A Generational Steward

Sheboygan County is home to some of Wisconsin’s largest and most recognizable generational companies: Kohler, Johnsonville, Sargento, Vollrath, Bemis and Acuity, to name a few. It’s Brian Doudna’s (’90) job to make sure the business community in which they’re located is doing all it can to support them and help them — and every other interested business in the county — reinvest and grow.

Four years ago, Doudna, an economics alum, became the executive director of the Sheboygan County Economic Development Corporation (SCEDC). The organization is a nonprofit that offers business and workforce development services to both established companies and startups in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin’s 13th most populous county.