September Field Trip, Wisconsin State Capitol

11:00am-11:15am Meet in North Hearing Room (2nd floor North) for networking
11:15am-12:00pm Tour
12:00pm-1pm  Lunch with Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch speaking at 12:15 or 12:30pm

Name: Lieutenant Governor Rebecca Kleefisch
Title of Remarks: "Having it all, just not all at once"

Bio:
Rebecca Kleefisch, a former small business owner and news reporter, serves as Wisconsin’s 44th Lieutenant Governor. She was elected Wisconsin’s Lieutenant Governor on November 2, 2010.

Rebecca spearheads the Governor’s Small Business Summits and Tax Reform Roundtables.  She chaired the Governor’s Sub-Cabinet on Workforce Investment, serves as an economic development liaison and advocate for small business owners, and chairs the Task Force on Minority Unemployment for the Wisconsin Council on Workforce Investment and the Manufacturing Committee for the Aerospace States Association.

Rebecca’s leadership has been recognized with a "Courage in Leadership Award" by the Faith & Freedom Coalition and a "Woman of Exceptional Courage" award from the Clare Booth Luce Policy Institute.  In May 2014, the Washington Post recognized her as one of 40 rising stars in politics across the country.

Rebecca is a colon cancer survivor, a member of the NRA, and graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is the mother of two daughters, Ella and Violet. She lives in Oconomowoc with her husband, State Representative Joel Kleefisch.

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