Profiles


  • Melinda Brennan

    Dr. Melinda Brennan serves as the executive director of the ACLU of Wisconsin — the first woman of color to lead the ACLU of Wisconsin in its more than 90-year history.


  • Kilah Engelke

    Kilah Engelke is the President and Founding Member of EmpowHER WI, and first woman Business Manager (OPCMIA Local 599) on the Wisconsin Building Trades Board.


  • Laura Anne Bird

    Laura Anne Bird is a Madison-based children’s author and champion of local bookstores.


  • Eileen Guthrie

    Eileen Guthrie is long-time resident of Lincoln County and a member of People For Pine Crest, a grassroots movement to keep Pine Crest Nursing Home county-owned. She and her certified therapy dog, Maggie, have been active volunteers at Pine Crest since June 2017 with over 100 recorded visits.


  • Mike Browne

    Mike Browne is the Deputy Director at A Better Wisconsin Together


  • Dr. Kurt R. Oettel

    Dr. Kurt R. Oettel is a medical oncologist and chair of policy committee Wisconsin Association of Hematology and Oncology


  • Staff Reports


  • Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

    Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner is executive director of MomsRising.org, a nonprofit national organization that supports policies to improve family economic security. She is also the author of books including “Keep Marching: How Every Woman Can Take Action and Change Our World.”


  • Kate Kelly

    Kate Kelly is the senior director for the Women’s Initiative at the Center for American Progress Action Fund.


  • KFF Health News

    KFF Health News is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues and is one of the core operating programs at KFF—an independent source of health policy research, polling, and journalism.