Melissa "Missy" Hughes serves as secretary and chief executive officer of the

Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) is a public-private agency in the state of Wisconsin designed to assist business development and innovation through loans, grants, tax credits, and technical assistance programs. History WED ...

. She was appointed in September 2019 by Gov. Tony Evers, and confirmed one month later. Hughes is the first woman to hold the post.

Background

Before joining WEDC, Hughes served as general counsel and chief mission officer at Organic Valley, a dairy cooperative in Wisconsin. Previously she was associate attorney at the law firm of Holland & Hart. She received her BA degree from

Georgetown University Georgetown University is a private university, private research university in the Georgetown (Washington, D.C.), Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Founded by Bishop John Carroll (archbishop of Baltimore), John Carroll in 1789 as Georg ...

and a law degree from the

University of Wyoming The University of Wyoming (UW) is a public land-grant research university in Laramie, Wyoming. It was founded in March 1886, four years before the territory was admitted as the 44th state, and opened in September 1887. The University of Wyoming ...

.WEDC executive profiles, retrieved July 9, 2021
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References

External links

WEDC.org
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