Friday, January 31, 2025
Happy Lynn Greb Day!
Please join us and the City of Milwaukee in celebrating Lynn Greb’s exemplary career as she retires from Milwaukee Recreation following 36 impactful years with our department, including the past 10 years as senior director. Mayor Cavalier Johnson has officially proclaimed Jan. 31, 2025 to be Lynn Greb Day in honor of Lynn's indelible contributions to our city!
Few people embody the spirit of recreation as much as Lynn.
She began her career with Milwaukee Recreation in 1989, serving individuals with disabilities. Lynn then advanced to every level of management before earning the title of senior director in July 2015. Along the way, Lynn encouraged and inspired her colleagues with her passion for the incredible, life-changing benefits of recreation. There is a good chance you have encountered Lynn during her regular site visits, cheering on her colleagues in person and enjoying each event as much as our customers.
Lynn’s visionary leadership is something that will be felt for generations to come. Under her guidance, Milwaukee Recreation enhanced its free and low-cost offerings for all ages, reintroduced scholarship programs, launched Twilight Centers for young people, and expanded our range of programs, services, outreach efforts, and special events. There is a one common thread throughout Lynn's list of accomplishments: she always put the community first while challenging herself and others to learn and improve.
In the past decade, Lynn had the vision to reimagine, revitalize, and rebuild Milwaukee Recreation’s network of 52 playfields through an equity-based approach that ranked the urgency of each project based on eight criteria, including each neighborhood’s poverty rate, population served, and facility conditions. With our “Dream, Build, Play” initiative, the department has now completed 10 large-scale playfield renovations. That work will continue, along with the construction of a new stand-alone community center on the north side of the city and significant athletic facility upgrades throughout the district.
Lynn retires as Milwaukee Recreation’s 10th director in the department’s 114-year history. Brian Litzsey, Milwaukee Recreation's former manager of operations, was approved as the department's 11th director by the Milwaukee Board of School Directors on Dec. 19, 2024, and assumed the role on Jan. 20, 2025.
Lynn’s enthusiasm and leadership will be deeply missed by the Milwaukee Recreation staff, but her legacy will continue. We hope Lynn finds as much joy in retirement as she has brought to our city throughout the entirety of her professional career.
Congratulations and thank you, Lynn!