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Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce
|PAC and Business Association
|Madison, WI
|Number of locations
Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce (WMC) is a business association formed through a merger of the Wisconsin Manufacturers Association, the State Chamber of Commerce and the Wisconsin Council of Safety. It is the Wisconsin chapter of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and a major business lobby in the state.
WMC is one of the leaders in dark money spending in Wisconsin, with an estimated $18 million or more in undisclosed political contributions since 2006,[1] including $2 million on the 2011-2012 recall elections and at least $7.25 million on Wisconsin Supreme Court elections since 2007.
WMC has been linked to an ongoing "John Doe" criminal investigation into possible illegal campaign coordination. A bipartisan group of prosecutors allege that Governor Scott Walker's campaign illegally coordinated fundraising and expenditures with WMC, Wisconsin Club for Growth (WiCFG), and perhaps other groups during the 2011 and 2012 recall elections. Representatives of the Walker campaign, WMC, and WiCFG could face criminal liability if prosecutors find that they conspired to evade campaign finance disclosure requirements and contribution limits.[2]
WMC is organized as a 501(c)(6) trade association, but it also controls a 501(c)(4), the WMC Issues Council, which is the source of most of the WMC's ads. WMC does not disclose its donors.[3]
- 1 Involvement in John Doe Criminal Investigation
- 1.1 Conflicts of Interest on Wisconsin Supreme Court
- 1.1.1 Court's Recusal Rules Drafted by WMC
- 1.1.2 WMC and WiCFG Outspend Candidate in Patience Roggensack Reelection (2014)
- 1.1.3 WMC, WiCFG, and Front Group Spend More than $3 Million in Dark Money to Reelect David Prosser (2011)
- 1.1.4 $2.25 Million in Undisclosed Spending for Mike Gableman (2008)
- 1.1.5 $2.5 Million in Undisclosed Spending to Elect Annette Ziegler (2007)
- 1.1.6 $600,000 in Ads to Demote Chief Justice Ahead of John Doe Case (2015)
- 1.1 Conflicts of Interest on Wisconsin Supreme Court
- 2 Spending to Influence Wisconsin Supreme Court Elections
- 3 Activities in the 2011/2012 Wisconsin Recall Elections
- 4 Funding and Financial Information
- 5 Lobbying Activity
- 6 Political Spending and Contributions
- 7 Campaigns and Influence
- 8 Opposition to Unions
- 9 Personnel
- 10 Archived Information and Descriptions
- 11 External links
- 12 Contact information
- 13 References
Involvement in John Doe Criminal Investigation
WMC has been linked to an ongoing John Doe criminal investigation into possible illegal campaign coordination between Governor Scott Walker and other groups such as WMC and Wisconsin Club for Growth (WiCFG), which was led by top Walker advisor R.J. Johnson. Representatives of the Walker campaign, WiCFG, and WMC could face criminal liability if prosecutors find that they conspired to evade campaign finance disclosure requirements and contribution limits.[2]
According to an affidavit from Government Accountability Board investigator Dean Nickel:
- "R.J. Johnson was directly involved with operations of the Friends of Scott Walker (FOSW) campaign, as well as Wisconsin Club for Growth . . . essentially coordinating the campaign activities of both entities . . . As a gubernatorial recall candidate, Scott Walker raised funds for his personal campaign committee (FOSW) and simultaneously personally raised funds for WiCFG which was also involved in political activity to his benefit . . . During 2011 and 2012, WiCFG became the means for coordinating the political activities of WiCFG with other 501(c)(4) organizations and the personal political campaign committee of Governor Walker.[4]
According to documents uncovered through the investigation, Walker was instructed that, when fundraising for WiCFG, "Stress that donations to WiCFG are not disclosed and can accept corporate donations without limits," and to "Let [donors] know that you can accept corporate contributions and it is not reported."[4]
The reason for raising money for WiCFG, according to Walker's fundraiser Kate Doner, was that the governor "want[ed] all the issue advocacy efforts run thru one group to ensure correct messaging."[4]
In addition to directly spending at least $9.1 million influencing Wisconsin elections, WiCFG allegedly acted as a "hub" for funneling at least $9,624,000 to other 501(c)(4) groups that would support Wisconsin Republicans' election efforts, including almost $3 million to Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce[4] WMC spent an estimated $4.7 million on ads supporting Walker and attacking his opponent. WiCFG's donations coincided with WMC's payments to an ad agency that produced the ads. R.J. Johnson, Walker's campaign advisor, also appears to have been involved with the expressly pro-Walker ads from WMC.[4] (See Funding and Financial Information below.)
The firm that created the ads for WMC, the Virginia-based Ten Capitol Inc, paid Johnson $50,000 around the time WMC's ads were run, which prosecutors say was "consistent with a commission for ad placement."[4]
The prosecutors argue that "In light of these payments, Plaintiffs' claim that 'none of WCFG's . . . donations related to Walker's campaign efforts' is false, as is the claim that Wisconsin Club for Growth 'was not donating funds to other groups for express advocacy or issue advocacy related to Walker's . . . recall efforts.'[4]
Conflicts of Interest on Wisconsin Supreme Court
WMC has been subpoenaed in the probe and is a party to the case currently before the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Yet WMC (along with WiCFG) have been among the dominant spenders in judicial elections, raising serious questions about whether the justices WMC supported can be impartial.
WMC has spent at least $7.25 million since 2007 on efforts to elect the Wisconsin State Supreme Court's four-justice majority, according to its own estimates.[5] In three of the four elections in which it has been active since 2007, WMC by itself spent more than the candidates' own campaigns.[2]
Court's Recusal Rules Drafted by WMC
The prospect of elected judges ruling in cases involving individuals and groups that helped elect them raises concerns about conflicts of interest.[2] Yet in 2010, WMC and the Wisconsin Realtors Association (which contributed $1 million to WiCFG in 2010-2011)[6] petitioned the Supreme Court to adopt new rules stating that the fact of a campaign contribution alone would not require recusal. The four conservative justices--elected with help from WMC--voted to adopt the new rules.[7]
However, the amount of money spent by WMC and WiCFG may raise due process concerns. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 2009 that the $3 million contributed by Massey Coal CEO Don Blankenship in a West Virginia Supreme Court election presented a "significantly substantial" risk of undue influence, and held that the affected justice should have recused himself from a case involving the company.[8]
WMC and WiCFG Outspend Candidate in Patience Roggensack Reelection (2014)
In the 2014 Wisconsin Supreme Court race, WMC spent an estimated $500,000 supporting Justice Patience Roggensack's reelection, and WiCFG spent $350,000.[9] Together they outspent the $652,318 spent by the justice's own campaign.[10]
After the passage of a constitutional amendment changing how the Wisconsin Supreme Court's Chief Justice was chosen on April 7, 2015, the court's four right-wing justices voted for Roggensack to replace Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson, who had held the position for 19 years. As of May 2015, the issue of whether the amendment retroactively applied to Abrahamson was unresolved.[11]
WMC, WiCFG, and Front Group Spend More than $3 Million in Dark Money to Reelect David Prosser (2011)
In 2011, in a race widely viewed as a referendum on Governor Scott Walker's controversial union-busting legislation, WMC made $2 million in undisclosed expenditures to reelect Justice David Prosser.[5] WiCFG spent an estimated $520,000 and funneled an additional $985,000 through a front group named Citizens for a Strong America, spending whose source was only uncovered years after the election.[12] Prosser was reelected by approximately 7,000 votes.
