The Greater Milwaukee Foundation held its 2017 Annual Meeting and Civic Awards Presentation last night, June 15, at the Marcus Center for Performing Arts. (Left to right): Cory L. Nettles, Greater Milwaukee Foundation Board Chair; Thelma A. Sias, retired executive of WEC Energy Group who received the Doug Jansson Leadership Award for nonprofit and volunteer service; former U.S. Sen. Herb Kohl, president of Herb Kohl Philanthropies who received the Frank Kirkpatrick Award for physical improvements in the community; Ellen Gilligan, president and CEO of the Greater Milwaukee Foundation; and John W. Daniels Jr., chairman emeritus at Quarles & Brady who received the William C. Frye Award recognizing sustained volunteer contributions benefiting greater Milwaukee.
