MADISON, Wis. (WRN) — New leadership for the state’s economic development organization.
Democratic Governor Tony Evers recently appointed John W. Miller as secretary and CEO of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation.
WisPolitics reports that Miller has donated more than $600,000 to Democrat and liberal campaigns and groups since 2013, according to the database maintained by the state Ethics Commission. That includes $26,500 to Evers’ campaign between 2017 and 2021.
Miller is a former UW regent who opposed a deal reached with Assembly Speaker Robin Vos to freeze campus diversity, equity and inclusion positions. Miller formerly served as president and CEO of Miller-St. Nazianz Incorporated, his family’s agricultural equipment manufacturing business in Manitowoc County.
He succeeds Missy Hughes, who resigned from the post this fall to run for governor.