MARK KASS
Senior vice president, chief content officer

Mark Kass is senior vice president, chief content officer for TEAM LAMMI. Mark joined TEAM LAMMI in April 2024 after more than 20 years as editor-in-chief of the Milwaukee Business Journal, an award-winning southeastern Wisconsin business newspaper and website. Mark spent 27 years with the Business Journal also working as a reporter and managing editor. He previously ran the lobbying and communications for the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District. Mark is also the executive director of the Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame, the oldest state athletic hall of fame in the state.

Mark focuses on communications, public relations and content creation over the many projects that Team Lammi works on. He specializes in strategic communications planning, crisis communications and the development of content for internal use, external promotion and social media, along with hosting and providing content for business or community events.

He has helped put together many community and business events, along with interviewing most of the CEOs of large companies in the Milwaukee area, including Northwestern Mutual CEO John Schlifske, Molson Coors CEO Gavin Hattersley, Advocate Health CEO Eugene Woods, American Family Insurance CEO Bill Westrate and former Milwaukee Bucks co-owner Marc Lasry.

Mark continues to appear regularly as an expert commentary on sports business and community issues on WTMJ-AM and TMJ4 News. 

COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES

  • Red Cross of Southeastern Wisconsin, past Brave Hearts event co-chair, volunteer

  • Wisconsin Humane Society, past Paws & Claws Gala co-chair, volunteer

  • Jewish Community Center, past JCC KidShare co-chair, volunteer 

  • Sharp Literacy, Unwrapped event co-chair, volunteer 

  • Sojourner Peace Center, past gala co-chair, volunteer 

  • Zoological Society of Milwaukee, board member

  • Wisconsin Humane Society, board member

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

  • Donald Driver Foundation, Board of Advisors

  • Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame, Board of Advisors

  • Milwaukee Press Club, past president, board member