A letter later obtained through an open records request showed Justice Prosser thanking a GOP donor who worked on his campaign, telling him that "the coordination you provided with friendly organizations outside the Republican Party [was] absolutely indispensable." The same donor boasted to Governor Walker's office about his efforts to "get very creative with diverse State and National organizations to help [Prosser's] campaign due to being financially capped at $300,000."[13]
$2.25 Million in Undisclosed Spending for Mike Gableman (2008)
WMC made $2.25 million in undisclosed expenditures for Wisconsin State Supreme Court candidate Mike Gableman in 2008.[14][5] Gableman's own campaign spent slightly less than $411,000.[15]
$2.5 Million in Undisclosed Spending to Elect Annette Ziegler (2007)
In 2007, WMC made $2.5 million in undisclosed expenditures to support Justice Annette Ziegler's campaign, according to its own calculations.[5] Together with the $400,000 spent by WiCFG, the two groups' outside spending was more than double the $1.4 million spent by Ziegler's campaign.[10]
$600,000 in Ads to Demote Chief Justice Ahead of John Doe Case (2015)
As the Wisconsin Supreme Court reviewed the John Doe investigation, WMC spent $600,000 on television ads during Wisconsin's spring 2015 elections to support a constitutional amendment on the April 7 ballot to change the way the Chief Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court was chosen. The ad campaign was spearheaded by a referendum committee called "Vote Yes for Democracy," led by long-time Republican operative and lobbyist Brandon Sholtz.[16] WMC's Issues Mobilization Council was the sole contributor to the committee, according to its campaign finance report.[17] WMC's spending dwarfed the $80,000 spent on radio ads by the liberal Greater Wisconsin Committee against the referendum.[16]
The push to change the Supreme Court's makeup came as the court was about to take up a set of cases challenging the "John Doe" criminal investigation of potential illegal campaign coordination between the campaign of Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker and "independent" expenditure groups like WMC and the Wisconsin Club for Growth.[18] The proposed change raised concerns that state legislators were targeting Chief Justice Shirley Abahamson, the longest-serving justice in the state's history and leader of the court's liberal wing,[19] who vigorously opposed the conservative majority's decision to hear no oral arguments in the John Doe case. "The court's failure to provide further justification for its highly unusual decision to cancel oral argument is, in my view, alarming," Abrahamson wrote. The decision "may, unfortunately, signify the court's intention to dispose of the John Doe cases as a whole in a similarly swift and secretive manner. I cannot join the court in concealing this important litigation from public view."[16]
The referendum passed with 53 percent of the vote in the low-turnout spring election, and by April 29 the court's four conservative justices had already voted to oust Abrahamson, though questions remained about the legality of retroactively applying the constitutional amendment.[20]
To read more about the campaign against anti-corruption laws in Wisconsin, see the page The Campaign to Legalize Coordination in Wisconsin and Nationwide.
Spending to Influence Wisconsin Supreme Court Elections
WMC has spent at least $7.25 million on efforts to elect a pro-corporate right-wing majority to the Wisconsin State Supreme Court since 2007, according to its own estimates..[5] In three of the four elections in which it has been active since 2007, WMC by itself spent more than the candidates' own campaigns.[2]
WMC's interest in the court includes issues it has highlighted in its own materials, such as limiting medical malpractice awards and overturning a 2005 ruling holding lead paint manufacturers responsible for harm caused by lead poisoning.[5] WMC has also fought against campaign finance regulation.
(See Conflicts of Interest on Wisconsin Supreme Court for more.)
Activities in the 2011/2012 Wisconsin Recall Elections
Dark Money Funding and Ad Spending
WMC's political arm, WMC Issues Mobilization Council, spent an estimated $4.7 million influencing the 2011/2012 recall elections in Wisconsin, including at least $2 million on television ads defending Walker and attacking his opponent.[21] At the time, WMC did not disclose who was funding the political ads. Later documentation has shown that WMC had financial ties during this period to Wisconsin Club for Growth (WiCFG), an organization with close ties to Scott Walker that is at the center of an ongoing "John Doe" investigation into potentially illegal campaign coordination with the Walker campaign during the recall elections.[22]
Funding between the two groups has moved in both directions over recent years. From 2011-2013 WMC reported $1,163,000 in contributions to WiCFG for "educating the public about business issues."[23][24][25] In 2010 and 2012, however, WMC received funds from WiCFG, which reported contributing $246,000 in 2010[26] and $2,984,000 in 2012,[27] the latter amounting to 45 percent of the budget for WMC's political arm that year.[28]
WiCFG's donations coincided with WMC's payments to an ad agency that produced ads supporting Walker and attacking his opponent. Johnson, Walker's campaign advisor, also appears to have been involved with the expressly pro-Walker ads from WMC.[4]
The firm that created the ads for WMC, the Virginia-based Ten Capitol Inc, paid Johnson $50,000 around the time WMC's ads were run, which prosecutors say was "consistent with a commission for ad placement."[4]
Find links to archived copies of WMC's recall ads here.
WiCFG itself spent an estimated $9.1 million during the recall races, making it one of the top spenders in the state.[21]
While WMC does not disclose its own funders, it has received money through dark money groups such as the Wellspring Committee,[29] which according to the Center for Responsive Politics has funneled millions of dollars to other non-disclosing groups that then spend heavily on political ads.[30] See Funding and Financial Information below for more information on WMC's funders.
Advertisement Reports False Job Numbers
WMC's ads during the recall repeated Walker's theme that under his policies Wisconsin has been creating jobs. However, their numbers disagree with Walker's. One WMC ad claimed that 15,000 jobs were created in the past year,[31] while Walker claimed in his latest TV ads to have created 33,2000.[32] Both numbers contradict official estimates by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which indicate that Wisconsin lost 21,400 jobs from April 2011 to April 2012.[33]
Funding and Financial Information
WMC does not disclose its funding sources, nor does its political arm, WMC Issues Mobilization Council. However, some sources can be identified through tax filings and other documents. WMC has received money funneled through dark money groups such as the Wellspring Committee,[29] which according to the Center for Responsive Politics has contributed money to many groups that aim to put or keep conservative judges in courts across the country.[30]
Known funders of WMC Issues Mobilization Council include:
- American Justice Partnership: $500,000 (2008),[34] $100,000 (2009),[35] $205,000 (2010)[36]
- Jobs First Coalition: $40,000 (2010)[37]
- Skill Integrity Responsibility Council, Inc.: $10,000 (2011),[38] $25,000 (2012),[39] $10,000 (2013)[40]
- Joint Labor Management Work Preservation Fund (also known as Construction Business Group): $25,000 (2010),[41] $25,000 (2011)[42]
- State Government Leadership Foundation: $120,000 (2012)[43]
- Wisconsin Bankers Association: $50,000 (2011)[44]
- Wisconsin Club for Growth: $246,000 (2010),[26] $2,984,000 (2012)[27]
Grants Issued
WMC Issues Mobilization Council has reported the following grants to other organizations in its tax filings:
- Wisconsin Club for Growth: $10,000 for "shared mission of educating the public about business issues"
- Wisconsin Club for Growth: $165,000 for "shared mission of educating the public about business issues"
- American Federation for Children: $185,000 for "shared mission of public policy advocacy"
- Wisconsin Club for Growth: $988,000 for "shared mission of educating the public about business issues"
- American Federation for Children: $17,000
- American Justice Partnership: $865,000
- Americans for Limited Government: $47,600
- Americans for Prosperity: $10,000
- Illinois Manufacturers Association: $100,000 for "Public education regarding Employee Free Choice Act"
- Metropolitan Milwaukee Association: $200,000 to "support issue campaign"
- Coalition for America's Families: $27,500
- Wisconsin Coalition for Civil Justice: $15,000
Core Financials
WMC Issues Mobilization Council
- Total Revenues: $2,599,325
- Total Expenses: $2,391,061
- $2,090,996 of this was spent on "issues advertising."
- Net Assets: $220,183
- Total Revenues: $6,724,476
- Total Expenses: $7,074,224
- $6,489,813 of this was spent on "issues advertising."
- Net Assets: $11,919
- Total Revenues: $3,805,417
- Total Expenses: $3,392,846
- $2,234,984 of this was spent on "issue advertising."
- Net Assets: $412,571
- Total Revenues: $2,768,186
- Total Expenses: $2,866,098
- $1,651,456 of this was spent on "issue advertising."
- Net Assets: -$50,904
- Total Revenues: $698,575
- Total Expenses: $661,447
- $413,181 of this was spent on "issue advertising."
- Net Assets: $47,008
- Total Revenues: $3,215,913
- Total Expenses: $3,362,832
- $2,959,091 of this was spent on "issue advertising."
- Net Assets: $9,880
- Total Revenues: $2,851,350
- Total Expenses: $2,811,634
- $2,633,626 of this was spent on "issue advertising."
- Net Assets: $156,799
- Total Revenues: $4,999,950
- Total Expenses: $5,192,042
- $5,029,083 of this was spent on "advertising and promotion."
