MORTENSON FAMILY FOUNDATION BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Loren D. Mortenson, Chairman & Trustee
Joelle Dallas Mortenson Hutter, President & Trustee
Jay P. Mortenson, Investment Advisor & Trustee
Barbara “Boo” Mortenson, VP & Trustee
Ryan K. Henderson, Trustee

Bradley L. Hutter, Secretary
Michael R. Launder, Treasurer
Shari L. Gress, Community Relations & Administrator

“Dance with them that brung ya.”
— An old Texas expression of loyalty

One of Loren Mortenson’s favorite quotes, he fashioned the perfect vehicle to perpetuate that mantra when he formed the Mortenson Family Foundation on January 1, 1997. Loren continues to cull income he derives from decades of dedicated and hard-nosed business work in the Greater Madison Community, and funnel it into an entity that should have the capacity to give back to the region for near perpetuity. The Dane County area will reap incredible social and philanthropic rewards for many years to come for its excellent choice of preferred business partner. The many long-term commercial relationships involving Loren and the community laid the groundwork for ongoing success in real estate, finance and investment, insurance, and most importantly — job creation coupled with true wealth formation for employees and their families. Little did the community know in the 1970’s that by investing their trust in Loren, he would pay them back a thousand fold for decades to come through his philanthropic acts, as embodied in the Mortenson Family Foundation.

—  Bradley L. Hutter
    President of Mortenson Investment Group, LLC

"Our community is extremely fortunate to have the Mortenson Family Foundation's philanthropic support. United Way of Dane County is a proud partner with the Mortenson Family in creating lasting solutions to the root causes of our community's most critical issues. People's lives are better and our community is stronger because the Mortenson Family Foundation cares."
~Leslie Ann Howard, President, United Way of Dane County

INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY

Chairman Loren Mortenson has been awarded the Distinguished Alumni Award from the UW-Madison School of Business, been named to the Inaugural Class of Madison In Business magazine Executive Hall of Fame, and “Mort” was also awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Association of Fundraising Professionals.

The Mortenson Family was recognized by the United Way of Dane County through the National Alexis de Tocqueville Society and United Way of America for work in Madison and to honor a million dollar pledge made in 2002 from the Mortenson Family Foundation to the United Way of Dane County.

Bradley Hutter has served on the United Way of America’s National Planned Giving Board of Trustees, as a Trustee of the St. Mary’s Hospital Foundation, and is currently a Trustee and Vice – Chair of the United Way of Dane County Foundation, as well as serving the ongoing needs of the Mortenson Family Foundation. He has acted as a Director for The Dane County Humane Society, the Wisconsin Sports Development Corporation, the Foundation for Madison Public Schools, and the South Madison Redevelopment Fund. He was recently elected to the Board of the Downtown Madison Rotary Club.

MIG has earned awards and accolades too numerous to mention, but one ongoing recognition deserves notice. Compared to all companies in its sector, MIG has placed “First” in both the United Way of Dane County Community Impact and Employee Leadership giving categories every year for the past decade.