Executive Profiles

In January 1993, newlywed Scott Campbell was an aspiring pro baseball player, looking forward to spring training as a member of one of the Montreal Expos' minor-league teams, when fate took a sudden turn. He was released. Full Story 

Terry "Weed Man" Kurth's success in the residential landscape business is proof positive that personality, knowing the right people, and a whole lotta moxie can fuel a career. For it seems Kurth, 58, an area native, has as many stories to tell as he has grass seeds to sow. Full Story 

Jeff Niesen, 52, is in a good mood. He just learned that Boldt Co. was chosen to be the construction manager of the Memorial Union project, adding to the company's docket for the next two years or more. The decision sets the wheels in motion for the vice president of construction management for Appleton-based Boldt. The first phase of the university's $52 million project will involve the theater wing, and over the next six months, Niesen will be assembling a design team of suppliers and trade contractors to build the project. "We will get into the Hoofers space and the Stiftskeller to some degree, and there is some fifth-floor space that will be worked on," he said. At least for now, though, Der Rathskeller will remain untouched. Full Story 

Many don't know I was in the seminary for two years," said Tim Valentyn, president of Murphy Desmond law firm. In his freshman and sophomore years in high school, Valentyn, 57, attended an all-boys boarding school in Oneida, Wis., something that was not uncommon at the time, he explained. "It was very much like Holy Name Seminary. Did I have any clue as to whether I wanted to be a priest? No." Full Story