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Lorrie Keating Heinemann is President & CEO of the Madison Development Corporation (MDC). MDC has funded over 200 emerging and high tech companies in the Madison area including Nordic Consulting, TomoTherapy, PerBlue, Stemina Biomarker and NeuWave Medical. She most recently served as BrightStar’s Vice President and is the co-founder and Past Chairman of the Wisconsin Angel Network. She also served as the Banking & Securities Commissioner (DFI Cabinet Secretary) for 8 years under Governor Doyle. Lorrie is currently a Trustee of the WiSys Technology Foundation, on the Wisconsin Technology Council Board and is an Advisory Board member for SpringBoard, Belle Capital and 30Ventures. She has her MBA in Finance from UW-Oshkosh and her BBA from UW-Eau Claire and has been a judge of both the Burrill Business Plan Competition and the Governor’s BPC.