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Griselda Aldrete to host discussion on gun violence at Women’s Leadership Summit

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We’re excited to announce that Griselda Aldrete will moderate an important panel discussion titled, “Politics, Gun Violence and Mental Health…where do we go from here?” on Friday, June 24 at the second annual Women’s Leadership Summit.

The second annual Summit will take place June 20 – July 1, with one session at noon each day streamed on Facebook Live. It is free and open to the public.

Aldrete is the Director of Stakeholder Engagement at Alliant Energy. She has far-reaching experience in community leadership and outreach, financial oversight and managing day-to-day operations of complex organizations. 

Aldrete received a bachelor’s degree in Criminology/Law Studies and Spanish from Marquette University, a master’s in Criminal Justice from the University of Nebraska-Omaha and a law degree from Marquette University Law School. She is a graduate of the National Hispana Leadership Institute Executive Leadership Fellowship and the Harvard Business School Executive Leadership Program, and is a proud alumna of the Future Milwaukee Leadership Program at Marquette University. Aldrete previously served as executive director of the Cream City Foundation.

Aldrete has been recognized for and received a number of prominent awards for her community service and advancement of Hispanics, including Milwaukee Business Journal’s 40 under 40 Award, the United Way of Greater Milwaukee’s Philanthropic 5 Award, Marquette University College of Art and Sciences’ Young Alumna of the Year, Biz Times Milwaukee’s Regional Spirit Award, United States Delegate for the British American Project, Wisconsin’s “Top 48 most powerful Latinos” list, Major League Baseball’s SEAT 21 Award, National Football League/Green Bay Packers’ Hispanic Heritage Leadership Award, Donald Driver Foundation’s Driven to Achieve Award and the Girl Scouts of Wisconsin Southeast’s Risk Taker Award. 

Aldrete currently serves on the board of directors for The Milwaukee Ballet, Milwaukee Public Schools Foundation, Pivot Milwaukee and Building Brave, and is a member of TEMPO Milwaukee. Aldrete currently serves on the advisory board for the Visit Milwaukee Multicultural Committee and is a steering committee member for Milwaukee Women, Inc.