2011 is a very special year for the Women’s Fund as it marks our 25th anniversary. We are delighted that Tonya Lewis Lee has agreed to be our keynote speaker.
Tonya Lewis Lee is the national spokesperson for the A Healthy Baby Begins with You campaign initiated by the US Department of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health. Through this initiative, Lee is raising awareness about the infant mortality crisis in the African-American community and advocating for healthier lifestyles for all women. The Congressional Black Congress recognized Lee’s work by giving her the 2009 Congressional Black Caucus Health Brain Trust Award. Additionally, she produced Crisis in the Crib: Saving Our Nation’s Babies, a documentary film about the campaign and the Peer Educators program. In 2009, Lee, through Madstone Company Inc., launched HealthyYouNow.com, a website dedicated to supporting women, particularly women of color, on their journey to achieve an optimal lifestyle of health and wellness. Lee is married to film director, producer, writer, and actor Spike Lee.
Come early for our Social Change Exchange, an engaging discussion with key community informants, grant partners and donors about sex trafficking in the greater Milwaukee area.
Thank you to our Sponsors
Champion Sponsor
Potawatomi Bingo Casino
Patron Sponsors
Associated Bank
GE
Johnson Controls
Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare
Principal Sponsors
The Brico Fund
Foley & Lardner
Leadership Center of Cardinal Stritch University
Froedtert Health - Froedtert Hospital
M&I, A part of the BMO Financial Group
Quarles & Brady
Robert W. Baird & Co.
We Energies
Participating Sponsors
Alverno College
American Transmission Company
Aurora Health Care
Brewers Community Foundation
Children’s Hospital & Health System
Common Ground
Fix Development and Jackie Boynton
Girl Scouts of Wisconsin Southeast
Godfrey & Kahn
Goodwill Industries of Southeast Wisconsin
GRAEF
Herbert H. Kohl Charities
Herzing University
HGA Architects, Engineers & Planners
HNTB Corporation
MGIC
Marquette University
Michael Best & Friedrich
Milwaukee Muslim Women’s Coalition
Molina Healthcare
Mount Mary College
Joseph Pabst
Park Bank Foundation
Rexnord Industries
Third Sector Creative
Time Warner Cable
United Way of Greater Milwaukee
Friends of the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
von Briesen & Roper
Media Sponsors
88Nine Radio Milwaukee
The Business Journal
Clear Channel Outdoor
