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Cooking with Milwaukee Community LeadersThelma Sias, Retired VP WE Energies, Local Affairs and great Southern CookingOur guest for Cooking with Milwaukee Community Leaders is Thelma Sias. A retired high-profile executive and community leader, Thelma Sias spent three decades with We Energies, where she ultimately led its community engagement efforts.
In 1986, Sias joined Wisconsin Gas Co., which was later acquired by Wisconsin Electric and parent company Wisconsin Energy Corp. By 2003, she had risen the ranks to become vice president of local affairs, where she worked with community leaders and local government officials to further the company’s business initiatives and lead multimillion-dollar projects. She also served on the We Energies Foundation board. Later in...2024-02-0638 min
Cream City Dreams || A Milwaukee PodcastCecelia Gore of Milwaukee Brewers Foundation➡ CLICK HERE to send me a text, I'd love to hear what you thought about this episode! Leave your name in the text so I know who it's from! This week, yet ANOTHER inspiring Milwaukee woman ... Batter up! On the cusp of Baseball's Opening Day we bring Cecelia Gore to the plate for this week's episode. Cecelia was nominated for the podcast in Season 2 Episode 19 by Venice Williams - and wow, we can see why! For 14 seasons now she has served as the Executive Director of the Brewers Community Foundation where she supports drea...2023-03-2953 min
On The Edge Of EquityExtraordinary Leadership with Thelma SiasThelma A. Sias, retired executive and the founder and president of the Sias Group, shares how her childhood and personal story influenced her capacity to lead and why she believes great leadership involves the ability to listen and follow other people. Sias discusses the importance of leading through critical conversations, as well as enabling others to grow as leaders themselves. Importantly, Sias reflects on the remarks she gave when receiving an honorary doctorate from Marquette University in May 2022, during which she charged the audience to create access and opportunity for others, which she believes is...2022-12-0718 min
Milwaukee UncutHow Forward 48 is connecting the next generation of Milwaukee leaders to inspire community-wide progressLearning from your own mistakes is a tough but necessary part of personal growth. Whether it’s in business or your personal life, recognizing when you've made a mistake and course-correcting for next time a situation arises is a critical part of continuous improvement.But how do we apply that principle broadly to learn as a community? How can we apply this at the leadership level to make sure the next generation doesn’t make the same mistakes as the previous one? Forward 48 is here to help us do just that.On...2021-09-1455 min