Classification Talks:
Steve Seymour - Steve is a 26 year member and 3rd Generation Rotarian and CPA, following in the footsteps of both his father and grandfather. He is married and had 5 children. While in HS and attending college he worked in the family business doing janitorial and lawn work. After graduating from UW-Whitewater, he joined his dad and grandfather at Seymour & Associates officially. Their specialty is accounting and tax work, but they do ~30% advisory/consulting to customers and this is the piece that keeps him in the business. He loves the face to face interaction an helping clients to meet their goals. Steve shared that several things have shaped his life, one being Stewardship and giving back, the other was a summer job as a playground director at Wilson School. Here he learned that Racism is a learned behavior, you are not born with it and he experienced, even if just in a very small way, what this is like and it has helped to guide him along in his life.
Mark Molinaro - Mark is a 25 year member of the club. He is married and has a son and daughter. Mark has been very involved in our community, not just as a Rotarian, but he has served on the Kenosha County Board for 20 years and currently is on the Somers Town Board. He graduated from Bradford and attended UWP, but eventually, made his way to UW-Milwaukee and graduated. He got married and they headed off to Seattle for graduate school, never expecting to be back. That was in 1989 and Chrysler closed and doom and gloom was predicated for our city. In January 1992, he received an offer to come back here and work for Partners In Design and they have been back here ever since. Mark loves what he does.
Cliff Peterson (Chapter 2) - finishing up with Clif's story.. he graduated as an Orthopedic Surgeon in 1961 and went to NY to practice. In 1967, he moved back to join Dr. Sattler's practice. Clif was a very progressive and skilled surgeon. He was the 1st to perform both Total Knee AND Arthroscopic surgeries in Kenosha. He dedicated his whole life to the education of others and his community. He has been married for 22 years.
