Board of Trustees
Officers
Chair
Sarah Zimmerman
President
Astor Street Foundation
Treasurer
Jason W. Allen
Partner
Foley & Lardner LLP
Secretary
Deanna L. Tillisch
Retired President & CEO
United Performing Arts Fund
Ex Officio
Jeff Morin
President
MIAD
Members
William Anderson
IT Product Manager of HR Technology
Kohl’s
Rebecca Balistreri ’72
Retired Arts Administrator/Educator and Graphic Designer
Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design
Yvonne Brodsky
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Leader
Meta (formerly known as Facebook)
David Cobb
Retired/Community Volunteer
Casey Dougherty ’10
Director of Design and Innovation
Generac Power Systems
Robert Dumville
Senior Creative Designer
Kohler
Leesa Gilliam, CTFA
Vice President, Senior Client Advisor
PNC Wealth Management
Nezih Hasanoglu, Jr.
Executive Vice President of Business Development
M3 Insurance
Craig Koprowski
Managing Director, Tax
KPMG, LLP
Madeleine Kelly Lubar
Community Volunteer
Geoffrey Mackey
Director of Marketing & Communications
Robert W. Baird & Co.
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
Tina Quealy
Executive Director
Burke Foundation
Ryan Ramos ’02
President & Chief Maker
Maker LLC
Xavier Ruffin ’10
Creative Director
Cynosure Creative Agency
Amanda Singh
Artist/Community Volunteer
Jane Kim Stephens
Co-founder/CEO
Ninewise Publishing
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
Trustee Emeriti
Chris Abele
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 student work highlights Unfinished Legacy
Unfinished Legacy, a brand started by Milwaukee artist Brema Brema, enjoyed a promotional video created by current Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design senior Hannah Davis for her Digital Media: Video Production elective course in fall 2022. The semester-long project culminated in a three-minute video and three shorter clips advertising the brand.
Two MIAD alumni featured in Museum of Wisconsin Art
The Museum of Wisconsin Art (MOWA), located in West Bend, has announced its “Ten at Ten” exhibition celebrating the work of ten emerging artists for the tenth anniversary in its new Mothership building. Two MIAD alumni, Lindsey Yeager ’21 (New Studio Practice: Fine Arts & Illustration) and Eduardo Zavala ’22 (NSP: Fine Arts), were selected to show work at the exhibition.
“Girl Hero” creator, MIAD alum, on art and subversion
During her final year at MIAD, Zachary Ochoa’s senior thesis was majorly disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Ochoa ’20 (New Studio Practice: Fine Arts) bounced back by creating a fantastical universe of paintings featuring Girl Hero, a trans Mickey Mouse-esque warrior.
Milwaukee sculpture business tapped for NBA trophy
Milwaukee is fast becoming a national hotspot for basketball. Not only is the city home to NBA champions the Milwaukee Bucks, it recently played a pivotal role in creating the newly designed Michael Jordan Trophy, awarded to the Kia NBA Most Valuable Player of the year. Milwaukee’s Vanguard Sculpture Services, the “best fine art foundry on planet Earth,” according to their website, poured and cast the final trophy.
Design Internship approved for NEA grant
Milwaukee high schoolers are getting a head start on their creative careers through the Design Internship at Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design. The free, year-long program was recently approved for a $25,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to expand the program for 2023-2024.