Our Investors

Regional Economic Development Champions

Milwaukee 7 investors are some of our region’s most consequential and treasured employers, institutions, and civic leaders.

Their support makes possible the work that draws new capital, new companies, and new opportunities to our region. From foreign direct investment, to corporate relocations, to the expansion of the employers already calling the M7 region home, our investors are the foundation of southeastern Wisconsin’s ability to compete, and win.

2025-29 Milwaukee 7 Chairs

Gale Klappa

Chairman Emeritus

WEC Energy Group

Gabrielle Finley-Hazle

Chief Executive & President

Aurora Health Care

Steve Booth

Chairman & CEO  

Baird 

Investors

  • A. O. Smith
  • Alpha Investment Consulting Group
  • Associated Bank
  • ATC
  • ATI Forged
  • Aurora Health Care
  • Baird
  • BMO Harris Bank
  • Boerke Company|Cushman & Wakefield
  • BOLDT
  • Briohn Building Corporation
  • CD Smith
  • CG Schmidt Inc.
  • Children’s Wisconsin
  • City of Milwaukee – Dept. of City Development
  • Colliers International
  • Deloitte
  • Direct Supply
  • Economic Development Washington Co. (EDWC)
  • Eli Lilly
  • Ernst & Young
  • Evans Transportation
  • Findorff
  • First Ring Industrial Redevelopment
  • Fiserv
  • Foley & Lardner
  • gener8tor
  • Gilbane Building Company
  • Godfrey & Kahn S.C.
  • GRAEF
  • Greater Milwaukee Foundation
  • Husch-Blackwell
  • Husco
  • Ingeteam, Inc.
  • Inland Companies dba
  • Johnson Financial
  • Kapur & Associates
  • Komatsu
  • KPMG
  • Leonardo DRS Naval Power Systems
  • Lubar & Co.
  • Manpower Group
  • Marquette University
  • Mayville Engineering Company (MEC)
  • Medical College of Wisconsin
  • Metro Milwaukee Sewerage District
  • Microsoft
  • Milwaukee Brewers
  • Milwaukee County
  • Milwaukee Tool
  • Miron Construction
  • Modine
  • Molson Coors
  • Network Health
  • Northwestern Mutual
  • Ozinga Ready Mix Concrete
  • Pepper Construction
  • PNC Bank
  • PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)
  • PS Capital Partners
  • QPS Employment Group
  • Quarles
  • Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren
  • Rockwell Automation, Inc.
  • Sigma Group
  • Strohwig
  • T & M Partners
  • Town Bank|Wintrust
  • UMB Bank
  • VJS Construction
  • Walbec Group
  • Wanguard Partners
  • Waukesha County
  • Waukesha County Technical College
  • WEC Energy Group
  • Wenthe-Davidson Engineering
  • Wisconsin Economic Development Corp.
  • Yaskawa
  • Zilber

We're here.
Ready to help.

Expansion or relocation is always a challenge. The Milwaukee 7 Partnership is your local advocate, simplifying and streamlining the investment process.

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