Michael Hostad

Michael Hostad is the Executive Director and co-founder of The Commons, which is an initiative of the Greater Milwaukee Committee. The Commons is an entrepreneurial skills accelerator for students at over 30 colleges and universities across Southeast Wisconsin. Hostad is also the co-founder of the Light the Hoan effort which is a collective of local business and civic leaders who have launched a public crowdsourcing campaign to help raise more than $4 million to illuminate the Daniel Hoan Memorial Bridge, the iconic tied-arch bridge spanning nearly two miles across Interstate 794.