Tim Christian Becomes Ownership Partner at KW2

MADISON, Wis.—KW2, one of Wisconsin’s longest-running full-service strategic marketing and communications agencies, announced today that Tim Christian has become one of its ownership partners. Christian, a thirty-year marketing veteran, has also been named the firm’s Chief Operating Officer.

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North Central Group Strengthens Senior Leadership Through Key Promotions

The real estate hospitality company announces promotions across multiple disciplines, including asset management, operations and development.

MADISON, Wis. (Jun 2022) – North Central Group (NCG), a leader in real estate development, and hospitality management, is excited to announce several new promotions within its senior leadership team. The organization has seen rapid growth in recent years, and these new leaders will help NCG continue its trajectory.

The company, which manages a portfolio of 29 hotels and conference centers, has made a commitment to make 2022 “The Year of the Team Member.” This initiative will focus on developing and retaining top talent, and these promotions are a key part of that strategy.

“We are a company that lives our core values, one of which is growth. We clearly understand and embrace the reality that our team members are the foundation of our company’s commitment to excellence and ultimately determine our success,” said NCG CEO Jonathan Bogatay. “We continue to look for ways to unlock and leverage the experience, talents, skills, abilities and passion of our amazing team, creating opportunities to make meaningful progress on their journey to becoming the very best version of themselves.”

The following team members have been promoted:

Jeff Lenz – President and Chief Asset Officer: Previously President and Chief Development Officer, Lenz will be responsible for the preparation and administration of NCG’s Asset Management Strategy, throughout the entire life cycle, from acquisition to disposition and the ongoing development and strategic implementation of all asset-related initiatives within the NCG business plan. Lenz has been with NCG for 23 years.

Eric Rottier – Chief Operating Officer: Previously Senior VP Of Operations, Rottier, who has been with NCG for 18 years, will be responsible for the overall operations and optimized performance of NCG’s portfolio of hotels, restaurants, conference centers and multi-family units, including all owned and operated as well as third-party properties.

Andy Inman – Chief Development Officer: Previously VP Of Development, Inman, who has been with the company for 8 years, will oversee and lead the team efforts in the development, design and construction of all development, renovation execution and capital projects for any new and existing NCG projects.

Kim Richter – VP of Community and Investor Relations: Previously Director of Community and Investor Relations, Richter, who has been with NCG for 8 years, will now be responsible for developing relationships with key charitable organizations and will lead NCG in assessing charitable partners and overall focus while successfully developing and implementing company-wide projects with current and future investment partners.

Additionally, special recognition to Cathy Gillman, who will be semi-retiring from NCG after 16 years of service. She will continue to serve as Vice President and General Counsel and a member of the NCG Advisory Board.

About North Central Group

North Central Group (NCG) is a leader in the ownership, development, and operation of premier hospitality properties. Established in 1981 by Founder and Chairman David Lenz, NCG is a family-owned business with over 40 years of experience in the hospitality & real estate industry. NCG currently owns and operates 29 properties across multiple states and national brands. We leverage our unparalleled expertise to provide hotel management services, hotel development expertise, and real estate-focused services to property owners and investors throughout the U.S. ncghotels.com.

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UW–Madison Research Drives Recommendations for Enhanced Leadership Education

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 9, 2022

Contact Information:
Shauna Breneman, Communications Director
Email: sbreneman@wisc.edu
Phone: (608) 262-8862

UW–MADISON RESEARCH DRIVES RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ENHANCED LEADERSHIP EDUCATION

MADISON – University of Wisconsin–Madison team members collaborated for months with a common goal: determine how to further strengthen leadership education at UW–Madison.

Leadership advocates from across campus convened to facilitate UW–Madison’s participation in the Multi-Institutional Study of Leadership (MSL), an international research program focused on understanding how higher education can help students develop leadership skills.

Through the study, the group aimed to learn how the University can help prepare students to thrive in a changing society and an evolving global economy through the development of leadership skills.

The group provided a survey on leadership to UW–Madison undergraduate students and doctor of pharmacy students. About 5,000 students completed the survey, giving the group insight into students’ attainment of leadership skills, their access to leadership education and their experiences with leadership.

An MSL coalition of UW–Madison administrators, faculty and staff members then formed to interpret the results of the survey in collaboration with survey and data analysis experts.

Key findings from the survey included but are not limited to:

• UW–Madison students are in line with other universities’ students in acquiring leadership skills.
• UW–Madison students are gaining leadership skills at a level consistent with students in previous years.
• Students’ involvement in community service, organizations, student groups, mentoring and leadership training increased their leadership skills acquisition
• Demographics were generally not a factor in student opportunities for involvement in the above activities and usually not a factor in the acquisition of leadership skills, with the exceptions of international student status and GPA.

From these and other findings, the coalition developed the following recommendations to improve leadership education at UW–Madison:

• Identify benchmarks that allow UW–Madison to determine student success relative to peer institutions and to previous UW–Madison students
• Establish infrastructure, such as programming and staffing, that supports leadership skills development best practices
• Expand leadership research and assessment.
• Develop and/or connect complementary classroom and out-of-classroom learning programs
• Encourage both classroom and out-of-classroom leadership learning programs based in leadership theories
• Incorporate learning opportunities into the UW–Madison experience that are strongly associated with leadership skills-building in impact learning environments and work experiences

“UW–Madison is committed to preparing the next generation of leaders to make a positive impact in the world,” said Mark Kueppers, director of the Center for Leadership & Involvement (CfLI). “The Multi-Institutional Study of Leadership provides critical data to improve leadership programming in and out of the classroom.”

Current leadership opportunities for UW–Madison students include coursework offered by multiple schools and colleges as well as co-curricular opportunities that include but are not limited to more than 900 registered student organizations, hundreds of on-campus student employment positions, intramural sports, volunteer opportunities, learning opportunities through the Willis L. Jones Leadership Center, the Leadership Certificate Program, adventure-based team-building workshops through Adventure Learning Programs (ALPs), and leadership skills development through the students-run Student Leadership Program (SLP).

The CfLI team will help establish working groups to address these recommendations and work across campus to make data-driven leadership education enhancements. In addition, UW–Madison staff, faculty and students can contact CfLI at cfli@studentlife.wisc.edu for leadership consultative support.

The CfLI team encourages staff, faculty and student leaders to review the MSL report, reach out with any questions they may have about leadership development, and to use the results to inform leadership education. The team also encourages current students to explore some of the existing leadership opportunities on campus here.

The MSL study effort included facilitation leadership from Kueppers and Greg Harrington, professor of civil and environmental engineering at the University of Wisconsin­–Madison and chair of the Pieper Family Foundation Endowment for Servant Leadership; administrative support from CfLI staff; and data analysis support from the UW–Madison Division of Diversity, Equity & Educational Achievement.

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About the Center for Leadership and Involvement

The Center for Leadership & Involvement (CfLI) assists University of Wisconsin–Madison students in intentionally connecting with the far-ranging leadership opportunities throughout campus, including student organizations. The Center supports students in making meaning of their leadership experiences and in developing leadership capacity and the ability to affect positive change. Learn more about CfLI at cfli.wisc.edu.

To read this release online, visit union.wisc.edu/about/news/msl-2021.

North Central Group hiring for multiple Greater Madison positions

For information about additional available positions, please contact Talent Acquisition Manager Heather Braem at hbraem@ncghotels.com.

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