Mike Milligan

Current

• President at Legato Marketing & Communications, Inc.
• Adjunct Instructor at Northeast Wisconsin Technical College

Past

• Director of Marketing & Public Relations at New Hanover Regional Medical Center
• Vice President, Marketing & Communications at Prevea Health
• Director of PR & Strategic Communications at Aurora Health Care

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Education

• University of Wisconsin-Madison

Recommended

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Connections

314 connections

Industry

Marketing and Advertising

Websites

• My Company

Mike Milligan’s Summary

20+ years experience in corporate and agency environments serving a variety of industries including health care, manufacturing, chemicals, agriculture, and sports marketing. For a more complete profile and background, please visit www.golegato.com.

Mike Milligan’s Specialties:

Planning, strategy, public relations counsel, crisis management and communications, special event planning, speech writing, internal communications, advertising support.

Mike Milligan’s Experience

• President

  Legato Marketing & Communications, Inc.

  (Marketing and Advertising industry)

  May 2008 — Present (1 year 7 months)

  Legato Marketing & Communications, Inc. is a full-service marketing and communications agency. Visit www.golegato.com for more information or to subscribe to our on-line newsletter or to read our library of articles on important topics such as crisis management, web site marketing, video production, branding and graphic design.

• Adjunct Instructor

  Northeast Wisconsin Technical College

  (Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Education Management industry)

  March 2004 — Present (5 years 9 months)

  Instructor for communications, marketing and public relations.

• Director of Marketing & Public Relations

  New Hanover Regional Medical Center

  (Non-Profit; 1001-5000 employees; Hospital & Health Care industry)

  April 2007 — April 2008 (1 year 1 month)

  Oversaw marketing and public relations department for largest health care system in southeastern North Carolina and for 14th fastest growing county in the U.S.

• Vice President, Marketing & Communications

  Prevea Health

  (Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Hospital & Health Care industry)

  February 2003 — March 2007 (4 years 2 months)

  Oversaw marketing and public relations program for health care system in southeastern North Carolina, one of the fastest growing areas of the country.

• Director of PR & Strategic Communications

  Aurora Health Care

  (Non-Profit; 10,001 or more employees; Hospital & Health Care industry)

  May 1998 — April 2003 (5 years )

  Oversaw public relations and communications functions for the north and central regions of Wisconsin's largest private employer.

Mike Milligan’s Education

• University of Wisconsin-Madison

  B.A. , Journalism , 1985 — 1989

  Activities and Societies:

  Columnist for Badger Herald, intern for Hill & Knowlton public relations, member of Public Relations Student Society of America.

Additional Information

Mike Milligan’s Websites:

• My Company

Mike Milligan’s Interests:

Marketing, planning, public relations strategy, crisis communications. On the personal side, I enjoy doing anything with my family from camping, to snow shoeing, to tennis, to fishing, to watching a good movie on a blustery Wisconsin winter day.

Mike Milligan’s Groups:

Society of Healthcare Strategy and Market Development, Serve on board of directors for Wisconsin Healthcare and Public Relations Society (WHPRMS).

Active community member. Previous involvement includes serving on the Board of Education for the Howard Suamico School District and on the boards of Family Services of Northeastern Wisconsin, United Way of Brown County and the Cellcom Green Bay Marathon.

Currently serve on the Board of Directors for CASA (court appointed special advocates), an organization that helps child victims of domestic abuse and neglect. Leading bible study on Financial Peace, based on the lessons of Dave Ramsey, at Pilgrim Lutheran Church.

•    Wisconsin Alumni Association
•    Public Relations Society of America (PRSA National)
•    Innovative Marketing, PR, Sales, Word-of-Mouth & Buzz Innovators
•    Public Relations Society of America - Northeast Wisconsin Chapter
•    Society for Healthcare Strategy and Market Development (SHSMD)
•    Downtown Green Bay Inc.
•    WHPRMS Online
•    New North Connection
•    Wisconsin Top Networkers
•    Professional Healthcare Marketers
•    twitter innovators Innovation & Creativity Network of Tweeters
•    Modern Healthcare Magazine
•    Green Bay Area Chamber of Commerce
•    Connected Health Community
•    Better by the Bay
•    Link Greater Green Bay
•    Leadership Green Bay
•    Ordinary Greatness: It's Where You Least Expect It...Everywhere
•    Next Generation Healthcare Delivery

Mike Milligan’s Honors:

Named "One of the 50 people to know" by the Green Bay Area of Commerce's Bay Business Journal.

2009 Nominee for Special Achievement award by the Green Bay Area Chamber of Commerce.

Mike Milligan’s Contact Settings

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