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 KAREN PRIDHAM Madison 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 -READ THE FULL LETTER AND SEE ALL THE SIGNATURES HERE: UWALUMNI.COM/LETTER