During her lifetime, Jane Bradley Pettit's generosity drove efforts that shaped and elevated the Greater Milwaukee community. A lifelong resident of Milwaukee, she was compassionate about its citizens and had a love of the arts and the environment. She established the Jane Bradley Pettit Foundation to initiate and sustain projects in the greater Milwaukee area that promote the welfare of families, children, the elderly, and the disadvantaged. She was the daughter of Margaret "Peg" Bradley and Harry L. Bradley, founder of the Allen-Bradley Company (now a division of Rockwell International).