August 7th Inspirational Entrepreneur Event Featuring Jeff Rusinow, founder of Silicon Pastures

About Jeff Rusinow

 Jeff Rusinow has been an active member of the early-stage venture capital community in the Midwest since 2000, when he founded Milwaukee’s first angel network, Silicon Pastures. He earlier spent 22 years in retail management, holding senior executive positions at Macy’s, Gimbel’s, the Hudson Bay Company and Kohl’s Department Stores, where he served as an Executive Vice President until leaving corporate mainstream in 2000.

Jeff has been on the Board of Directors of a number of private and public companies, as well as non-profits, over the past several years. To date, his highlights: Jeff was Chairman and lead investor of Internet retailer BUYSEASONS, Inc., which owns and manages the largest retailer of costumes in the world, BuyCostumes.com. BUYSEASONS was acquired in 2006 by Liberty Media. In addition, Jeff is Chairman and lead investor of ModernMed, a healthcare services provider, which was sold in January, 2012 to Paladina Health, a subsidiary of DaVita.

Jeff is also Chairman and lead investor of Aurora Spectral Technologies, a tech spin-off out of the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee and assisted by the BizStarts Venture Track progam. He is also on the board of Death’s Door Spirits and Asthmapolis, both based in Madison, Wisconsin. He is also on the board and lead investor of the residential mortgage company Thompson Kane. Jeff is also President of ETR Group, LLC, which previously owned and managed the world’s largest Christmas-specific portal on the Internet, Christmas.com.

Jeff has both a B.A. and M.A. from the University of Virginia. He resides in Scottsdale, Arizona and Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Also, hear from Kathleen O'Leary, with the Wisconsin State Fair.  It is rumored that  there may be Cream Puffs available.