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
Vice President, Senior Relationship Strategist
PNC Private Bank
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
Amanda Singh
Artist/Community Volunteer
Jane Kim Stephens
Co-founder/CEO
Ninewise Publishing
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
Emerging Technology Center hosts Technique of the Week
During the fall 2023 semester, the Lubar Emerging Technology Center at the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design (MIAD) hosts “Technique of the Week” demonstrations for students, faculty and staff. MIAD community members are invited to attend presentations on everything from 3D scanning objects to fermentation to Minecraft. Most recently, attendees played pinball on a handmade virtual pinball machine.
Inaugural Latine Student Exhibition announces winners
Four students were honored at the inaugural Latine Student Exhibition, on view at the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design (MIAD) until October 13, 2023. Coordinated by rhi anderson-martinez, executive director of equity and inclusion at MIAD, the exhibition highlights and celebrates the art and design skills of MIAD’s Latine students during Hispanic Heritage Month.
MIAD Fine Art faculty selected for national Olmsted panel
Brad Anthony Bernard, professor of fine art at the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design (MIAD), will participate in a panel discussion about Frederick Law Olmsted at the 2023 annual conference of the Olmsted Network in Milwaukee. An accomplished muralist, Bernard designed a mural depicting Olmsted which will be displayed at a public mural and sculpture garden in Milwaukee.
Anna Hillary selected as Writing and Humanities full-time faculty
The Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design (MIAD) welcomes Anna Hillary as the new full-time Assistant Professor of Writing and Humanities following a national search.
MIAD alum designs Kohl’s collection for Hispanic Heritage Month
For this year’s Hispanic Heritage Month, Whitney Salgado ’15 (Illustration) produced a variety of surface designs for Kohl’s textiles. The Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design (MIAD) alum, who also earned a minor in Communication Design, works as a freelance digital painter and illustrator.