- Net Assets: $117,083
- Total Revenues: $495,938
- Total Expenses: $540,408
- Net Assets: $309,175
- Total Revenues: $994,938
- Total Expenses: $1,060,419
- Net Assets: $353,645
Lobbying Activity
WMC is a registered lobbying organization in the state of Wisconsin. Its registered lobbyists as of May 2015 were Randall J. Pirlot, Joe K. Leibham, Don M. Millis, Robert I. Fassbender, Jason Culotta, James A. Buchen, Chris Reader, Eric J. Bott, Scott Manley, Rebecca Hogan, and Kurt R. Bauer. It had not reported any "lobbying efforts" according to state records available as of May 2015, but did list some 29 active bills and resolutions as "lobbying interests," along with several dozen other draft bills, administrative rules, and budget issues.[54]
WMC listed the follow top legislative priorities for the 2015-2016 legislative session:[55]
- Right to Work (A fast-tracked RTW bill was signed into law on March 9, 2015.)[56]
- Tax Relief (Lowering income tax, repealing tax on personal property)
- Regulatory Reform (Requiring legislative approval of agency regulations)
- Legal Reform (Especially related to torts and allowing businesses to consider arrest and conviction records of prospective employees)
- Workers Compensation Reform
WMC claimed the following as "victories" in the 2013-2014 legislative session:[57]
- Income Tax Reduction
- Manufacturers Tax Credit
- Property Tax Relief--school levy (Act 46)
- Property Tax Relief--tech college levy (Act 145)
- Additional Income Tax Relief (Act 145)
- Asbestos Trust Claims Transparency Act (Act 154)
- Transparency In Private Attorney Contracting (Act 105)
- Lemon Law Reform (Act 101)
- Unemployment Insurance Reforms
- Electrician Licensing
- Expanded School Choice
- Wisconsin Fast Forward
- Labor Market Information System (LMIS)
- Apprenticeship Reform (Acts 57 and 113)
- Air Permit Streamlining
- Phosphorus Discharge Reform
- Iron Mining Reform
Political Spending and Contributions
The bulk of WMC's spending related to elections is in the form of outside spending. WMC spent an estimated $4.5 million in the 2014 election cycle, "mostly on negative television ads, to praise Walker and smear his Democratic opponent, Mary Burke," as described by the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign. An additional $1.3 million was spent supporting Republican candidates for State Senate Howard Marklein and Roger Roth.[58]
WMC's political action committee, WMC PAC, has reported $144,585.13 in contributions to candidates in Wisconsin since 1990. In the 2014 election cycle, WMC PAC made the following contributions:[59]
- Ashton Kirsch: $50
- Scott Walker: $1,650
- Nancy Lynn VanderMeer: $500
- Devin LeMahieu: $1,000
- Roger Roth: $1,000
- Dale Kooyenga: $500
- David Steffen: $500
- Brad Schimel: $250
2009 Contributions Report
A 2009 analysis by WMC Watch reported that "WMC board members and staff have overwhelmingly supported Republicans and non-partisan conservative candidates. Of the $1,135,541 donated by WMC board and staff, 82 percent – or $930,746 was given to Republicans ($893,329) and conservatives ($37,417).
This compares to 18 percent – or $204,795 given to Democrats ($193,595) and liberals ($11,200)."[60]
Although many individuals associated with WMC gave campaign contributions, listed are the biggest donors:[61]
- James Haney - President of WMC: $29,343
- Rajan Sheth - President & CEO of Mead & Hunt Inc.: $26,150
- Thomas Boldt - CEO of The Boldt Company: $85,975
- Barbara Swan - President & CEO of WI Power & Light Company: $28,475
- Tod Linstroth - Senior Partner of Michael Best & Friedrich LLP: $42,215
- José Delgado - President & CEO of American Transmission Company: $55,321
- John Torinus - Chairman of Serigraph Inc.: $117,350
- Todd Wanek - President & CEO of Ashley Furniture Industries: $62,850
- Larry Rambo - Great Lakes Region CEO of Humana, Inc.: $46,164
- Mark Furlong - Marshall & Ilsley Corporation: $23,630
Wisconsin Chamber of Commerce Foundation, Inc. Board of Directors Contributions:[61]
- Mark Cullen - Chairman of JP Cullen & Sons Inc.: $159,065
- Randall Knox - W.D. Hoard & Sons Co.: $156,218
- Richard Teerlink - Retired Chairman of Harley Davidson Inc.: $49,450
- Robert O'Toole - Retired Chairman of A.O. Smith Corp.: $47,790
- Terry Growcock - Chairman & CEO of The Manitowoc Co.: $27,102
Campaigns and Influence
Archived Campaign Information
- "Las Vegas Loophole" (2009): Democratic legislators were targeted for supporting the stimulus bill because of the end to the so-called "Las Vegas Loophole." Before elimination, the Las Vegas Loophole, supported by WMC, allowed companies to avoid paying taxes on profits made in Wisconsin by opening up a post office box "phantom office" in a state without corporate income taxes, like Nevada. This scheme lost Wisconsin $90 million annually in evaded corporate taxes.[62]
- Capital Gains Taxes (2009): Ran deceptive print advertisements about state budget plan to put Wisconsin's capital gains taxes in line with the rest of the country. Currently, the top one percent of income earners get 64 percent of the benefit of the current capital gains loophole and 83 percent of the benefit goes to those in the top five percent of income earners – meaning people earning more than $152,000 a year.[62]
- Campaign Ads (2012): View three ads that were published about taxes here.
- A list of television ads for 2010-2011 can be seen here. Issues lobbied for include: the 2011 State Supreme Court Justice (pro-Prosser); Global Warming vs. Job creation (pro-job creation); Congressional ads for Kapanke, Duffy and Kagen; Radio ads against Senator Kathy Vinehout and former Senator John Lehman to name a few.
Opposition to Unions
Campaign for Right-to-Work Legislation in Wisconsin (2015)
WMC joined with a collection of out-of-state groups funded by the Koch brothers to push for a Right to Work (RTW) bill introduced in Wisconsin in February 2015, as reported by the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD).[63] A representative of WMC, Scott Manley, testified in favor of the bill by noting Wisconsin's lagging economic performance,[63] despite the fact that a few months before, during Governor Scott Walker's campaign for reelection, WMC had aired TV ads praising Walker for the state's economic performance.[64] Also giving testimony in favor of the RTW bill were James Sherk, an attorney for the D.C.-based Heritage Foundation, which received at least $4.8 million from the Koch family's Claude R. Lambe Foundation between 1998 and 2012; Greg Mourad from the National Right to Work Committee, which received $1 million from the Kochs' Freedom Partners in 2012; and F. Vincent Vernuccio of the Michigan-based Mackinac Center, part of the $84 million dollar State Policy Network, which received $1,494,000 from the Koch conduits DonorsTrust and Donors Capital Fund between 2010 and 2012.[63]
Wisconsin's RTW legislation, which copied an American Legislative Exchange Council "model" bill word-for-word,[65] was fast-tracked through the Wisconsin state legislature by legislators with ALEC ties, including Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, a former ALEC state chairman,[65] and state Senator Steve Nass, who attacked a University of Wisconsin-Madison applied economics professor in an email to UW System officials and state legislators, calling him a "partisan academic" for preparing a research-based fact sheet reporting on the lower wages and higher poverty rates associated with RTW states.[66]
Legislators supporting also the bill cited "flawed" research by ALEC scholar Richard Vedder.[66][67]
Campaign Against Employee Free Choice Act (2009)
WMC ran ads against the Employee Free Choice Act in 2009, according to One Wisconsin Now's WMC Watch: "In the first half of 2009, ads opposing the Employee Free Choice Act were run offering provably-false claims about the proposed federal legislation. U.S. Reps. Ron Kind and Steve Kagen and Sen. Herb Kohl were noted in WMC television and radio ads. Print ads featuring Kind were also run."[68]
The Employee Free Choice Act would "amend the National Labor Relations Act to establish an efficient system to enable employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations, to provide for mandatory injunctions for unfair labor practices during organizing efforts."[69]
WMC President Kurt Bauer
Kurt R. Bauer became the President and CEO of WMC in 2011 after spending 18 years working for trade groups in the financial services industry, including the Wisconsin Bankers Association and the Arizona Bankers Association. Other affiliations include:[70]
- Council of State Manufacturers Associations Executive Committee
- Council of State Chambers of Commerce
- U.S. Chamber of Commerce Committee of 100 and Public Affairs Committee
- National Association of Manufacturers Political Action Committee
- Governor's Council on Workforce Investment
- Campaign Advisory Council for American Jobs for America's Heroes
- Wisconsin Advisory Committee for the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition
- Fix the Debt Wisconsin Steering Committee
- Wisconsin Alumni Association Advisory Board
- Wisconsin Manufacturers Extension Partnership Board
Senior Staff
As of May 2015:[71]
- Kurt R. Bauer, President and CEO, WMC
- Steve Benzschawel, Director of Business World
- Eric Bott, Director of Environmental and Energy Policy
- Russ Cain, Director of Group Insurance Services
- Jason Culotta, Director of Tax and Transportation Policy
- Scott Manley, Vice President of Government Relations
- Jim Morgan, WMC Foundation President
- Katy Petterson, Vice President of Marketing
- Chris Reader, Director of Health and Human Resources Policy
- Janie Ritter, Director of Wisconsin Safety Council
- Mike Shoys, Senior Vice President
- Patrick Simonett, Director of Membership
Board of Directors
As of May 2015:[72]
- Daniel T. Ariens, Chair. Chairman & CEO, Ariens Company, Brillion
- Robert D. Kamphuis, Vice Chair. Chairman, President & CEO, Mayville Engineering Company, Inc., Mayville
- Kurt R. Bauer, President and CEO, WMC.
