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Carol N. Skornicka is currently senior vice president of corporate affairs, secretary and general counsel at Midwest Airlines. She joined the airline in May 1996 as vice president, secretary and general counsel. She is responsible for the airline’s legal and board affairs functions; corporate security; corporate communications, media and public relations functions as well as government affairs.
Ms. Skornicka serves on numerous boards, including Johnson Financial Group, Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF), Milwaukee Riverwalk District and the Wisconsin Center District. She is past chair of the board of trustees of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Memorial Union Building Association and the Wisconsin Glass Ceiling Commission. She has previously served on the boards of Acuity, Blue Cross Blue Shield United of Wisconsin, AAA-Wisconsin, the University of Wisconsin Foundation, Ten Chimneys Foundation and Wisconsin Historic Site Foundation (Circus World Museum). Other current affiliations include the Aldo Leopold Foundation, the Milwaukee Public Museum financial oversight committee, the Florentine Opera company’s advisory committee and Milwaukee Women, Inc.
Prior to joining Midwest Airlines, Ms. Skornicka’s experience included five years of service in former Wisconsin governor Tommy G. Thompson’s cabinet as Secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Industry, Labor and Human Relations, now the Department of Workforce Development. Ms. Skornicka was engaged in the private practice of law for 14 years, including 10 years with the firm of Michael, Best & Friedrich, where she was a partner. She holds a bachelor’s, a master’s and a law degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Ms. Skornicka has been honored as a University of Wisconsin Distinguished Alumna, received the Sacagawea Award for leadership and was recognized by the YMCA of Greater Milwaukee as a 2003 Outstanding Woman of Achievement.
Ms. Skornicka lives in Milwaukee and has two grown children. | 