Milwaukee Business Journal Announces Winners Of 2017 HR Awards

The Milwaukee Business Journal announced the winners of its annual HR Awards Friday. Winners will be honored at a ceremony May 19 in downtown Milwaukee and honored in a special section in the May 19 print edition of the Business Journal.

According to the Business Journal, they started the awards a few years ago to recognize a usually underappreciated side of most businesses, the human resources department. Winners were chosen by local HR experts within the seven-county region of Milwaukee, Waukesha, Walworth, Washington, Ozaukee, Racine, and Kenosha counties.

The 2017 HR Award winners in the Individual category are:

• Publicly Held Companies, Barb Gromacki of Marcus Theatres, Milwaukee
• Medium Private Companies, Diane Rudy, Bradley Corp., Menomonee Falls
• Government, Kerry Mitchell, Milwaukee County
• Nonprofit, Lukischa Ramos, United Community Center, Milwaukee
• Education, Julie Grotophorst, Greendale Schools

The winners in the Company category are:

• Publicly Held Companies, GE Healthcare, Wauwatosa
• Large Private Companies, Faith Technologies Inc. of Pewaukee and Sendik's Food Market of Milwaukee
• Medium Private Companies, Zywave, Milwaukee
• Small Private Companies, HNI Risk Services, New Berlin