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
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
Madeleine Kelly Lubar
Community Volunteer
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.
Keven Ringgold
Vice President of Design
Weyco Group, Inc.
Xavier Ruffin ’10
Creative Director
Cynosure Creative Agency
Dan Schroeder
President/CEO
Organization Development Consultants, Inc.
Amanda Singh
Artist/Community Volunteer
Sarah Smith Pancheri
President & CEO
Milwaukee World Festival, Inc.
Jane Kim Stephens
Co-founder/CEO
Ninewise Publishing
Noah Stone
Reference Librarian
North Shore Public Library
Todd Stone
Executive Creative Director
Cramer-Krasselt
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 alum named designated artist for ABCD gala event
Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design (MIAD) alum and employee Cheryl Klein ’98 (Drawing) was selected as the designated artist for the After Breast Cancer Diagnosis (ABCD) 25th anniversary gala on June 15, 2024.
Illustration and Animation faculty publishes book
Associate Professor Adam Osgood, who teaches Illustration and Animation courses at the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design (MIAD), will publish Motion Illustration: How to Use Animation Techniques to Make Illustrations Move through Bloomsbury in August 2024.
Harley-Davidson Museum explores Brooks Stevens’ legacy
At the intersection of art and engineering lies industrial design. Milwaukee’s Harley-Davidson Museum explores this overlap in their new exhibition “Creating a Legend: Art & Engineering at Harley-Davidson.”
MKE airport unveils inaugural MIAD student exhibition
Positivity abounded at Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport on June 27 as the airport and the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design (MIAD) unveiled the inaugural installation of MIAD student artwork in the busy D concourse.
Davidson Park selects Communication Design student work
When Harley-Davidson Inc. began visualizing a community park on its historic factory grounds, the motorcycle company turned to students at the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design (MIAD) for creative solutions.