- James R. Morgan, President, WMC Foundation
- Michael R. Shoys, Senior Vice President, WMC
- Tod B. Linstroth, Secretary. Senior Partner & Past Member & Chair of Management Committee, Michael Best & Friedrich LLP, Madison
- Gina A. Peter, Treasurer. CEO, Central States Commercial Banking, Wells Fargo Bank, Milwaukee
- Daniel T. Ariens, Chairman & CEO, Ariens Company, Brillion
- Jeffrey W. Bailet, M.D., Executive Vice President, Aurora Health Care / Co-President, Aurora Health Care Medical Group, Aurora Health Care, Milwaukee
- Randal W. Baker, COO, Joy Global, Milwaukee
- Kurt R. Bauer, President/CEO, WMC, Madison
- Sidney H. Bliss, President & CEO, Bliss Communications Inc., Janesville
- Damond Williams Boatwright, Regional President/CEO of Hospital Operations, SSM Health Care of Wisconsin, Madison
- David H. Bretting, President & CEO, C.G. Bretting Manufacturing Company, Inc., Ashland
- Thomas A. Burke, President & CEO, Modine Manufacturing Company, Racine
- Bradley D. Chapin, Executive Vice President, U.S. Business Banking, BMO Harris Bank, Milwaukee
- Brad W. Denoyer, CPA, Partner, Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLP, Madison
- Scott A. Fawcett, President & CEO, Springs Window Fashions, LLC, Middleton
- Philip B. Flynn, President & CEO, Associated Banc-Corp, Green Bay
- James D. Friedman, Senior Partner, Quarles & Brady LLP, Milwaukee
- Philip C. Fritsche, Sr., President, Beaver Dam Area Chamber of Commerce, Beaver Dam
- Robert Gerbitz, President, COO, Hendricks Commercial Properties, Beloit
- Gary M. Gigante, President & CEO, Waupaca Foundry Inc., Waupaca
- Robert D. Kamphuis, Chairman, President & CEO, Mayville Engineering Company, Inc., Mayville
- Patricia Leonard Kampling, Chairman, President & CEO, Alliant Energy Corporation, Madison
- Robert L. Keller, Chairman, J.J. Keller & Associates, Inc., Neenah
- Clifford J. King, CEO, Skyward, Inc., Stevens Point
- Scott E. Larson, Executive Director, Marshfield Area Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Marshfield
- James M. Leef, President, ITU AbsorbTech, Inc., New Berlin
- Tod B. Linstroth, Senior Partner & Past Member & Chair of Management Committee, Michael Best & Friedrich LLP, Madison
- Stephen D. Loehr, Vice President, Kwik Trip, Inc., La Crosse
- Scott A. Mayer, President, QPS Employment Group, Brookfield
- Patrick J. McConnell, CEO/Owner, FLASH, Inc., Green Lake
- James J. McIntyre, President and CEO, Greenheck Fan Corporation, Schofield
- J. R. Menard, Executive Vice President & Treasurer, Menard, Inc., Eau Claire
- Paul Palmby, Executive VP & COO, Seneca Foods Corporation, Janesville
- William C. Parsons, President, Palmer Johnson Enterprises, Inc., Sturgeon Bay
- Gina A. Peter, CEO, Central States Commercial Banking, Wells Fargo Bank, Milwaukee
- John Pfeifer, President, Mercury Marine, Fond du Lac
- Nicholas T. Pinchuk, Chairman & CEO, Snap-on Incorporated, Kenosha
- Aaron B. Powell, Partner/Chief Strategy Officer, Flexion Inc., Sun Prairie
- Joseph T. Pregont, President & CEO, Prent Corporation, Janesville
- Michael W. Salsieder, Retired President & General Counsel, Kolbe & Kolbe Millwork Company, Inc., Wausau
- Eric W. Sauey, Chairman & CEO, Seats Incorporated, Reedsburg
- Edward H. Schaefer, President & CEO, Citizens Community Federal, Eau Claire
- Karl A. Schmidt, President & CEO, Belmark Inc., De Pere
- Charles A. Schrock, Chairman, President & CEO, Integrys Energy Group, Green Bay
- Kristine N. Seymour, Regional Vice President of Marketing Development, Illinois/Michigan/Wisconsin, Humana, Inc., Waukesha
- Rajan Sheth, Chairman/CEO, Mead & Hunt, Inc., Middleton
- Dirk Smith, President & CEO, Super Steel, LLC, Milwaukee
- Jay L. Smith, Chairman & CEO, Teel Plastics, Inc., Baraboo
- Karen L. Szyman, Executive Director, The Chamber of Manitowoc County, Manitowoc
- Glen E. Tellock, Chairman, President & CEO, The Manitowoc Company, Inc., Manitowoc
- John B. Torinus Jr., Chairman, Serigraph Inc., West Bend
- Susan L. Turney, M.D., CEO, Marshfield Clinic Health System, Inc., Marshfield
- S. Mark Tyler, President, OEM Fabricators, Inc., Woodville
- Donald D. Wahlin, CEO, Stoughton Trailers, LLC, Stoughton
- Todd Wanek, President & CEO, Ashley Furniture Industries, Inc., Arcadia
- Michael S. Wallace, President/CEO, Fort HealthCare, Fort Atkinson
- David J. Yanda, President & CEO, Lakeside Foods, Inc., Manitowoc
Prior Years
As of April 2011:[73]
- William D. Gehl - Chairman & CEO of Gehl Company
- Terry D. Growcock - Chairman & CEO of The Manitowoc Company, Inc.
- Timothy L. Christen - CEO of Virchow, Krause & Company, LLP and WMC treasurer
- Tod B. Linstroth - Sr. Partner & Member of Management Committee, Michael Best & Friedrich, LLP and WMC secretary
- Thomas J. Boldt - CEO of The Boldt Company and WMC vice chair.
- Curtis Hoppestad - Factory manager of John Deere Horicon Works of Deere & Company
- Thomas Howatt - President & CEO of Wausau-Mosinee Paper Corporation
- William R. Morgan - COO of Johnsonville Sausage, LLC
- Thomas Quadracci - Chairman & CEO of Quad/Graphics, Inc.
- Andy Randall - President of US Bank Corp., Milwaukee
- Edward Zore - President & CEO of Northwestern Mutual, Milwaukee
- John Beckord - President of Forward Janesville, Inc.
- Joseph P. Colwin - President of Mid-States Aluminum Corporation
- Thomas J. Boldt - CEO of The Boldt Company
- William R. Castle, Jr. - President of Castle-Pierce Printing Company
- John Menard - Owner of Menards
Archived Information and Descriptions
WMC has established three separate political funds, each with a distinct strategic purpose. You can select to participate in any or all of these funds.[74]
Concerned Business & Industry (CBI) CBI is a traditional political action committee (PAC). All donations must be in the form of personal checks, or transfers from another political action committee. The CBI board of directors decides which candidates to support, focusing on candidates in key targeted Senate and Assembly races. CBI contributions will be used primarily to fund independent expenditure campaigns, phone banks, radio or print ads, as well as direct mail.
The Wisconsin Democracy Campaign reports that between 2008 and 2010, CBI gave $23,049 in political contributions to Wisconsin candidates.
Capitol Gains Club (CGC) CGC is a conduit entity organized under Wis. Stat. 11.01 (5). When you contribute funds to CGC, the money is transferred to the candidate(s) you select. To participate, simply make your personal check payable to the CGC. From time to time, we will recommend that you make contributions from your CGC account to specific candidates in key races. However, with this fund, it is entirely your decision who receives your contribution.
WMC Issues Mobilization Council (IMC) WMC IMC delivers the business message to Wisconsin residents at election time, and during the legislative session. WMC IMC can accept unlimited corporate contributions, and donations are strictly confidential. WMC IMC is a registered 501 C 4 organization, and is overseen by a board of directors. WMC IMC's most recent audit by Grant Thornton reported that 95 percent of all funds were used to deliver the business message! Since 1996, WMC IMC has led campaigns resulting in the expansion of pro-business majorities in the Legislature and the passage of major pro-business legislation.
WMC Political Research Fund This fund is used to conduct polls in targeted districts to determine candidate viability and issue sensitivity. Armed with this information, we can ensure that political resources will go to those candidates who have the best chance of winning. The WMC Political Research Fund can accept corporate contributions.
