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Robert Hildreth

Robert Hildreth

By Gary Hume | Apr 26, 2023

Growing up, Robert J. Hildreth knew the value of education. Raised by public school teachers, he earned degrees from three universities, including Harvard, and rose to prominence in Latin American finance with his own brokerage company. Hildreth also had a strong...
Jock Brandis

Jock Brandis

By Gary Hume | Apr 26, 2023

On a trip to West Africa to help a friend fix a solar-powered drinking water system, Joost (Jock) Brandis came across an even bigger need: a simple, cost-effective peanut sheller to help poor women prepare tough ground nuts for sale. It seemed simple, and Brandis...
Robert Chambers

Robert Chambers

By Gary Hume | Apr 26, 2023

Over a varied career in business, Robert Chambers had occasion to work as a car salesman, where he saw both the routine ways dealerships prey on low-income buyers and the bind that rural low-income buyers are in – they don’t qualify for a loan to buy a...
Sharon Adams

Sharon Adams

By Gary Hume | Apr 26, 2023

After 30 years in New York, Sharon Adams moved back to Milwaukee in 1997 to find the once-vibrant Lindsay Heights neighborhood where she grew up lined with boarded-up houses and trash-filled lots. Gangs, prostitution and drugs on the streets spurred her to create a...