Regional Leaders Network

Help grow Wisconsin creatively
through the Regional Leaders Network.

Create Wisconsin’s Regional Leaders Network expands and advances Wisconsin’s creative capacity from the ground up by identifying, supporting, and connecting creative leaders and program initiatives around the state as an interconnected community of small business practice and support.

Sign up to learn more about the Regional Leaders and how you can get involved!

What are the Regional Leaders all about?

Create Wisconsin regional leaders are people working in the arts, business, education, political, and civic arenas who are actively engaged in advocating for their community's creative economy as a whole – helping to uplift and connect creative people, organizations, and businesses within their ecosystems to the resources and support they need to thrive.

Regional Leaders Network
Gatherings 2024/2025

Join us at a gathering to meet interesting people and keep connected to creative possibilities regionally and statewide. Contact Create Wisconsin to learn more (and keep checking this page for updates!).

  • Monday, March 24, 2025 - Local Arts and Creativity Pre-Conference, 10 am - 6 pm, at the Art + Literature Lab, 111 South Livingston Street

  • Thursday, March 25, 2025 - Create Wisconsin Day, Wisconsin’s annual creative sector legislative event and networking conference, at the Overture Center for the Arts in downtown Madison

    Thanks to the Regional Leaders Council!

  • Melinda Childs, Community Cultural Development Director, ArtStart Rhinelander

  • Sam Luna, musician and artist, Phelps

  • Mal Montoya, arts entrepreneur, Milwaukee

  • Carolyn Nelson-Kavajecz, Director, Sterling Silver Studio, Superior

  • Jay Salinas, Special Projects Director, Wormfarm Institute, Reedsburg

  • Dana Sonnenberg, Project Manager, CREATE Portage Council, Stevens Point