- Forward Wisconsin is associated with WMC and "markets the state to corporate executives, site selection consultants, business decision-makers and investors to raise awareness that Wisconsin is a great place to do business and to encourage investment in Wisconsin."[75]
- The Wisconsin Department of Commerce works in conjunction with WMC to promote business growth and an "open for business" attitude.[76]
- The Workforce Development Board of South Central Wisconsin is an association with 37 corporate board members and several CEO's and Wisconsin business leader partners.[77] Their Web site states that "The Workforce Development Board of South Central Wisconsin (under Dane County Private Industry Council) was formed in 1983 to discover and develop effective workforce solutions to prepare local workers and businesses to be successful in an increasingly competitive global market. One of the primary responsibilities of the Workforce Development Board is the administration of Workforce Investment Act-funded initiatives and programs. Since that time, we've become a national leader in our ability to form strategic partnerships that result in ground-breaking solutions to workforce development challenges."[78]
External links
- WMC Watch criticizes WMC's "army of lobbyists, pro-corporate position papers, paid researchers and seemingly limitless financial resources" that wield "an influence which warrants attention and demands scrutiny."
Contact information
Mailing Address
PO Box 352
Madison, WI 53701-0352
Physical Address
501 E Washington Ave
Madison, WI 53703-2944
Telephone: (608) 258-3400
Fax: (608) 258-3413
Email: mem (at) wmc.org
Website: http://www.wmc.org
Twitter: @WisconsinMC
- ↑ Wisconsin Democracy Campaign, "Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce," political spending profile, October 30, 2014.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Brendan Fischer, "Justices in Walker Criminal Probe Face Conflicts of Interest," Center for Media and Democracy, PR Watch, October 26, 2014.
- ↑ "Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce," Wisconsin Democracy Campaign, accessed June 1, 2012
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 Def. Francis Schmitz Supplemental Opp'n to Pl.'s. Mot. For Prelim. Inj., Document 114-1, O'Keefe v. Schmitz, E.D. WI. Case 2:14-cv-00139-RTR, Filed Feb. 15, 2014. Archived by the Center for Media and Democracy. See pp. 4, 10-11, 19.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 Jim Pugh, WMC Director of Public Relations and Issues Management, "WMC: Big Stakes for Supreme Court Election," Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce, January 7, 2013. Document on file with the Center for Media and Democracy.
- ↑ Bill Leuders, "Realtors gave $1 million to state Club for Growth," Wisconsin Watch, August 29, 2012.
- ↑ Supreme Court of Wisconsin, "In the matter of amendment of the Code of Judicial Conduct's rules of recusal," judicial rules order, July 7, 2010.
- ↑ U.S. Supreme Court, Caperton v. A. T. Massey Coal Co., 556 U.S. 868, legal ruling, June 8, 2009.
- ↑ Wisconsin Democracy Campaign, "Pat Roggensack, 2013 Election Notes and Background," campaign spending profile, January 13, 2014.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Brendan Fischer, "Prosecutor in Scott Walker Probe Asks Justices to Recuse," Center for Media and Democracy, PR Watch, February 13, 2015.
- ↑ Scott Bauer, "Patience Roggensack elected chief justice; Shirley Abrahamson says she still holds post," Wisconsin State Journal, April 29, 2015.
- ↑ Brendan Fischer, "WI Club for Growth, Target of Walker Recall Probe, at Center of Dark Money Web," Center for Media and Democracy, PR Watch, November 18, 2013.
- ↑ Chris Capper Liebenthal, Behling Open Records, documents obtained by open records request, November 22, 2013. See pages 38-39.
- ↑ "WMC Watch - 2008 Issue Campaigns, WMC Watch, September 2009. Archived by Internet Wayback Machine, accessed May 2015.
- ↑ Wisconsin Democracy Campaign, "Michael J. Gableman, 2008 Election Notes and Background," campaign spending profile, January 30, 2009.
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 Mary Bottari, "WMC Spends $600,000 to Demote Chief Justice as Criminal Probe of Walker Campaign Looms," Center for Media and Democracy, PR Watch, March 31, 2015.
- ↑ Vote Yes for Democracy, Campaign Finance Report, document filed with Wisconsin Government Accountability Board, March 23, 2015.
- ↑ Jonas Persson, "WI GOP Moves "Vendetta" Amendment Against Chief Justice Abrahamson," Center for Media and Democracy, PR Watch, January 9, 2015.
- ↑ Patrick Marley, "Shirley Abrahamson could be forced out of Supreme Court chief justice role," Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, December 22, 2014.
- ↑ Patrick Marley, "State high court quickly ousts Shirley Abrahamson as chief justice," Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, April 29, 2015.
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 "Recall Race for Governor Cost $81 Million; Fifteen recall races in 2011 and 2012 cost $137 million," Wisconsin Democracy Campaign, January 31, 2013
- ↑ Patrick Marley, Dan Bice, and Bill Glauber, "John Doe prosecutors allege Scott Walker at center of 'criminal scheme'," Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, June 19, 2014.
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 23.2 WMC Issues Mobilization Council, 2013 IRS Form 990, tax filing, May 7, 2014.
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 24.2 WMC Issues Mobilization Council, 2012 IRS Form 990, tax filing, June 25, 2013.
- ↑ WMC Issues Mobilization Council, 2011 IRS Form 990, tax filing, May 10, 2012.
- ↑ 26.0 26.1 Wisconsin Club for Growth, 2010 IRS form 990, organizational tax filing, accessed July 9, 2014.
- ↑ 27.0 27.1 Wisconsin Club for Growth, 2012 IRS form 990, organizational tax filing, accessed July 9, 2014.
- ↑ Jack Craver, "Dark money: How Wisconsin's most politically influential organizations avoid disclosing their donors," Cap Times, January 15, 2014.
- ↑ 29.0 29.1 Center for Responsive Politics, "Wellspring Committee], outside spending profile, Open Secrets database, accessed May 2015.
- ↑ 30.0 30.1 Viveca Novak, Robert Maguire, and Peter Overby, "Wellspring's Flow," Center for Responsive Politics, Open Secrets blog, November 5, 2013.
- ↑ YouTube ad, as of May 2015 no longer available
- ↑ Will Dooling, "Citizens United Unleashed in Wisconsin Recall," Center for Media and Democracy, PR Watch, May 31, 2012.
- ↑ Bureau of Labor Statistics Total nonfarm employment (seasonally adjusted), Mail Chimp, accessed June 1, 2012
- ↑ American Justice Partnership, 2008 IRS Form 990, tax filing, November 28, 2009.
- ↑ American Justice Partnership, 2009 IRS Form 990, tax filing, November 19, 2010.
- ↑ American Justice Partnership, 2010 IRS Form 990, tax filing, November 18, 2011.
- ↑ Jobs First Coalition, 2010 IRS Form 990, tax filing, May 24, 2011.
- ↑ Skill Integrity Responsibility Council, Inc., 2011 IRS Form 990, tax filing, October 2012.
- ↑ Skill Integrity Responsibility Council, Inc., 2012 IRS Form 990, tax filing, July 2013.
- ↑ Skill Integrity Responsibility Council, Inc., 2013 IRS Form 990, tax filing, September 2014.
- ↑ Construction Business Group, 2010 IRS Form 990, tax filing, January 13, 2012.
- ↑ Construction Business Group, 2011 IRS Form 990, tax filing, January 24, 2013.
- ↑ State Government Leadership Foundation, https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/1308256-state-government-leadership-foundation-2012.html 2012 IRS Form 990], tax filing, November 14, 2013.
- ↑ Wisconsin Bankers Association, 2011 IRS Form 990, tax filing, February 11, 2012.
- ↑ WMC, 2009 IRS Form 990, tax filing, November 12, 2010.
- ↑ 46.0 46.1 46.2 WMC Issues Mobilization Council, 2010 IRS Form 990, tax filing, August 8, 2011.
- ↑ 47.0 47.1 WMC Issues Mobilization Council, 2011 IRS Form 990, tax filing, May 10, 2012.
- ↑ 48.0 48.1 WMC Issues Mobilization Council, 2009 IRS Form 990, tax filing, August 4, 2010.
- ↑ 49.0 49.1 WMC Issues Mobilization Council, 2008 IRS Form 990, tax filing, November 24, 2009.
- ↑ 50.0 50.1 WMC Issues Mobilization Council, 2005 IRS Form 990, tax filing, May 16, 2006.
- ↑ WMC Issues Mobilization Council, 2007 IRS Form 990, tax filing, August 8, 2008.
- ↑ WMC Issues Mobilization Council, 2006 IRS Form 990, tax filing, August 13, 2007.
- ↑ WMC Issues Mobilization Council, 2004 IRS Form 990, tax filing, May 16, 2005.
- ↑ Wisconsin Government Accountability Board, "Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce," Eye on Lobbying database, accessed May 2015.
- ↑ Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce, "2015-2016 Legislative Agenda," December 2014.
- ↑ Jason Stein and Meg Kissinger, "Scott Walker signs right-to-work bill," Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, March 9, 2015.
- ↑ Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce, "2013-2014 WMC Legislative Victories," organizational report, accessed May 2015.
