the Ultimate Team-Building Experience

WHIRLYBALL is perfect for your fastpaced team-building events, business presentations, company outings, or staff celebrations. It isn’t just a game, it’s an experience!

New to WhirlyBall? It is a combination of basketball, lacrosse, and hockey played in souped up bumper cars we call Whirlybugs. Teams of five face off in a ten-minute game of heart-pounding, fist-pumping action. Each team tries to shoot a wiffle ball at a target that hangs ten feet from the floor. No speed, strength, or agility required. It is the most fun you can have going 4 miles per hour!

Our huge, 45,000-square-foot location in Brookfield Square Mall features two WhirlyBall courts, eight bowling lanes, three bars, VIP bowling lanes on the second floor, a LaserTag arena, ample parking, and private terraces - perfect for entertaining business clients or your next team outing. It is conveniently located across the street from the Brookfield Convention Center and just minutes from downtown Milwaukee.

WhirlyBall features the Pivot Room - a 75seat restaurant with a chef-driven menu and a craft beer bar with over 20 taps.

Book now at whirlyball.com/brookfield.

WhirlyBall

185 S Moorland Rd Brookfield, WI 53005 (262) 786-7777 whirlyball.com/brookfield

N Ota Ble Bipoc Executives

BizTimes Milwaukee presents its showcase of Notable BIPOC Executives, highlighting accomplished leaders at businesses and nonprofit organizations in southeastern Wisconsin and demonstrating the diversity of talent in the region. BIPOC stands for Black, Indigenous and people of color.

METHODOLOGY: The honorees do not pay to be included. Their profiles were drawn from nomination materials. This list features only individuals for whom nominations were submitted and accepted after review by our editorial team. To qualify for the list, nominees must work in southeastern Wisconsin and must be serving in a senior level role within their organization.

KATHY THORNTON-BIAS PRESIDENT AND CEO

BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER MILWAUKEE

Kathy Thornton-Bias, president and chief executive officer for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Milwaukee, is a visionary and fast paced leader, according to Kerry Mitchell, vice president of human resources at BGCGM.

“She is continually striving for the best possible outcomes for the youth of Milwaukee,” Mitchell said.

BGCGM has effectively overcome the challenges of the past three years in meeting youth’s most critical needs thanks to ThorntonBias’ effective strategy and intense commitment to youth of color, especially, according to Mia Krantz, BGCGM annual giving manager. Under Thornton-Bias’s leadership, the clubs have expanded their physical footprint with more than 50 club locations around the city as well as teen programming and services with 90% of teen club members expecting to graduate from high school.

“Kathy is passionate about and successful when ensuring as many children as possible experience every day the myriad of programs and services of the clubs. She positively impacts the lives and futures of young people throughout our city,” said Robert Mikulay, BGCGM trustee.

Michele Hancock Vice President Of College Culture For Inclusion Carthage College

Following a K-12 career culminating in her previous role as superintendent of the Kenosha Unified School District, Michele Hancock joined Carthage College in 2014 and continues to foster equity and inclusion within the teaching profession as vice president of college culture for inclusion.

After joining the Carthage Education Department, Hancock built an urban teacher preparation program to equip future teachers to work in diverse, urban environments. She later expanded her focus to all students by initiating Carthage’s Anti-Racism and Intercultural Seminar Experience (ARISE), in which all first-year students participate.

Hancock also created the Equity and Inclusion Certificate Program, which aims to equip professionals in the workplace with knowledge, disposition, and skills essential for equity and inclusion work. Through the year-long program, Hancock has directly mentored more than 50 faculty and staff. She has similarly trained staff in Kenosha judicial offices and regional school districts, including Racine and Waukesha.

“The sheer breadth of Dr. Hancock’s equity and inclusion work across the workplace is second to none,” said John Swallow, president of Carthage College, located in Kenosha.

Carthage College congratulates michele hancock Vice President for College Culture for Inclusion

Are you excited by the promise of higher education, serving Wisconsin students better than ever before? Do you work best in an entrepreneurial, fast-moving environment? Then Carthage College may be an institution where you can have great impact!

President John Swallow enthusiastically encourages entrepreneurial and experienced faculty, staff, administrators, and investors with bold ideas to express their interest. Join us for a cup of coffee to talk more about opportunities that are on the horizon. Reach us at emergingopportunities@carthage.edu to learn more.