With deep roots in the 20th-century industrial economy, the Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce association, the stateâ??s largest and often its most vocal business lobby, will turn to new leadership next year as it adapts to a changing economy. The Madison-based WMC on Thursday announced that its president of the last 25 years, James Haney, will retire next year – just as the organization turns 100. Haney, 65, said in a statement.A native of Amery in northwestern Wisconsin, Haney earned a law degree at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and went on to work in the paper industry and state government before he joined the WMC in 1984. He became president in 1985.
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