WILS - Wisconsin Leadership Seminars Inc.

no other weekend could beat it 🧀

Everyone Meet Ben Aronin presenting Finding Your Leadership Sweet-Spot ✨

Ben Aronin is currently a Private Client Banker, Chase Bank. He received a
BA in Marketing from Northern Michigan University. He is also the owner of Legacy Basketball Academy. Outside of work, he is the Basketball Coordinator for St. Sebastian School and is part of the Milwaukee Youth Sports Alliance (MYSA) Leadership team. Ben is a WILS alum from the year 2000. He is married with five children. When he is not working or running kids around he loves working with athletes. He spent his first 20 years after college working in and around athletics - as a coach, athletic director, player development coordinator, community director, and owner of a skill development company. His favorite part of coaching is helping athletes strive for excellence, and teaching them to believe bigger.

Ben will be presenting Finding Your Leadership Sweet-Spot

This workshop will help you identify where your passions and strengths intersect with opportunity and action. This sweet spot marks the areas in your life that will allow you to make the greatest impact on your world. Students will leave the workshop with new ideas, a renewed passion, and new ways to make life changing differences in the world around them.

Let us know in the comments! 💙⬇

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!

Want to help WILS and our outstanding student leaders this year? We have a FUN opportunity to volunteer on Saturday, June 13th.

WHO: YOU! Friends and family are welcome! No experience needed. Must be at least 21 years old.
WHAT: Staff our beverage booth - serving tap/bottled beverages & taking payments.
WHERE: Milwaukee East Side’s Summer Soulstice Music Festival
WHEN: Saturday, 6/13 from noon-midnight for a 4 hour shift (or sign up for 2, if available). More details sent following signups.
WHY: A FUNdraising event to keep our annual seminar FREE for our youth leaders while enjoying great music and even better company!

Join us at the festival while other WILS volunteers are staffing the 2026 seminar!

Link to sign up for a 4 hour shift here https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E0445AEA62FA2F85-63979520-2026 #/

Everyone Meet Kyla Peterson presenting Filling the Gaps: Profile Building for College Applications ✨

Kyla earned her Bachelor of Science in Human Development and Community Engagement with a minor in Education from Philadelphia’s Temple University in 2020. She currently works as a College Admissions Coach at Prepory, where she helps students from around the world to build their profiles and gain acceptance to top universities.She is a proud WILS alumna, having attended seminar in 2014. She currently serves as a Member at Large and the High School Alumni Family Lead for the Board of Directors, and she is one of this seminar’s Co-Directors of Programming. After recently moving back to Wisconsin from New York City, Kyla has enjoyed decorating her new apartment in Milwaukee and being close to Culver’s again! In her free time, Kyla is a proud cat mom who considers browsing Facebook Marketplace her second job.

Her presentation is Filling the Gaps: Profile Building for College Applications

What makes a college application stand out beyond grades and test scores? In this interactive workshop, you’ll learn how college admissions officers evaluate student involvement and how to build a stronger profile that reflects your passions, values, and impact. Through guided activities and discussion, you’ll complete activities to categorize your current involvements, identify growth areas, and explore ways to strengthen your profile. By the end of the session, you’ll leave with a personalized goal for your junior year and a clearer understanding of how to make your application more intentional and compelling.

Calling all friends of WILS (21+)! Volunteers are needed to help with our summer fundraising event at Milwaukee East Side’s Summer Soulstice Music Festival 2026.

Join us Saturday, June 13th as we raise money for WILS while listening to great music, enjoying some delicious local bites, and experiencing unique vendors. Volunteers will help serve beverages and water to festival attendees, check IDs, collect money, give change, and restock coolers. All tips go directly to WILS. Each year, we raise thousands of dollars at this event. We earn more tips with more volunteers because we can serve more attendees. And more volunteers means more fun!

This year’s festival/fundraising opportunity is scheduled for the same Saturday that many of our volunteers are staffing our annual seminar, so our need for volunteers is big. Please help WILS accomplish both endeavors!

Please use the link below to sign up for the 4 hour shift(s) of your choice. Friends and family are welcome to volunteer; all volunteers must be 21+ years of age.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E0445AEA62FA2F85-63979520-2026 #/

Save the date! ☀️⛱️

Wisconsin Leadership Seminar Alumni from all around Wisconsin will be gathering from July 24-26 for the 2026 Summer Reunion! Make sure to keep a look out for upcoming sign ups to experience a weekend full of volunteering, activities, and fun!

Thank you to the Brillion Optimist Club, Jefferson Optimist Club, and Brodhead Optimist Club for sponsoring one student EACH to attend Wisconsin Leadership Seminars! 💙 We are extremely grateful to our donors for helping make our mission a reality.

Thank you Muskego Woman's Club GFWC for hosting Wisconsin Leadership Seminars at your recent meeting! We always appreciate the opportunity to join community meetings around Wisconsin