University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Biddy Martin said Monday she’s building a relationship with the state’s largest business group, which her predecessor has slammed as an impediment to economic development.
Martin said she’s had separate meetings in recent weeks with the board of Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce and its president, Jim Haney. She said she’s tried to focus on common interests of improving the state’s economy.
Just weeks before Martin took over for John Wiley on Sept. 1, Wiley published an essay in Madison Magazine saying WMC had been taken over by “political extremists” who know little about creating high-wage jobs.