Dennis J. Conta, President

Dennis Conta is President of Conta and Associates, Inc.  Conta and Associates is a Milwaukee-based consulting company which specializes in public policy studies, governmental relations and educational research and analysis. 

In the process of discharging his professional responsibilities, Mr. Conta provides consulting services to a broad range of large corporations, trade associations, non-profit agencies and governmental agencies in the following areas:

• Planning, implementation and management of economic development projects
• Preparation and supervision of policy studies for governmental agencies, non-profit organizations and private businesses
• Procurement of government contracts, grants, loans and other services for public and private clients
• Securing of necessary approvals of various land use planning and development projects
• Monitoring of legislation and regulatory initiatives
• Representation of clients before legislative, administrative and regulatory bodies

In addition to his consulting responsibilities, Mr. Conta also is Chairperson of the State of Wisconsin Health Insurance Risk Sharing Program Authority (HIRSP). The Authority is governed by a Board of Directors consisting of HIRSP policyholders, health care providers, insurers and small business leaders. The program is annually funded with over $200 million in revenue from premiums, fees and assessments and currently provides insurance to over 18,000 Wisconsin citizens who are unable to obtain individual health insurance from private health insurance companies because of adverse medical histories or who have lost access to group insurance coverage.

In 2008 Gov. Jim Doyle appointed Mr. Conta to serve on the board of Governors of the Wisconsin Injured Patients and Families Compensation Fund (PCF.) The PCF oversees health care liability plans for health care providers in Wisconsin and also supervises payments made for medical malpractice claims in excess of a provider`s underlying coverage. The fund maintains and administers assessments of over $800 million dollars. Mr. Conta has been appointed by the Wisconsin Commissioner of Insurance to serve as Chairperson of the Finance, Investment and Audit Committee of the PCF.

Mr. Conta also is co-founder of Tenor High School, a school established in 2006 and chartered by the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. The charter high school offers students a unique curriculum which blends traditional academic studies with courses at Milwaukee Area Technical College in various trade and technology areas. Students who complete the program will graduate with two credentials - a high school diploma and an MATC certificate.

Mr. Conta was elected to the Wisconsin State Legislature in 1968 and served four terms. After serving five years as the Co-Chairman of the important Joint Committee on Finance, Mr. Conta was appointed Secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Revenue in 1976. Mr. Conta left government service in 1979 and established Conta and Associates.