Gus Ramirez, founder and chairman of Husco International Inc., spoke at the Milwaukee Business Journal’s Nov. 16 Power Breakfast event about plans for the St. Augustine Preparatory Academy’s planned new campus on the former Cardinal Stritch University site. Full MKE Business Journal Article here.
It was almost exactly six years ago when Gus Ramirez gave me a tour of the new St. Augustine Prep school building on Milwaukee’s south side. It was the day before the first school day ever for Aug Prep, as it is often called. Well-designed classrooms, ample space, a huge swimming pool with an accompanying […]
Following are some great videos of the work that the Ramirez Family Foundation is doing: The Ramirez Family Foundation has been working with World Missions Today for many years. Here is a look into our work across Central America and Puerto Rico featuring some of the schools that we have partnered with.
MILWAUKEE, July 26, 2023 — The Ramirez Family Foundation (the Foundation) announced today that it has acquired the Cardinal Stritch University campus in an agreement valued at $24 million. The campus’s excellent location, spacious facilities and rich educational and spiritual heritage closely align with the vision and mission of the Ramirez Family Foundation. While specific […]
K4-12 private choice school adding new $49 million school building. One of Milwaukee’s biggest and highest-performing schools is about to become substantially larger. As featured in Urban Milwaukee St. Augustine Preparatory Academy will open its new, $49 million elementary school building this fall, making the relatively new K4-12 school the largest single-campus school in the city. The private […]
The Ramirez Family Foundation is proud to provide college scholarships through All-In Milwaukee for the following St. Augustine Preparatory graduates: Jacqueline Aldana Frances Conejo Kelly Isidoro Cesar Martinez Jessica Narvaez Melissa Ruelas Gonzalez Hector Sotelo Juarez Omar Teran-Sierra Daniela Villa Josiah Zarate Tapia Congratulations to the AIM Class of 2023! For more information on All-In […]
More than 700 people gathered to provide critical support for the school’s continued growth, including the launch of a new elementary school and performing arts center opening in August. Full press release here. Milwaukee, May 5, 2023 – St. Augustine Preparatory Academy (Aug Prep), a high-performing K4-12 non- denominational Christian school on Milwaukee’s southside, announced […]
Milwaukee-based movie theater and hotel company The Marcus Corp. has added Austin Ramirez, chief executive officer of Husco International, to its board of directors. Ramirez has headed the Waukesha-based manufacturing firm since 2003. Husco makes hydraulic and electro-mechanical components for automotive and off-highway applications Ramirez also served as a White House Fellow on the National […]
Nearly 30 years ago, Milwaukee’s business community threw its weight behind a hoped-for solution to improving educational outcomes in the city. Stagnating graduation rates in Milwaukee Public Schools and even lower college completion rates pushed for-profit leaders to wade into the contentious political waters of school choice. “There was just a tremendous challenge in finding […]
Austin Ramirez (Husco International, Inc. – Chief Executive Officer) was our keynote speaker for the 2023 KEEN National Conference. Enjoy his interview with Joe Tranquillo (Associate Provost for Transformative Teaching & Learning and a Professor at Bucknell University). Austin Ramirez is CEO of Husco, a privately held engineering and manufacturing company. During his ten-year tenure […]