About Us

The Racine County Economic Development Corporation is a non-profit agency charged with improving the overall quality of life in Racine County through job creation and investment.  The corporation is governed by a Board of Directors from active community leaders and the day-to-day operations are the responsibility of Executive Director, Gordon Kacala.  The following individuals serve on the RCEDC Board of Directors:

 

2008 Board of Directors

 

* Executive Committee Members

 

Kim B. Adriano *
S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.

 

Mike Aimone
Village of Union Grove

 

Bryan Albrecht
Gateway Technical College

 

Julie Anderson *
Racine County Planning & Development

 

Gary Becker *
Mayor, City of Racine

James Beere *
Pioneer Products, Inc.

 

Steven C. Bell *
Community State Bank

 

Ron Coutts
Village of Caledonia

 

Jon Henderson
Horizon Retail Construction

 

John Hewitt
Village of Mt. Pleasant

 

Edward F. Lonergan
JohnsonDiversey, Inc.

 

Jeff McKeown
Express Personnel Services

 

William McReynolds *
County of Racine

 

Michael Miklasevich
Racine County Board

 

Robert Miller
City of Burlington

 

James Moyer
Town of Yorkville

 

David Perkins
Racine Federated, Inc.

 

Dan Pettit *
DeMark Kolbe & Brodek, S.C.

 

Wally Rendon
Hispanic Business & Professional Association

 

David M. Richmond
Village of Waterford

 

Steen Sanderhoff *
Leman USA, Inc.

 

Gary Schildt
HyPro, Inc.

 

Lee Schwartz
CNH

 

Scott Sharp
Wisconsin Council 40 AFSCME, AFL-CIO

 

Tom Shinners
Poclain Hydraulics, Inc.

 

James Small *
Clifton Gunderson, LLP

 

Dr. Marguerite Vanden Wyngaard
Racine Unified School District