- ↑ "Pro Right-to-Work Groups Spent $5M+ to Help Reelect Walker in 2014," Wisconsin Democracy Campaign, February 24, 2015.
- ↑ Wisconsin Democracy Campaign, "WMC PAC," contribution summary, database queried May 2015.
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- ↑ 63.0 63.1 63.2 Mary Bottari, "Koch-Funded Allies Descend on Wisconsin to Push Right to Work," Center for Media and Democracy, PR Watch, February 24, 2015.
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- ↑ 65.0 65.1 Brendan Fischer, "Wisconsin Introduces Word-for-Word ALEC Right to Work Bill," Center for Media and Democracy, PR Watch, February 20, 2015.
- ↑ 66.0 66.1 Jody Knauss, "Shooting the Messenger: ALEC Allies Attack Academic Studies on Right to Work," Center for Media and Democracy, PR Watch, March 4, 2015.
- ↑ Gordon Lafer, "WPRI study flawed, and reaches flawed conclusions on right-to-work," Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, March 1, 2015.
- ↑ "WMC Watch - 2009 Issue Campaigns," WMC Watch, September 2009. Archived by Internet Wayback Machine, accessed May 2015.
- ↑ 110th Congress, "H.R.800 -- Employee Free Choice Act," federal bill text, February 5, 2007.
- ↑ Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce, "Kurt R. Bauer," organizational biography, accessed May 2015.
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- ↑ Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce, "Board of Directors," organizational website, accessed May 2015.
- ↑ WMC Board Members, accessed April 2011
- ↑ WMC - Grassroots Toolkit
- ↑ Forward Wisconsin
- ↑ Wisconsin Department of Commerce
- ↑ Leadership for The Workforce Development Board of South Central Wisconsin
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2015-16 Events
Congratulations to the Class of 2016!
Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service
January 18th
Students, professors, administrators and staffers at Drew University spent Martin Luther King Jr. Day building homes, sorting donated clothes and packaging toiletries for the homeless at community partner sites in the area. Back on campus in the EC, students made Valentine's Day cards for patients at Children's Specialized Hospital, decorated pillowcases for students at Morristown Neighborhood House, and collected clothing for the homeless. As they worked, the sound of King's voice filled the room, as Drew's radio station replayed the "American Dream" speech he gave at Drew in 1964.
Alternative Spring Break
March 6th-12th
Drew students traveled to Harlan, Kentucky for a week-long Spring Break trip. The goal of the trip is to deepen students' understanding of Environmental Justice. On the trip, students learn about mountaintop removal and the ecological, cultural and economic significance of mining in local communities. The trip includes a civic engagement/community service component. Trip Leaders for 2016 are Summer Harrison, Assistant Professor, English & Environmental Studies, Marc Boglioli, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, and Phillip Salter,Graduate Student, Theology.
Alternative Winter Break
January 3rd-9th
This year, Volunteer Resource Center worked with the St. Bernard Project, located in New Orleans, Louisiana. This program has focused on Hurricane Katrina relief efforts in New Orleans since 2006.
Thanksgiving Food Drive
Drew University held a food drive in the month of October to benefit Interfaith Food Pantry in Morris Plains.
Civically Engaged Alumni Networking Event
Drew University alumni proved again the valuable connections they help make for our students at last night's very first Civically-Engaged Alumni Networking Event! Alumni attending shared their career and personal experiences with Drew juniors and seniors, providing numerous examples of how they have made civic engagement, philanthropy, and community service a core part of their lives and identities. Co-sponsored by the Center for Civic Engagement, the Drew University Career Center and the Office of Alumni and Parent Relations.
D4D on the Road
Debating 4 Democracy was led by professional trainers from Wellstone Action. As a Project Pericles initiative, D4D is a high-energy workshop for novices and seasoned activists alike. Students an community organizations learned to have an impact on pressing social issues that matter to you. They practiced concrete skills including strategic planning, power mapping, grassroots organizing and getting your message out.
Be Jersey Strong
Be Jersey Strong is a grassroots movement to train and mobilize students to speak with the uninsured, encouraging and educating them on healthcare options.
Teach For America Presentation
Teach possibilities…create choices! Become a TFA fellow in 2016 and close the achievement gap in America. All majors accepted. Full salary and benefits; federal student loans deferred. Juniors: Learn about TFA's paid summer internship. Meet TFA's Drew liaison, Nick Diaz. For more information and to apply, visit Teach for America.
2015 Orientation Day of Service
All First Years were invited to join us on a service trip to America's Grow-a-Row AGAR grows and harvests fresh, healthy produce that is donated to food pantries and soup kitchens all over the state. They also provide free farmers markets in food desert areas.
Civic Scholar Fall Retreat
Our new First Year class of Civic Scholars, enjoyed the company of their fellow Civics and took part in a service event to benefit one of our local community partners.
2014-15 Events
Spring Wrap-Up
We will be honoring our graduating seniors, presenting their Civic Honors certificates and celebrating with cake and ice cream. We'll also hear from our rising Juniors about their senior project plans, and everyone will take part in a few other important activities.
Graduation Day
Congratulations Class of 2015!
Off-campus Service Trip
Join community partner, Grow it Green Morristown, to prepare the Urban Farm which feeds Morristown district school children and the Interfaith Food Pantry.
Resume Drop-in
Civic Engagement Awards & Showcase
Strong and vibrant communities depend on the contributions of individuals and groups committed to improving the world around them. The Civic Engagement Awards recognize and honor the contributions of the Drew community to the world beyond the university.
Earth Day; Non-Profit Career Fair
Are you looking for employment, internships, or volunteer opportunities within a nonprofit or government organization? Do you want to meet and network with representatives from great organizations? Join us at Drew Univeristy's FREE Community Service and Nonprofits Fair.
Art Exhibit: Mellon Art and the Common Good Artist-in-Residence Valerie Hegarty's "Campus Cutouts"
Dam Nation film screening
This powerful film odyssey across America explores the sea change in our national attitude from pride in big dams as engineering wonders to the growing awareness that our own future is bound to the life and health of our rivers.
Campus Clean Up
Drew Environmental Action League's annual campus clean-up
Alternate Spring Break Recap
A common hour event with students who attended to Alternate Spring Break Trip to Harlan, Kentucky.
Fern Fest
The annual Reforestation of the Drew Campus was a day long celebration with fern planting in the morning, workshops after lunch, and music in the evening.
What works and How (do you know)?
We all know that setting goals and measuring our progress towards them is important to our individual and collective ability to succeed. Often, though, we do not know where to start or how to measure our progress. This workshop provides participants with information and tools for effective project evaluation. Topics covered will be evaluation as planning, measuring success, learning from failure and tools for program/project evaluation.
Planning to Action
This workshop introduced tools and approaches to planning commonly used in organizations of all kinds (businesses, non-profits, community groups, etc.). Participants practiced using these tools, as well as other skills needed for effective planning and execution of projects and activities. Topics covered were planning, meeting facilitation, determining values and purpose, SWOT/environmental scan, and means and ends- getting to impact.
Working in Teams
This workshop explains how to work with teams and the benefits of working with a team, provided participants with a greater understanding of cross cultural communication and stereotypes. The workshop will provide the tools to conflict resolution along with team building. Topics covered will be group dynamics, active listening, expressing disagreement, and honoring diversity.
Civic Scholar Holiday Brunch
Come celebrate the holidays with fellow Civic Scholars and to celebrate the end of another semester.
Alternate Spring Break Mountaintop Removal Trip Info Session
Come learn more about mountaintop removal in Harlan, Kentucky. This information session will include an explanation about mountaintop removal and the environmental impacts it has on the community as well as a synopsis of what to expect on the trip.
2014 Civic Scholar Retreat
Our retreat this year includes a service trip this year to America's Grow-a-Row AGAR grows and harvests fresh, healthy produce that is donated to food pantries and soup kitchens all over the state. They also provide free farmers markets in food desert areas. We will meet at 12:00 in the EC for a brief meeting and then head out. We will be returning to campus before 5:00.
2014 Orientation Day of Service
Spend some time with fellow Civic Scholars and new Drew Friends at one of several off-campus service activities.
2013-14 Events
Spring Wrap Up
All Civic Scholars will come together to celebrate their many accomplishments this year in the program. We will pay special tribute to the twenty members of the Class of 2014 who will be graduating this year.
Relay for Life
Colleges Against Cancer hosted Relay for Life again this year at Drew!
The Millennial Challenge: Policy and Intergenerational Dialogue
The League of Women Voters of Morris County along with the The Center for Civic Engagement at Drew, Dr. Susan Rakosi Rosenbloom's Public Sociology Class and Dr. Lisa Brenner's Senior Theater Capstone, will host a policy discussion and intergeneration talkback about the Educational and Healthcare issues shaping the choices and opportunities facing Millennials. The forum is in conjunction with the play "Too Big" (April 23rd-26th at Drew) which is based on student interviews with Millennials throughout New Jersey and depicts their struggle to find meaning, identity and place in the American landscape. Event details here.
