Kathleen Gallagher
Midwest Moxie HostKathleen Gallagher is the host of Midwest Moxie and previously the host of How Did You Do That?.
She's a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author who is Executive Director of 5 Lakes Institute, a non-profit focused on building and connecting the Great Lakes Region’s high-tech entrepreneurial economy and culture. She is also a columnist at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Previously, during more than two decades as a reporter at the Journal Sentinel, Kathleen covered banking, technology and entrepreneurship and wrote a weekly Investment Trends column. In 2011, she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for co-authoring a series of articles about how doctors and scientists in Milwaukee for the first time in history sequenced all the genes of a patient for diagnosis. Kathleen and co-author Mark Johnson wrote a book based on that series called One in a Billion: The Story of Nic Volker and the Dawn of Genomic Medicine.
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Ben Ivers co-founded Tenon, an marketing automation company that helps teams collaborate on campaigns that use emails and texts to drive engagement -
The Madison company, which uses AI to analyze medical tests and help identify and treat sleep disorders, has the largest sleep data repository in the world. -
Jord Biosciences’ large library of soil microbes helps protect, stimulate and feed plants. -
Pearl Street Technologies’ software is helping shrink the backlog of solar, wind and other new power projects waiting to get connected to the electric grid. -
After nursing Louie back to health with special nutrition, Dan Schaefer co-founded St. Louis-based Native Pet to make all-natural supplements and treats. -
Cale Johnston’s companies make it fast and easy to move accounts without disrupting direct deposits and recurring payments. -
This small Illinois company has more than 90% of the global purified isotope chemistry market. -
Nina Jenkins’ insect-killing fungal spores eliminate the need to fumigate, clean out cabinets and drawers. -
After stints at the White House, Air Force Academy and Amazon, Nick Mastronardi set out to help the public sector make data-driven decisions and improve performance. -
Louisville-based GoodMaps, hatched at the American Printing House for the Blind, provides turn-by-turn directions in train stations, airports and other indoor spaces.
