Campus Connection

Owner of global trade compliance firm and former CEO of the Milwaukee Brewers to speak

Ulice Payne Jr., owner of Addison-Clifton LLC., will speak as part of UW-La Crosse’s Spring Economic Speaker Series. His lecture will be from 6:30 –8 p.m. Wednesday, April 25, in room 150 Murphy Library. The lecture is free and open to the public. The Economic Speaker Series is a grant-funded event, which aims to connect students with speakers from a variety of backgrounds in economics and sports with the goal of bridging classroom material with real-world experiences to better prepare students for their future careers. The speakers will share insight on important topics that build awareness and better position students for successful careers. Payne’s firm provides global trading services to companies around the world. In addition to his extensive business background, Payne also served as the CEO of the Milwaukee Brewers in 2002, making him the first African-American club president of a Major League Baseball team. A $400,000 Wisconsin Initiative for Economic Research grant funds the series. Adam Hoffer, UWL associate professor of Economics, received the award in October 2016, providing an opportunity to sponsor economic events focusing on topics that include basic economics to public policy discussion. Not only does this grant fund the Economic Speaker Series, but it also funds regional economic events, a weekly economic discussion group at UWL and other economic research projects. The Wisconsin Initiative for Economic Research grant is from the Charles Koch Foundation. This foundation aims to promote academic openness and rigorous economic inquiry.