9th Annual Hispanic Heritage Celebration
Morristown Neighborhood House hosted the Hispanic Heritage Celebration to honor individuals of Hispanic descent who have made valuable contributions to all aspects of American life including leadership in public service, business, the arts, education and civil rights
Orientation 2013 Day of Service
The response to Civic Engagement's Day of Service for First Years was overwhelming. We filled the bus to Grow A Row with 48 students, and had 14 help out with the weeding and mulching at Cornerstone's Day Care Center in Madison. 200 lbs of green beans were harvested by 48 of Drew's First Year students at America's Grow A Row in Pittstown NJ. Grow A Row provides fresh produce to food pantries, soup kitchens, and food desert areas all over the state. Way to go Drew C'17!
Food & Farming: Discussion with local, young farmers
Come hear from local farmers about their business practices and how you can get involved with food and farming! Ask the farmers questions. Find out how they got started and how their farm benefit from the communities they serve benefit from social responsibility
Community Organizing & The Power of Relationships– How to Create Broad-Based Power for the Common Good
Michael Stanley, Community Organizer, Metro IAF
This is a fascinating workshop designed for students who are eager to learn how to change their communities and the world for the better–by learning how to build power and effect change around a particular issue. Michael Stanley has been the organizer with Empowered Queens United of Action and Leadership (EQUAL), an affiliate of the Metro Industrial Areas Foundation. These organizations help citizens and aspiring citizens to gain power and make positive changes in their communities and beyond. Participants will learn about how to be an effective community organizer by analyzing power relationships in a community to identify and influence decision makers, and how to build collective power using those relationships (www.equal-iaf.org)
KIVA and Future Directions in Social Media
Jessica Jackley, co-founder of KIVA
Inspired by her experiences on an undergraduate study abroad program in Uganda, CRCC-Barer Visiting Fellow, Jessica Jackley conceived and co-found KIVA, a pioneering on-line micro-lending site. Kiva.org now facilitates nearly $350 million in micro-loans annually from 800,000 individual lenders to empower over a million people in 220 countries around the world by allowing them to improve their lives through entrepreneurship.
Grants Research & Writing
Judith Grey, Government and Foundation Relations, Drew University
How grants from corporations and foundations really work, and the elements of a successful corporate and foundation relations program. An overview of proposal writing including how to write a proposal, budget preparation, and grants resources and searchable databases to help identify potential funders. The follow-up once a grant is received, and trends in corporate and foundation funding. Skills that can be used for a lifetime!
Understanding Group Dynamics
Elizabeth Fehsenfeld, Ph.D. Candidate in Medical Humanities, Drew University
What do basketball and string quartets have in common? Teamwork! This workshop will share the core tenants of group dynamics. Participants will learn two communication approaches to forming a group, working with a group and what to do when the group starts to fall apart… Essentials of group dynamics apply to anyone who has ever participated in a group project.
Cultural Competency: Working with Diversity
Oscar Robles, Civic Engagement and Development, Citizen Schools—Newark.
The ability to work effectively with people from different cultures and backgrounds is crucial to success in an increasingly diverse society. This workshop helped participants understand how perceived differences affect relationships. It helped them create successful environments for diverse groups and gain comfort discussing cultural differences.
Leadership Forum: How To Be An Effective Leader
Robert Franco, Assistant Director, Seton Hall Career Center
This highly interactive workshop explored all aspects of leadership, including the benefits and challenges of what it means to lead and be led. Participants learned how to model leadership behavior that responds to the needs of followers and helps them accomplish goals, and better understand the importance of leadership as it relates to moving people and organizations to higher levels of performance.
Meetings that Work
Dorothy Meaney, Director of University Planning and Assessment, Drew University
This workshop helped provide techniques in planning and running more effective meetings. Students learned about the seven types of meeting goals, agendas that get results, how to encourage productive participation, and tips for dealing with common meeting problems.
Drew Day of Service at Union Beach
Drew staff and faculty traveled to Union Beach, New Jersey, to assist with their recovery efforts. The Center for Civic Engagement organized what we hope to be the first of several Drew Days of Service to assist our Union Beach partners.


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Ph.D student announces candidacy to replace Van Taylor in Texas House
A 27-year-old Ph.D candidate from the University of Texas at Dallas announced Tuesday that she'll be running for the District 66 seat of the Texas House that will soon be vacated by Rep. Van Taylor.
Stacy Chen, who identifies herself as a "liberty-minded conservative activist," is the second candidate to declare as a Republican for the race. Plano lawyer Glenn Callison announced his plans to run last week.
The seat will be open because of the domino effect of candidates seeking higher office after Gov. Rick Perry announced that he won't be running for re-election. Attorney General Greg Abbott is seeking Perry's job. McKinney state Sen. Ken Paxton is running for attorney general. And Taylor is running for Paxton's seat in the Senate.
The District 66 seat that Chen is seeking represents most of West Plano, plus a small part of Far North Dallas.
Chen said in a press release that she has been an active member of the local Republican Party, working to increase youth voter participation and serving as an alternate delegate to the Republican National Convention in Tampa. She is studying humanities at the University of Dallas.
"I have spoken with many grassroots activists and district citizens and it has become clear to me that we need to restore America and strengthen Texas," Chen said in the release. "I hope that I can be a positive role model as I advocate for limited government, promote individual liberty and practice fiscal conservatism."


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Wat size these ones start at?
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May 30, 2013 BY Brendan Dunne / 52
Foamposites will continue to stray from the beaten path of solid colored uppers in 2013 thanks to pairs like the Nike Air Foamposite One "Weatherman" shown here. It's worth mentioning that the sneakers don't have too much in common color-wise with the Nike KD release that started that trend, but it's hard not to make a connection between the two given the stormy, doppler-radar style graphics that are in place. Get a full view of the upcoming Nike Air Foamposite One "Weatherman" after the jump and keep your eyes peeled for release info on this crazy Foamposite pair.
Nike Air Foamposite One
Jetstream/Black-Gamma Blue-White
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Wat size these ones start at?
wtf is that...
I love Foams but will definitely pass on these. What's the reference to Penny here? Now they just making Foam Ones just for the fuck of it
I might grab dese
I know nike knows people will buy any & everything but they could at least come up with designs they'd rock for more than just marketing.
Ehhhh i was definitely wrong. If your a foam collector than yeah. If not please leave these alone.
these look like some shitty chinese knockoffs..
If the would've made it the same color as around the swoosh..that solid lime green it would've went hard!
what in holy hell are these? are they gonna put a fuckin sonogram on the next foams?
They release August 31st, same as the Fire Red 5s. Hopefully the resellers buy these instead, lol I don't even think they want them.
Like I said before and I'll say again...Anyone buy these is a straight up Hypebeast.
Whoever buys these foams.... you need some professional help. First Nike bumps the prices on shoes, now we get childish looking shoes that cost over 2 bills.... Get it together Nike
looks ok, but I am on the fence on this. all depends on what other shoes is releasing at the time
Next they need to come out with the last supper
These would've been cool if they made them all baby blue like the back of the shoe
black laces would do these justice but not much justice will be served
The sole helped out a lot....
I didn't know they were for real with these things, whoever designed these should be fired
Thumbs up Nike for fuckin up one of the greatest models of all times... Look like these shits off a fake shoe website
All the people that was saying no no no is now going to say yes yes yes but for me it's still a no no no. I like the sole
These go hard!! I hope they don't cost me as much as the camo pros. Still, a must cop
Like what concept do these have to do with basketball? A fucking weather watch on sneakers ? Especially foams ? Are you really serious about "copping" or this is "fire" yah the reason why sneaker prices go up because yah buy the cheap leather an b.s CW & design they put out... Why the fuck would you wanna walk down the street with the weather ch on your feet? That's style ? Or swagg? I could see the reatil price on these & its def not $220+ nor $235.... I'm just angry at Nike for this b.s yo... Its your money cop w.e you want, I'm done!
wow these photos changed my whole outlook on these... fire... can't wait now
Honestly these are not tight nor cool. Nike can put out foams with shit prints and people will cop. Passing for sure
ok they look much better in these photos than the have been in other ones....but im still on the fence.
not impressed - step your design game up Nike
its like a middle schooler's interpretation of the concept
I want them... Period!!!
those the captain planets
The only thing that i like, is that the 1 on the heel tag is a tornado! Thats nice detail
I remember when we where lucky to get two foams a year.
But I do like these and will have them.
Please stop it
I'm gonna rock these!!!
maybe if you work at the weather channel...
really looking forward to these.
