Leadership
LSS Announces 2025 Annual Heroes Awardees
Lutheran Social Services of WI and Upper MI has announced the 2025 Annual Heroes Celebration Awardees for the 8th annual Partners Circle gathering: the 2025 Annual Heroes Celebration on Wednesday, November 19th, 2025! The 2025 Civic Hero Award will be awarded to the Kelben Foundation, with Laura Kellner Lueck and Kristin Kellner Schultz accepting on behalf…
Read MoreLSS President & CEO Héctor Colón Named to Wisconsin Titan 100 and Hall of Fame
MILWAUKEE, Wis., October 15, 2025 — Lutheran Social Services of Wisconsin and Upper Michigan (LSS) is proud to announce that President & CEO Héctor Colón has been named one of the 2026 Wisconsin Titan 100, an honor recognizing the state’s top CEOs and C-level executives for their exceptional leadership, vision, and impact. “Wisconsin’s Titan 100 are…
Read MoreLSS CEO Héctor Colón Shares Vision and Values in BizTimes Interview
In a recent interview with BizTimes, LSS President and CEO Héctor Colón reflected on innovation, resilience, and the road ahead for Lutheran Social Services. Colón credits LSS’s culture—rooted in compassion, humility, and courageous leadership—for fueling transformative change. When LSS faced financial instability, tough internal questions led to breakthrough ideas that revitalized the organization, strengthened morale,…
Read MoreLSS CEO featured on UWM Chancellor’s Report Podcast
LSS President and CEO Héctor Colón was recently featured on a special edition of “The Chancellor’s Report” a University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee podcast hosted by Chancellor Mark Mone and WUWM General Manager David Lee. Alongside fellow distinguished alumni Dr. Gale Klappa and Dr. Eve Hall, Héctor shared how his time at UWM helped shape his personal…
Read MoreLSS announces 2024 Annual Heroes Awardees
Lutheran Social Services of WI and Upper MI has announced the 2024 Annual Heroes Celebration Awardees for the 7th annual Partners Circle gathering: the 2024 Annual Heroes Celebration on Tuesday, November 12th, 2024! The 2024 Civic Hero Award will be awarded to Mike Victorson, CEO of M3 Insurance. The 2024 Individual Caregiver Hero Award in…
Read MoreLSS among contributors to new Medicaid Expansion Study
The Wisconsin Policy Forum released a new study supported by Lutheran Social Services of WI and Upper MI along with American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Community Care Services, Jewish Family Services, and the Wisconsin Medical Society. The report finds that expanding Medicaid in Wisconsin would add fewer enrollees compared to…
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