AN OPEN LETTER TO GOVERNOR WALKER

SHELDON LUBAR Milwaukee

WILLIAM HSU Wausau

CAROL SKORNICKA Milwaukee

CHARLES PRUITT Shorewood

CHRISTOPHER SALM Plymouth

JAY SMITH Middleton

JAY SEKELSKY Madison

FRITZ FRIDAY Cable

JUDY JORGENSEN Oconomowoc

ANN WALLACE Madison

JAMES BURGESS Madison

ELISA WEISS Madison

CHRISTIAN KRAUTKRAMER Milwaukee

DENNIS BARNUM Verona

PATRICIA LASKY Madison

PATRICIA BRADY Madison

ED HOLMES Madison

ANDREW HOWICK Madison

ANGELA PAKES AHLMAN Verona

HERMAN BAUMANN Madison

IAN TODARO Waunakee

ANGELA WELLSMITH Brookfield

ANN GROVES LLOYD Lodi

ANN BREWER Madison

BARBARA WIDDER-LOWRY Madison

ERIN CLUNE Madison

ESTHER OLDON Belleville

BARBARA TENSFELDT Madison

BETH BLUM Verona

JANE JUMES Appleton

BRIDGET HUGHES Madison

BRUCE JAVENKOSKI Middleton

CARL GULBRANDSEN Madison

CATHERINE GOSLIN Madison

CHUN LIN Madison

CYNTHIA SCHAUS Greenfield

EMILY FOX Milwaukee

FREDERICK ROBERTSON Middleton

PAUL SHAIN Verona

THOMAS HARVEY Eau Claire

JOHN HAWLEY Random Lake

JOHN EDL Middleton

KAREN MONFRE Green Bay

LINDA GORENS-LEVEY Milwaukee

DAVID MEISSNER Mequon

DANIEL KELLY DeForest

TOM JACOBS Madison

WALTER SPRINKMAN Madison

ELIZABETH SCHAR Madison

EMIL RAY SANCHEZ Madison

HEATHER GARRISON Fitchburg

JOHN BEEN Prairie du Sac

HENRY ASCHAUER Madison

EMILY SCHUMACHER Sun Prairie

FRANK FETTER Mount Horeb

GARY MECKLENBURG Madison

GERALD ANTOINE Port Washington

JAN MAAS Middleton

JANET RADDATZ Plymouth

JEANAN MOE Madison

JEANNE GRIST Madison

JEFF KUNZ Minocqua

JEFFREY DRAKE NEENAH

STEVE COHAN Madison

JEFFREY SCHNEIDER Pewaukee

JENN KREBS Middleton

JENNIFER SOEHNLEIN Madison

JIM HEGENBARTH Verona

GREGORY SCHUENKE Eagle River

JEANETTE ROBERTS Monona

GUY STRATTON Madison

JOHN BRYANT WYMAN Madison

SAMUEL MILLER Appleton

CHARLES V. IHLE New Auburn

THOMAS JACKSON Nashotah

ANDY NORTH Madison

DAVID RYDER Mequon

DIANE BALLWEG Madison

ERIC HAGERUP Whitefish Bay

ANNE SCHIERL Stevens Point

HAROLD BLOTNER Madison

JOSEPH KANN Racine

JULIE VAN CLEAVE Elm Grove

KAREN METZLER Green Bay

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KARI KLASEN LISI Whitefish Bay

KATHRYN RICHARDSON Madison

JOHN YAGLA Waukesha

KATIE SEKELSKY Madison

KAY GRULING Wausau

THOMAS SOLHEIM Madison

RICHARD STEEVES Madison

RICHELLE ANDRAE Madison

KELLY DEHAVEN Black Earth

JOHN WILEY Madison

LEE FAUCHER Verona

LIZ VOWLES Madison

LOUIS BERNHARDT Verona

MARK IRGENS Wauwatosa

MARLA AHLGRIMM Fitchburg

MARSHA LINDSAY Monona

KARL SOLVERSON Westby

KATHLEEN HARKER Madison

MARTHA VUKELICH-AUSTIN Madison

MARY GULBRANDSEN Madison

MARY ELLEN PETERS Fitchburg

PAMELA PLOETZ Madison

MELANIE JOHNSON Milwaukee

GEORGE SHINNERS Antigo

JEFFREY WIESNER Madison

THOMAS NEBAUER Milwaukee

JUDY SIDRAN Madison

WILLIAM JORDAN Appleton

WILLIAM LINTON Fitchburg

JACKSON COMEAU Wisconsin Rapids

MATTHEW YOUNKLE Madison

ANDREA KONZ Franklin

JOHN BURGAN Grafton

MICHAEL SMITH Middleton

MICHELLE BEHNKE Madison

NANCY LUEDKE Wauwatosa

KYLE WEATHERLY Milwaukee

LAURA EMORY Whitefish Bay

NANCY KAUFMAN Mequon

NATALIE BOWMAN Madison

MATTHEW MIKOLAJEWSKI Madison

PAUL MCCANN Appleton

NATASHA THORESON Madison

NATASHA CROOKS Madison

NICOLE STINE Madison

PAMELA BARKER Glendale

PATRICIA DROES Belleville

PATRICK THIELE Madison

PATRICK MCBRIDE Madison

PAUL WEISS Middleton

MARTINEZ WHITE Middleton

JOANN EISENHART Milwaukee

PAULA BONNER Madison

PEGGY ZIMDARS Madison

PETER HANSON Bristol

PETER LUNDBERG Fitchburg

RACHEL LOOMANS Mequon

THORA VERVOREN Mequon

WILLIAM MORGAN Madison

STEPHANIE SWARTZ La Crosse

PAUL DELUCA Madison

AARON KENNEDY Presque Isle

AKIHIRO IKEDA Madison

RAJAN SHETH Madison

RANDALL EGGERT Middleton

STEVEN OAKES Madison

SUSAN ISENSEE Madison

RICHARD BROWN Oconomowoc

ROBERT TRUNZO Brookfield

PABLO SANCHEZ Madison

PAM GARVEY Cudahy

MICHAEL WALSH MELITA GRUNOW Lake Geneva

ROBERT GRAEBNER Madison

ROBERT DRAPE Middleton

RUSS CASTRONOVO Fitchburg

SANFORD MALLIN Whitefish Bay

SARAH KRUGER Verona

CHRISTINE LOBECK LODEWICK Ridgefield

STEPHEN HURLEY Madison

STEVEN LARSON Whitewater

SUZANNE GODFREY Verona

KYLA LEE La Crosse

LAURIE BENSON Monona

TERI VENKER Madison

TERRENCE CLARK Cottage Grove

THOMAS TORHORST Racine

THOMAS SMITH Madison

CAROLYN AND KURT HEINRICH Presque Isle

SHANNON HEELEY Madison

JANE COLEMAN Monona

SHAWN CONLEY Madison

STEPHANIE HARVEY Eau Claire

DECEMBER 18, 2016

Dear Governor Walker,

As employers and community leaders, we recognize the importance of higher education in driving Wisconsin’s economy. In order for us to be successful, we need well-rounded, educated graduates in the workforce and in our communities. We write today to encourage you to make higher education a priority in your budget for the 2017–19 biennium.

The University of Wisconsin–Madison ranks among the nation’s top public universities, providing an outstanding education to students. It has also been a hub for research, innovation, and technology, and it has a total economic impact of $15 billion, contributing hundreds of millions in state and local revenues and employing almost 200,000 people around Wisconsin.

We ask that you support higher education in your 2017–19 executive budget proposal. Thank you for your consideration.

Sincerely, Members of UW–Madison Boards of Visitors

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