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Mary Burke

Mary Burke

  • Wisconsin
  • Democratic
Career

Madison (Wisconsin) School Board, 2012-2019
Wisconsin secretary of commerce, 2005-2007

Education

B.A., Georgetown University
M.B.A., Harvard Business School

Details

Born: Apr 30, 1959

State Secretary of Commerce

Biography

Mary Burke is a former Wisconsin secretary of commerce who was the 2014 Democratic nominee for governor of Wisconsin, losing to incumbent Gov. Scott Walker. She is a former executive at Trek Bicycle Corporation and the daughter of Trek founder Richard Burke.

Burke was born on April 30, 1959, and grew up in Hartland, Wisconsin. She received a bachelor's degree in finance from Georgetown University in 1981 and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School in 1985.

Burke began her career as a consultant in New York and Washington, D.C., before returning to Wisconsin in the late 1990s to work for Trek. She served as Wisconsin secretary of commerce from January 2005 to November 2007. She served on the Madison (Wisconsin) school board from 2012-2019.

In 2011, Madison Magazine named Burke one of their "People of the Year."

Sources:

Ballotpedia (n.d.). "Mary Burke (Wisconsin)" Ballotpedia. Retrieved September 19, 2022. https://ballotpedia.org/Mary_Burke_(Wisconsin) 

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