Earlier this afternoon, I was recognized as one of the honorees during the Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors’ 2025 Women’s History Month Program. The moment inside the County Board Chamber was truly special and I feel blessed and humbled to have been selected as an honoree.
Milwaukee is blessed to have such a richly diverse group of influential women who have served as leaders across a wide array of sectors, and they are international leaders, entrepreneurs, philanthropists, civil rights icons, and more. I am honored to be able to effect change and to apply my abilities as a leader on key issues as an elected official within the City of Milwaukee, and to receive this honor in a place where I first served in government and in legislative affairs (County Board) was extra special for me.
I would like to extend my sincere thanks to the Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors for this wonderful honor, and I congratulate all of the other amazing honorees.
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NOTE: Alderwoman Milele A. Coggs made history as the youngest woman to ever serve on the Common Council, and she is the first African-American woman to ever serve as Chair of the Finance and Personnel Committee. She is the founder of key city events such as the MKE Housing Resource Fair, MKE Business Now Entrepreneurship Summit, Clean City Project, Bronzeville Week and Girls’ Day @ City Hall. A graduate of Riverside University High School, Alderwoman Coggs attended Fisk University where she received a Bachelor of Arts in Business and English, and she received a Juris Doctor from the University of Wisconsin-Madison Law School.
