective July 1, 2018. Platz will continue as President, and former CEO Raj Sheth will continue as Chairman of the Board.

“We have a fantastic team and company, and I am honored to be chosen to lead us through our next chapters,” said Platz in a message to employees. “Our industry is constantly changing—new delivery methods, new services, new markets, new technologies and new demands seemingly spring up every minute. Yet despite all this change, our values remain the same and have proven to be the secret to our success.”

He went on to thank employees saying, “Our success over the years is due to your hard work and dedication, and I look forward to supporting each of you as we build upon our success and become an even better company. Starting as CEO of a company with such a successful track record has its own challenges. We want to continue our growth and stay competitive, while still being able to enjoy what we have all worked hard to create.”

Mead & Hunt is one of the largest privately-held architecture, engineering, and planning consulting firms in the nation. In the past 24 years the firm has grown from 130 employees to more than 650. Offices increased from two civil engineering offices in Wisconsin to more than 30 multi-discipline offices across the nation. Revenues increased from $10 million in 1994 to an expected $125 million in fiscal year 2018.

Platz joined Mead & Hunt in 1985 as a project engineer in the aviation department. In the ensuing 33 years, he quickly rose through the ranks as project manager, department manager, business unit leader, group leader, president, and now CEO/President.

“Andy is a great leader. He’s passionate about employee and client success,” said Sheth. “I’m confident he will continue our focus on people, a culture of growth and opportunity, and commitment to solving clients’ problems.” Sheth continued that he would remain active and involved in Mead & Hunt’s future for some time.

Platz is the sixth person to lead the company in the 118-year history of Mead & Hunt.

Mead & Hunt provides clients with expert planning, architecture design, engineering, environmental and construction administration services across a wide variety of market sectors, including transportation (aviation, highways, roads and bridges), food and beverage processing, renewable energy, municipal infrastructure, military, telecommunications, cultural resources, and hydropower and water resources. In each of these disciplines, the company has developed unique methodologies and processes to deliver cost-saving solutions that meet clients’ needs.

Founded in 1900, the employee-owned (non-ESOP) consulting firm remains strong on ENR’s Top 500 design firm list with a national ranking of 139 in 2018. Mead & Hunt made the Zweig Group 2018 Hot Firms Top 100 list for the 15th time in the past 16 years, demonstrating the company’s continued fast paced growth. Mead & Hunt was named by CE News as one of the top 10 engineering companies to work for in the nation.

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Media Contacts:

Andy Platz, CEO and President, andy.platz@meadhunt.com 608-443-0600
Raj Sheth, Chairman of the Board, raj.sheth@meadhunt.com 608-443-0310
Meghan Stiklestad, Director of Marketing, meghan.stiklestad@meadhunt.com 608-443-0378

Wisconsin Bank & Trust Welcomes John Jennings as Business Development Officer

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