President Kimo Ah Yun, Board of Trustees Chair Todd Adams, Trustee Ray Manista, two emeriti trustees and 33 Marquette alumni were named to BizTimes Milwaukee’s Wisconsin 275, a special publication that highlights the 275 most influential executives in different economic sectors throughout the state.
President Ah Yun was elected the 25th president of Marquette in November 2024. He joined Marquette in 2016 as dean of the Diederich College of Communication, was named acting provost in 2018 and then permanent provost and executive vice president for academic affairs in 2019.
Adams serves as chairman and CEO of Zurn Elkay Water Solutions, a Milwaukee-based supplier of clean water solutions for drinking water, hygiene and sustainable water management. He was elected to the Marquette University Board of Trustees in 2015, served as vice chair of the board from 2020 to 2023, and was elected chair of the board in 2023.
Manista, Arts ’87, Law ’90, serves as executive vice president and chief legal and public affairs officer at Northwestern Mutual.
The emeriti trustees named to the list are Mary Ellen Stanek, Arts ’78, founder, managing director and chief investment officer emeritus of Baird Advisors and president of Baird Funds; and Anne Zizzo, Jour ’87, founder and CEO of Zizzo Group.
Also earning selections to the list were Linda Gorens-Levey, executive in residence and instructor of practice of finance in the College of Business Administration, and David Anderson, who serves on the advisory board for Marquette’s commercial banking program.
In addition to Manista, Stanek and Zizzo, the following alumni were honored:
- JoAnne Anton, president and CEO of Herb Kohl Philanthropies
- Rick Barrett, CEO of Barrett Lo Visionary Development
- Joel Brennan, former president of the Great Milwaukee Committee
- Christine Dahlhauser, managing principal – Wisconsin at Baker Tilly
- Coreen Dicus-Johnson, president and CEO of Network Health
- P.J. DiStefano, managing partner at Deloitte
- Christopher Drees, president and CEO of Menasha Corp.
- Chris Goller, executive vice president and co-head of corporate banking at PNC Financial Services Group Inc.
- Brian Grossman, managing director – region manager of Wisconsin commercial banking at JPMorgan Chase
- Laura Gutiérrez, CEO of the United Community Center
- Nadiyah Johnson, founder and CEO of Jet Constellations
- Tracy Johnson, CEO and president of Commercial Association of REALTORS Wisconsin
- Chip Juedes, CEO of Fox World Travel Inc.
- Rustin Keller, president and CEO of J. J. Keller & Associates Inc.
- Joe Kirgues, co-founder of gener8tor
- Mike Knapek, president and CEO of Yaskawa America Inc.
- Dale Kooyenga, president of MMAC
- David Kriete, president and CEO of Kriete Truck Centers
- James Madlom, co-CEO of Mueller Communications
- Teresa Mogensen, chair, president and CEO of ATC
- Joel Plant, CEO of Frank Productions Inc.
- Lori Richards, co-CEO of Mueller Communications
- Joe Rock, office managing partner at KPMG
- Jay Rothman, president of the Universities of Wisconsin
- Annemarie Scobey-Polacheck, president and CEO of the United Performing Arts Fund
- Jeff Snell, CEO of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Milwaukee
- Christine Specht, CEO of Cousins Subs
- Mike Veum, president and CEO of IEWC
- Jim Villa, CEO of NAIOP Wisconsin
- Jeff Weyers, owner of Commercial Horizons
- Craig Wiedemeier, president of Werner Electric Supply
- Andrew Wronski, managing partner at Foley & Lardner LLP
- Scott Yauck, founder, president and CEO of Cobalt Partners