Idk, I think these look pretty sick. Not something I'd wear 5 days straight, but def want in the stash.
Love foams to death but these are jus, whooooooa... Gotta see them in person 1st..
Nike has officially destroyed the Foamposite.
According to Sole Collector it's 8/31/13, I only clicked on their article to see how many would cop lol.
@B_JeffTheGod NIKE sure is trying to kill the FOAMS all by themselves, see what happens when the lames are in charge. They should let the Foams breathe for a minute/year.
@B_JeffTheGod YES! I been sayin that! These are Childish
A middle schooler could've done better
You shouldn't rock any of your shoes 5 days strait!!!! Just sayin.
Ahahaha, Damn tough love
My cash, my kicks. I do what I want, nugga
Word lol
Lol true!!!!
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Red Velvet Cake Mix Biscotti
So….. I lied. Turns out I had another red velvet recipe in the arsenal. But, hey! Who doesn't like that, right??
This week is a little crazier than usual. I'm gearing up to head to SLC for the Build Your Blog Conference! And I am seriously so excited, and I can't wait to meet so many of you there!!
This is my first blog conference "season," and I'm crazy nervous about it! I mean, nervous in a good way, of course. But… still nervous. Like I keep going through my checklist about a million times trying to get ready…
So far, I've…
Broken in a new pair of jeans. Don't laugh, it was not easy!
Ordered TWO sets of adorable business cards.
Learned that I do, in fact, need to bring a media kit.
Bought a laptop that doesn't need to be plugged in to work.
Acquired 3 roomies and a rental car.
Found baby sitters for the times my husband has class or work.
Outlined a meal plan for the rest of the week and stuck it on the fridge.
Trimmed, filed, and buffed my nails (waiting until tomorrow to paint– don't want any chips for this weekend)!
Things I still have yet to do…
Get the lasagna ready and in the fridge for Chris.
Sew a new laptop cover (my new one is bigger).
Actually make said media kit.
Change my rental time from 9am to 8am.
Decide what I'm going to say when I speak at the conference…. (KIDDING…. er… maybe…)
Schedule out posts for while I'm gone (eeek! Including two sponsored posts!)
Write two guests posts for friends (already late on those– sorry gals).
Clear out my inbox (will take at least 2 hours) and set the away message for the weekend.
Start and finish a blog design.
Start and finish an Etsy banner design.
Participate in all of my FB blogger support groups.
Cut out fruit into heart shapes for my daughter's preschool Valentine's day party.
Address all of my daughter's valentines.
One of those lists definitely seems longer than the other…. Good thing tomorrow is a preschool morning!!
Anyway. I hope you all are having a fantastic week and looking forward to Valentine's day!! These biscotti are SUPER easy to make (they use a cake mix!), just be sure to make them the night before so they have time to cool completely.
And for those of you heading to BYBC– see you soon!!!!!!!!
- 1 red velvet cake mix
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup butter, melted
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- Preheat oven to 350 f.
- Combine cake mix, flour, butter, eggs & vanilla in a large bowl until dough forms.
- Divide dough in half & shape into a 12x2 inch log; place logs on the prepared baking sheet.
- Make your hand into a "wide" "c" and then press lightly on the dough log w/ your hand to get the biscotti shape.
- Bake at 350 F for 30 - 35', lightly browned.
- Cool on baking sheets for 15 minutes, then cut the logs into 1/2 inch slices.
- Arrange slices on the baking sheets, side up.
- Bake for 10' more, cool completely.
Notes about this recipe:
- I dipped mine in white chocolate and pecans, but do whatever you want with these to make them fun!!
- Don't over bake them– they'll crumble.
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- Cinnamon Sugar Biscotti by Chocolate, Chocolate, and More Chocolate
- Nutella Biscotti by Baking Bites
- Turtle Biscotti by Shugary Sweets
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20 Responses to "Red Velvet Cake Mix Biscotti"
Yikes girl, you have a lot on your plate! I wish I was going to hang out with all of you this weekend!! BlogHer food will be here soon though! these biscotti sound delicious, love that it's from a cake mix! thanks for the shout out on my recipe.
This biscotti sounds really good and I love how easy it is to make. I have never made biscotti before because I was always thought it was hard, now I will have to try it. I hope you have a great time at the conference and that you get everything done before you go!
The recipe says to "stir in chips". where do the chips come from?
I think you're long overdue for making the correction on this recipe now! if I hadn't bothered to look at the comments section, I too would have been wondering "what chips?" Please – be professional and correct the recipe once and for all – we're not all professional bakers.
Thank you kindly. And as far as making me feel better by your doing this minor correction, it should actually make YOU feel better b/c it means that (1) people are interested in and reading your blog and notice what you write (2) this action is now off your plate forever, and (3) it helps everyone who is trying to make your recipe be able to do so with full confidence!
Kicking ass!
I'm so excited for you at your conference! You're gonna do GREAT on your speech. Know I'm rooting for you! :) These biscotti, well. They're amazing! I am in love with cake mix at the moment…
To do list galore :)I have a love/hate relationship with knowing I have tons to do! How exciting you are speaking at the conference- I am sure you will do amazing! You are so talented :)
Oh My that is quite the long to do list! While I am writing this you are currently on your way to Utah. I am sure that you accomplished the whole thing. These biscotti look amazing
Wish I was joining you a BYBC…have fun!!
And there is never too many red velvet recipes. :-)
Shut up . . . red velvet biscotti – oh my GOSH. I want this.
wanted say today you 2 recipes got of your website once agin homerun. both. they better be watching you for if aint missing out tried to put something on the facebook could not find anywhere to. so here said.
this is second time triedto get to you and say once agin this cake mix biscotti and oatmea fluff. ; thanks
What is the yield of biscotti for this recipe? 3 dozen – 4 dozen? Just wondering. Please post. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks so much for this recipe! I've made it a number of times, adding my own tweak here and now (I love adding chopped pistachios to offset the sweetness of red velvet, plus the complements of green and red). My family loves dark, roasted coffee and the red velvet biscotti pairs nicely. I've shared this link time and again. Much obliged!


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Seattle Asian Art Museum in Volunteer Park will have a special exhibition of Abstraction and Expression in Chinese Calligraphy through Mar. 23. Twenty-four hanging scrolls and handscrolls are being presented, dating from the 15th to the 20th centuries. Arts of Korea and Vietnamese Ceramics will also be featured. For information on lectures, films, tours, and performances, call 654-3100.
The Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle presents the 20th Annual Minority Art Exhibition at the Washington State Convention Center through March 26. Call 447-5012.
The Art Institute of Seattle hosts its 1997 Alumni Show through Apr. 2. Hours are Monday-Thursday, 8 a.m.-8 p.m.; Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.; and Saturday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. For more information, call 449-0900.
Photographs by Sharon and James Sneddon are on display at the Shoreline Community College Northshore Center in Bothell through Mar. 19. Call 485-8668.
The Anderson Glover Gallery presents Quincy Anderson and Jeanne Waters through Apr. 6 at the Anderson Glover Gallery in Kirkland. For more information, call 739-0303.
The Bellevue Art Museum presents Nuclear Cities through Apr. 13. Admission is $3 for adults, $2 for students/seniors, and free for children 12 and under. For more information, call 454-3322.
The Nordic Heritage Museum is displaying the exhibit Norwegian Folk Art: The Migration of a Tradition through May 31. For more information, call 789-5708.
The Museum of History & Industry invites you to view Roycroft Desktop through June 2. For more information, call 206-324-1126.
The Seattle Art Museum presents Figuratively Speaking through Apr. 12. For more information, call 625-8997.


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Our students love working in our workshops, getting hands-on with cars and machinery.
Study Mechanical Engineering. Fabrication. Welding. Or choose Automotive Technology. Work with light and heavy vehicles. In paint and panel. Or Autoelectrical.
Plus you'll be learning in leading facilities. Our workshops have benefited from a $3 million upgrade – including dedicated project spaces to build prototypes and new collision repair and refinishing workshops.
Gain skills that are in high demand
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If you're doing Automotive Engineering, you'll work on a wide range of vehicles, learning in our automotive workshops as well as facilities such as our autotronics lab and brand new tint room.
Work experience with local companies
You will spend time in a real workplace to apply your new skills. You'll get valuable work experience and the opportunity to get a foot in the door.
Mechanical Engineering and Fabrication
Automotive Technology
Short courses


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I'm preparing for an interview today with the Baltimore Sun. The interviewer, John Lindner, has what is called a "Blography". They are audio podcasts where people can listen to interviews for free online. Check it out. The interviews are not just about wine, but more about how blogging has changed the way people talk and receive information. I received some advance questions, and they are vanilla. Of course, I 'm thinking about ways to make it more rocky road. :) I'll let you know when the interview has been posted.
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