Leaders & Influencers: Buckley Brinkman

In our continuing series on Madison Leaders & Influencers, we chat with Buckley Brinkman, Executive Director & CEO of The Wisconsin Center for Manufacturing and Productivity (WCMP), which collaborates with the UW Stout Manufacturing Outreach Center (MOC) and the Wisconsin Manufacturing Extension Partnership (WMEP) to help Wisconsin manufacturers grow their businesses and become more profitable.

Tell us how The Wisconsin Center for Manufacturing and Productivity (WCMP) was formed and what it does today.

The WCMP was formed in 1996, operating as the Wisconsin Manufacturing Extension Partnership (WMEP). At the time, Wisconsin was one of the states with multiple Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) centers: the WMEP covered the southeast portion of the state and the UW-Stout Manufacturing Outreach Center (MOC) covered the northwest half. In 2015, the"The Rookie" star Afton Williamson is naming names in her claims that she was racially bullied, sexually harassed and sexually assaulted on the set of the ABC series.

Williamson, 34, announced Sunday she was leaving the police drama after just one season due to discrimination and sexual misconduct on set from the hair department head and others, but didn't reveal the identities of the alleged culprits.

On Monday, the actress clarified which of her co-stars allegedly harassed her.

'THE ROOKIE' STAR QUITS ABC SHOW, ALLEGES DISCRIMINATION, SEXUAL ASSAULT AND HARASSMENT

"This season on 'The Rookie,' I was sexually harassed by fellow actor Demetrius Grosse," Williamson wrote on Instagram. "I was Racially Bullied and Discriminated against and Sexually Assaulted by Hair Department Head Sally Nicole Ciganovich."

"One Instagram post is just like those 2