Board of Trustees
Officers
Chair
Deanna Tillisch
Retired President & CEO
United Performing Arts Fund
Treasurer
Jason W. Allen
Partner
Foley & Lardner LLP
Secretary
Geoffrey Mackey
Chief Marketing & Communications Officer
Robert W. Baird & Co.
Ex Officio
Jeffrey Morin
President
MIAD
Members
Yvonne Brodsky
Global DEI Leader
GE HealthCare
David Cobb
Retired/Community Volunteer
Casey Dougherty ’10
Director of Design and Innovation
Generac Power Systems
Robert Dumville
Senior Creative Designer
Kohler
Hans Eckholm
Global Design Director
Trek Bicycle
Leesa Gilliam
Branch Director, Pfister Office
Annex Wealth Management
Kellie Hamilton
Manager Corporate Affairs
WEC Energy Group
Nezih Hasanoglu, Jr.
Executive Vice President of Business Development
M3 Insurance
Craig Koprowski
Managing Director, Tax
KPMG, LLP
Madeleine Kelly Lubar
Community Volunteer
Robert L. Mikulay
Partner
City Lights Brewing
Steve Morales
Partner
RINKA+
David Nelson ’02
Vice President, Head of Design
Sustain.Life
Laura Peck
Chief Compliance Officer
Riverwater Partners
Melissa Perez
Co-Owner and Director of Customer Experience
Stone Creek Coffee
Tina Quealy
Chief Executive Officer
Betty Brinn Children’s Museum
Ryan Ramos ’02
President & CEO
Maker Healthcare Inc.
Xavier Ruffin ’10
Creative Director
Cynosure Creative Agency
Dan Schroeder
President/CEO
Organization Development Consultants, Inc.
Amanda Singh
Artist/Community Volunteer
Jane Kim Stephens
Co-founder/CEO
Ninewise Publishing
Noah Stone
Reference Librarian
North Shore Public Library
Todd Stone
Executive Creative Director
Cramer-Krasselt
Denisha Tate-McAlister
Founder and Lead Consultant
Denisha Tate & Associates, LLC
Kimberlie D. Weekley
SVP, Market Executive, Consumer Banking
Associated Bank
Andrew Williams, Ph.D.
Dean of Engineering and the Louis S. LeTellier Chair
The Citadel School of Engineering at the Military College of South Carolina
Sarah Zimmerman
President
Astor Street Foundation
Trustee Emeriti
Chris Abele
Rebecca Balistreri
Neil Casey
Jennifer Florsheim
Judy Guten
Claire Hackmann
Robert Joseph
W. David Knox II
Diane Knox
Matt Levatich
Linda Marcus
Lawrence P. (Larry) Moon
Matthew D. Rinka
Robert T. Schwartz
Scott Schwebel
Donald Shane
Allen W. (Sandy) Williams, Jr.
News
MIAD Sculpture Lab pushes senior’s ‘boundaries of creation’
The transformation of molten metal to solid metal and the opportunity to “experiment and push the boundaries of creation” in the Sculpture Lab at the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design (MIAD) have always filled senior Caroline Calvano with “amazement and inspiration.”
MIAD Illustration senior weaves Chinese and Western fashion
Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design senior YongXue Hayden (Illustration) believes that “creatives are always the trendsetters of the world. So, in 50 years, I’m sure art and design students will be up on the coolest new tech, fashion trends and latest entertainment.”
MIAD senior’s passion for residential design becomes a career
Sebastian Wohlt’s passion for rearranging the furniture in his childhood bedroom, and occasionally painting a wall, became a major in Interior Architecture and Design – and a professional goal of residential design – at the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design (MIAD).
Bucks partnership with MIAD a slam dunk for Black History Month
When the Milwaukee Bucks chose Black Excellence in the Arts as the theme for their Black History Month game in February, it was natural to continue their ongoing partnerships with MIAD by reaching out to the college for a live art piece to be created at Fiserv Forum.
Two MIAD students finalists for Grilled Cheese Grant
The ninth annual Grilled Cheese Grant finalists include two Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design (MIAD) students: Stella Kowalski ’24 (Fine Art + New Studio Practice, Illustration) and Makenna Schibler ’25 (Fine Art + NSP). They are two of five finalists who are in the running for the crowd-funded grant.