The board of directors of Milwaukee entrepreneurship assistance organization BizStarts Inc. has named Elizabeth Lundberg executive director, effective Dec. 1.

Dan Steininger and Elizabeth Lundberg.

She succeeds Jacquin Davidson, who departed BizStarts at the end of 2016.

Lundberg was hired one year ago as director of operations at the nonprofit, which coaches entrepreneurs on forming and growing their startups. She previously ran the Milwaukee Real Estate Investors Association as director of operations from 2014 to 2016. Lundberg has also worked as a small business consultant and as a holistic health and lifestyle coach, as project manager at Vangard Concept Offices, and in retail logistics management at Old Navy and Steve and Barry’s University Sportswear. She has launched two startups, both now defunct: Vermont-based granola maker Tastes Like Happy, and an unnamed Milwaukee-based healthy food delivery service. Lundberg has a bachelor’s degree in marketing and Spanish from Minnesota State University, Mankato. Read the full story here.