Students
Program participants represent a wide variety of fields: social entrepreneurship non-profit, government, small business corporate management; economic development, planning and design; education; public health; and energy and utilities. Students enter the program at various stages of their careers. Some students have recently completed their undergraduate degrees and are looking for the skills, connections and project-based learning that will propel them into their careers. Others are already in their chosen careers, and are looking for the knowledge and skills to enhance the work they are doing by launching or furthering the social innovation and/or sustainability efforts of their current organization.
2019-20 Cohort
| Anneka Barrow | Allison Martinson | Beatriz Aguilar |
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| Carolyn Betz | Cynthia Muaka | Evan Stone |
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| Grace Reutten | Hewan Schade | Peter Beeson |
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| Sarah Stoehr | Sujata Gautam | |
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Alumni
Our alumni are making a difference in the many complex social-emotional intelligence challenges facing our world today including equity, climate change, violence prevention, education, energy policy, green building, community development, equity, land use and water quality, biodiversity protection, food security and public health. They work for a wide range of organizations including: American Family Insurance, Boys & Girls Club, Community Groundworks, Environmental Leadership Program, GDS Associates Engineers & Consultants, Group Health Cooperative, Lincoln Elementary School, Madison Gas & Electric, Sustain Dane, Trek Bicycle Corporation, UW Health, and Wisconsin Department of Transportation.
Spotlight
Social Innovation and Sustainability Leadership in Health Care
Michael Weber, '18
Michael Weber is the Executive Director of Sales, Client and Health Promotion Services Division for Dean Health Plan and Prevea360 Health Plan, one of the largest, most diversified managed care organizations in Wisconsin. As part of Dean's Executive team, Michael leads the Sales, Client and Health Promotion teams representing fully insured and self-funded health insurance products to large, midsize, and small employers, as well as to individuals on and off the Federally Facilitated Marketplace exchange. In addition, Michael oversees the Medicare sales team at Dean and the Health Promotion staff. He is a member of the MA Program class of 2018. In this video feature, learn how Mike's project, Gone for Good, an organized effort to rid our waterways of prescription drugs, has grown and evolved. He also speaks to the leadership qualities he has been able to bring to Gone for Good as a result of his participation in the SISL Master's Program. https://youtu.be/knZhQlY-oz8
Annette Miller, '17
Annette Miller is the CEO and founder of EQT By Design, LLC. Her passion is ensuring inclusion, and engagement is front and center in her work. She has 25+ years of strong professional policy and analytic skills, a wide network of community, government and business relationships, and extensive networks within Madison and Dane County’s diverse populations. Annette works as a strong connector between community, business, government and nonprofits. This results in developing and implementing ideas and strategies that are inclusive, resilient and evolve into a strong community backbone. Annette graduated with her Master’s degree in 2017.
Alex Law
Alex works for the Wisconsin Energy Conservation Corporation (WECC) as a Program Manager for Energy Finance Solutions (EFS). In this role he manages existing energy efficiency and renewable energy loan programs throughout the United States, supervises two teams of loan specialists, coordinators and administrators, and consults new clients to guide the setup and implementation of new loan programs. EFS’ clients are state government agencies or large utilities interested in promoting energy efficiency and renewable energy by making financing available to consumers or businesses. Some of EFS’ programs provide incentives for low income customers, and some programs also offer non-traditional loan underwriting criteria, such as looking at the utility bill history instead of credit scores or debt-to-income ratios
When Alex decided to pursue a graduate degree he wanted to combine his background in business and banking with his passion for sustainability, diversity, and inclusion. Getting an MBA from UW-Madison at the same time as the masters in the SISL program provided him with this perfect merger of focus areas, and was key in getting into his current position and field, which needs unique and creative approaches to solving some of the most pressing issues of our times.
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