C-Level Awards 2026: Andy Hess, Principal, Founders 3
Andy Hess is a principal and investment brokerage leader at Founders 3 Real Estate Services in Milwaukee, where he focuses on investment property sales.
C-Level Awards 2026
The C-Level and Leadership Awards celebrate top corporate executives like CEOs, COOs and CFOs and Industry Leaders who consistently demonstrate remarkable leadership skills, integrity, values, vision, commitment to excellence, company performance, and community engagement.
C-Level Awards 2026: William J. Levy, Executive CPM | CEO and President, BMOC, Inc.
William J. Levy has led BMOC, Inc. as CEO and president since the Madison, Wisconsin-based property management firm was founded in 1986.
C-Level Awards 2026: Ugo Nwagbaraocha | C-Level Award Winner
Ugo Nwagbaraocha, president of Diamond Discs International and Diamond Discs International Construction Management, has built a Milwaukee-based company into a regional powerhouse supplying construction tools, safety equipment and power tools to major utility and construction entities nationwide.
C-Level Awards 2026: Tracy Johnson, President & CEO, Commercial Association of REALTORS Wisconsin
Tracy Johnson has led the Commercial Association of REALTORS® Wisconsin (CARW) as President & CEO since 2014, guiding the statewide membership organization through more than a decade of growth and industry engagement.
C-Level Awards 2026: Tony Klein | Chief Financial Officer, Hunzinger Construction Company
Tony Klein has served as Chief Financial Officer of Hunzinger Construction Company for 29 years, providing steady financial leadership to the Milwaukee-area general contracting firm since 1997.
C-Level Awards 2026: Tom Irgens, Executive Vice President, Irgens Partners
Tom Irgens serves as executive vice president of Irgens Partners, the Wauwatosa-based commercial real estate development firm, where he oversees the asset management team and directs activities to drive market value across the company's diverse portfolio of commercial, healthcare, mixed-use, retail and industrial holdings nationwide.
C-Level Awards 2026: Stu Wangard, Executive Chairman, Wangard Partners
Stu Wangard is executive chairman of Wangard Partners, a commercial real estate firm recognized as a leader in the development of large and complex mixed-use projects across North America.
C-Level Awards 2026: Steve Bersell, President/COO, Fiduciary Real Estate Development
When longtime Fiduciary Real Estate Development president and CEO Brett Miller announced he would step down and retire as CEO at the end of 2027, he tapped Steve Bersell as his successor.
C-Level Awards 2026: S.R. Mills, Chief Executive Officer, Bear Real Estate Group
S.R. Mills serves as chief executive officer and principal of Bear Real Estate Group, headquartered in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
C-Level Awards 2026: Shannon Metoxen, Vice President, JP Cullen
Shannon Metoxen serves as vice president at JP Cullen, a fifth-generation family-owned construction firm founded in 1892 and headquartered in Janesville, Wis.
C-Level Awards 2026: Scott Yauck, President and CEO, Cobalt Partners LLC
Scott Yauck is president and CEO of Cobalt Partners LLC, a Milwaukee-based real estate development firm.
Today’s News
- South Milwaukee apartment project canceled after financing shortfall
- Governor candidate supports moratorium for future data centers
- Wausau Equipment facility changes hands in New Berlin
- Wisconsin Laborers union backs Crowley in governor’s race
- Lt. Gov. Sara Rodriguez drops out of governor’s race
- Home construction planned for former Manitowoc mall site
- Local costs a factor in I-794 removal proposal
- Wisconsin Pre-Bid Meetings – Week of July 20, 2026
- Rockwell’s New Berlin proposal gets initial approval
- Michigan approves Canadian oil giant’s Line 5 pipeline project
- Construction industry resilient despite higher prices
- Marketing firm Derse gets ready to build Oak Creek HQ
Project Profiles
- First prefabricated bridge in US installed in Eau Claire County
- Illinois developer worked with Wisconsin contractor to build 258-unit Wauwatosa apartment complex
- VJS Construction raises the roof for Bruce Guadalupe Community School expansion project
- Microgrid pilot project will store energy for village affected by outages
- Dane County sees uptick in highway work zone crashes, on track to exceed last year
- The Hop streetcar will debut newest service route in fall with limited service
- FPC Live slims venue proposal to 1 downtown building
- Children’s Hospital urgent care center in Milwaukee gets first round of city approval
- With Sonag Construction shut down, feds move to block indicted owner from collecting leftover assets
- Four contractors selected to build border wall prototypes
- UW-Milwaukee’s Greenstreet shaping minds (and the city)
- Turning the Corner(s) (PHOTO SLIDESHOW)








