Forward Fashion
A traveling fashion show opened doors for many at a time when those doors were frequently locked.
Q&A with Brandis Ohlsson
While Milwaukee is known for many things, its modeling industry isn’t one of them. Brandis Ohlsson, owner of two-year-old Ohlsson Model Management, is trying to change that. We asked her to tell us what it’s like to open a business in Milwaukee and what’s she’s learned about Milwaukee’s crop of aspiring models. Tell me about your background. What was your introduction to the modeling industry? I modeled when I was younger. I enjoyed it but it never really felt like “it” to me. I started interning for Anita Bitton, who owns The Establishment, one of New…
The Rundown
Color Run photo courtesy of Dani Hess The daughter of a college cross-country coach, Erin Feldhausen grew up running small 5-kilometer races around Green Bay, her hometown. Just as other families went to the movies or bowling, the Feldhausens went to the Rainbow Classic Run for Children with Cancer, the Algoma Shanty Days 5K Run/Walk and the Run for the Roses to Strike Out Arthritis. Dad paid $25 entry fees for the family of five, and they eyed the competition at the starting line, gathered their T-shirts, plaques and medals at the finish, and joined other families for leisurely postrace…
Best Places to Work
Teresa DeLuca had an idea. As a brand new employee in the information technology department at Milwaukee’s Derco Aerospace, DeLuca went to her bosses to suggest they start using a software package that she liked at her previous job. They listened. And then they gave her the green light. It was an unfamiliar outcome. “At my previous company, the executives didn’t really care,” says the 35-year-old DeLuca, who joined Derco, a distributor of aircraft parts on the far northwest side, less than six months ago. For her, experiences like that have made Derco an unparalleled employer. “The executive team is…