Newsmakers of the Year 2007

We Energies Auditorium, Milwaukee
Oct. 24, 2007
Photos by John McCally

The Daily Reporter Publishing Co.’s Newsmakers of the Year are (front row, left to right) Engineer of the Year Rajan Sheth; Gary Kuhn, accepting for his brother, Jeffrey Kuhn, the Subcontractor of the Year; Holly Gygax, representing Humanitarian of the Year Quarry Quest; Lifetime Achievement Award winner Michael Cudahy; Juli Kaufmann, representing Up and Comer of the Year Pragmatic Construction LLC; Construction Industry Woman of the Year Patti Cahill; (second row, left to right) Environmentalist of the Year Tarun Naik; Masud Alam, representing Minority Contractor of the Year GESTRA Engineering Inc.; Policy-Maker of the Year Antonio Riley; Educator of the Year Peter Scherrer; Development Director of the Year John Stibal; Legal Professional of the Year Catey Doyle; Nancy Hayden, accepting the Service Award for her late husband, Ed Hayden; (back row, left to right) Regional Partner of the Year Gary Becker; Innovator of the Year John Neis; Gary Grunau, representing Builder of the Year Gilbane Building Co.; Craig Uhlenbrauck, representing Quarry Quest; Architectural Leader of the Year Kirk Edward Harris; Business Person of the Year Karl Ostby; and Young Professional of the Year Chris Stamborski. Developer of the Year Joe Zilber is not pictured.
Linda Sowell (left), director of strategic programs for Gilbane Building Co., and Julie Machata, Gilbane’s marketing manager Amy Gribb, marketing manager for BT2 Inc., and Adam Meurer, project office manager for Flux Design Ltd.
Elisabeth Syrrakos, project coordinator for Flux Design Ltd. Ken Morris, vice president of taxes for Zilber Ltd., with his wife, Sharon
Young Professional of the Year Chris Stamborski, a project engineer for R.A. Smith & Associates Inc., with his sister-in-law, Kristen Stamborski Gary Grunau (left), senior vice president and regional manager in Gilbane Building Co.’s Milwaukee office, and Lifetime Achievement Award winner Michael Cudahy
Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority Executive Director Antonio Riley (left) and Mike Mervis, vice president of the Brewery Project and assistant to Developer of the Year Joe Zilber the family of the late Ed Hayden, winner of the Service Award
 
Ann Richmond, publisher of The Daily Reporter Publishing Co., and Cudahy