Tempo Milwaukee, one of the city's premier organizations of professional women leaders in business, public service, academia and the arts, has hired Tracy Johnson as its executive director. Johnson is the chapter's first full-time executive director since its inception in 1975.
In 2007, Tempo began work on a long-term strategic plan to increase membership and retention, expand influence within the community, and raise funds to award to outstanding mentors. Its main goal is to empower women to achieve and sustain leadership roles within the political, educational and corporate arenas.
Johnson most recently worked as an independent public relations professional, and before that served as the director of public affairs for the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra. Johnson is a Milwaukee native and Marquette graduate, and lives in Downtown Milwaukee with her husband Jim.
Tempo's 2007 annual "Leadership Event" is Nov. 1 at the InterContinental Hotel.
A life-long and passionate community leader and Milwaukeean, Jeff Sherman is a co-founder of OnMilwaukee.
He grew up in Wauwatosa and graduated from Marquette University, as a Warrior. He holds an MBA from Cardinal Stritch University, and is the founding president of Young Professionals of Milwaukee (YPM)/Fuel Milwaukee.
Early in his career, Sherman was one of youngest members of the Greater Milwaukee Committee, and currently is involved in numerous civic and community groups - including board positions at The Wisconsin Center District, Wisconsin Club and Marcus Center for the Performing Arts. He's honored to have been named to The Business Journal's "30 under 30" and Milwaukee Magazine's "35 under 35" lists.
He owns a condo in Downtown and lives in greater Milwaukee with his wife Stephanie, his son, Jake, and daughter Pierce. He's a political, music, sports and news junkie and thinks, for what it's worth, that all new movies should be released in theaters, on demand, online and on DVD simultaneously.
He also thinks you should read OnMilwaukee each and every day.
