John Hoffmire- Chairman
John Hoffmire is the Director of the Center on Business and Poverty at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Business and Faculty Associate at the Puelicher Center for Banking Education. Before starting the Center on Business and Poverty in 2004, John had a twenty-year career in equity investing, venture capital, consulting and investment banking. His work has had a particular focus on employee stock ownership plans. As founder and CEO of his own investment banking firm, he helped employees buy and manage approximately $2.2 billion worth of ESOP stock. He sold his firm to American Capital, which then went public. John left American Capital as Senior Investment Officer when the company reached $1 billion in assets. After leaving American Capital, John was vice president at Ampersand Ventures, formerly Paine Webber's private equity group. After he finished his Ph.D. at Stanford University, he was a consultant at Bain & Company. John is also Chairman of Progress Through Business, an organization that he founded with others interested in economic development tools that can used by companies to assist low-income individuals and communities.

Jim Connelly- Vice Chairman
Jim is a partner at Foley & Lardner LLP. He served as founding chair of the firm's Health Law Department, and is a member of the Health Care Industry Team. He advises health systems, hospitals, academic medical centers, medical clinics, physicians, health insurers, and other health care organizations on matters of strategic planning, corporate structure, affiliation and organization, financing, operations and management, technology, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, strategic alliances, and affiliations. Selected as a White House fellow by President Gerald R. Ford, Mr. Connelly also subsequently served as special assistant to Treasury Secretary William E. Simon. As part of his Treasury responsibilities, he represented the Ford Administration in matters affecting the potential bankruptcy of New York City and in the passage of federal legislation relating to the regulation of financial institutions.

Thomas Harms- Treasurer
Tom is the former Vice President of Human Resources Administration for Staples, Inc. and played a crucial role in the development of the Staples Employee Financial Stability program that has assisted hundreds of low-income employees at Staples in having their taxes professionally prepared and being enrolled in benefits programs that have had a significant impact in their families’ income.

Harriet Hentges- Member
Harriet is VP, Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability Ahold USA. She has been an advisor to business and non-profits on sustainability, public-private partnerships and corporate responsibility, with expertise in problem-solving across sectors and borders and on the challenges/opportunities of globalization/sustainable development. She has held senior positions at Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. and Sears World Trade and was COO of the federal agency, US Institute of Peace and of the US League of Women Voters and managing partner of Clifton Investment Group, an investment bank specializing in retail and real estate. She is a partner in an Angus seed stock operation and an investor in Women Angels Net.

Al Bathrick- Chairman Emeritus