Joe Vanden Plas

As the senior writer of In Business Madison, Joe researches and writes content for the monthly print magazine, the daily e-newsletters, and networking events. With 40 years of experience in journalism, including 25 in the Capital Region, the 1983 UW–Stevens Point graduate has covered government, business, athletics, and culture. Outside the office, the Green Bay native enjoys power walks with wife Patty, classic movies, and sporting events.

2020 Commercial Design Awards: Commercial design matters, even in a crisis

From the pages of In Business magazine. With the community, state, nation, and the...

Cease the confusion: One word in Safer-at-Home order befuddles biz

If business coach Susan Thomson could issue a certain kind of cease-and-desist...

COVID-19: What can we do to support vulnerable businesses?

Local business operators learned of strategies underway to support one another during...

Mead & Hunt’s Stacey Keller receives 2020 ATHENA Award

Stacey Keller, a senior project architect with Mead & Hunt, is the...

What leading companies do

From the pages of In Business magazine. With baby boomers retiring at a pace...

Smorgasbord wellness by any definition

From the pages of In Business magazine. Denise O’Malley is a self-described reformed insurance...

Take Five with Corey Chambas: First Business Bank’s first 30 years

The birth of a local finance icon occurred on April Fools’ Day...

Redefining wellness with an array of choices

Denise O’Malley founded You Define Wellness, a new wellness model that recently...

Raising the curtain on Act II

From the pages of In Business magazine. Second chances take many forms and admittedly...

Good news: There is good news

From the pages of In Business magazine. Ben Wattenberg, the late liberal-turned-conservative political commentator,...