Mary Burke
| Mary Burke | |
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| Secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Commerce | |
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In office February 7, 2005 – November 1, 2007 |
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| Governor | Jim Doyle |
| Preceded by | Cory Nettles |
| Succeeded by | Jack Fischer |
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| Born |
Mary Patricia Burke April 30, 1959 Madison, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Alma mater |
Georgetown University London School of Economics Harvard University |
Mary Patricia Burke (born April 30, 1959) is an American businesswoman and a member of the Madison, Wisconsin school board since April 30, 2012. She was the Democratic candidate for Governor of Wisconsin in the 2014 election. Burke is a former executive at Trek Bicycle Corporation; she also served as the Wisconsin Secretary of Commerce from January 2005 to November 2007. She is the daughter of Trek Bicycle Corporation founder Richard Burke.
Mary Burke is the second oldest of the five children of Richard Burke, founder of Trek Bicycle Corporation. She grew up in Hartland, Wisconsin.
She graduated magna cum laude from Georgetown University, where she received a degree in business administration. She then attended Harvard Business School, where she earned a master's of business administration degree in 1985. She also attended the London School of Economics.
Burke began her career as a consultant in New York and Washington, D.C., working for McKinsey & Company and briefly starting her own firm. Burke returned to Wisconsin to work for Trek, working as head of European operations and, later, as director of strategic planning. In 2005 Burke was appointed Wisconsin Secretary of Commerce by Governor Jim Doyle.
She left the post on November 1, 2007 to spend more time on family interests and non-profit work, particularly the Boys & Girls Club of Dane County. In 2008 Burke led a study on the financial troubles facing Milwaukee schools. In 2012, she was elected to a seat on the Madison school board after spending $128,000 of her own money on her campaign.
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