Board of Trustees
Officers
Chair
Deanna Tillisch
Community Volunteer
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
Nezih Hasanoglu, Jr.
Chief Growth Officer
M3 Insurance
Madeleine Kelly Lubar
Community Volunteer
Steve Morales
Partner
RINKA+
David Nelson ’02
Global Group Director, People Design
Walmart
Sarah Pancheri
President & CEO
Milwaukee World Festival, Inc.
Laura Peck
Co-founder and Chief Operating 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
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, Greater Milwaukee Regional 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
Boss Babes, Inc.
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
Robert Mikulay
Lawrence P. (Larry) Moon
Matthew D. Rinka
Robert T. Schwartz
Scott Schwebel
Donald Shane
Allen W. (Sandy) Williams, Jr.
News
“Women’s Rights are Human Rights” features student posters
As part of “Women’s Rights are Human Rights: International Posters on Gender-Based Inequality, Violence and Discrimination,” students at the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design (MIAD) were invited to submit their own posters reflecting their interpretation of the exhibition.
MIAD student finds strength, community in activism
Despite frigid temperatures on January 19, Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design senior Lizzie Wahlen (Communication Design) joined in Milwaukee’s “The People’s Rights and Progressive Policies March,” which she co-organized with a friend.
MIAD Animation professor’s short film to premiere at SXSW
This March, Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design (MIAD) Professor Lou Morton’s short film “MINE!” makes its world premiere at the South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival. Last March, Morton’s animated music video “Born Days: How to Disappear” received a Juror Award at the 62nd Ann Arbor Film Festival, where it had its world premiere.
Keith Negley: Award-winning illustrator and writer
When award-winning illustrator and author Keith Negley ’00 isn’t completing projects like his most recent book of “forgotten trailblazers,” he’s creating portraits of celebrities like Taylor Swift, Emma Stone and Chelsea Clinton, and doing editorial illustrations on topics like neurodivergence, organ transplants and the opioid crisis.
Two MIAD alumni named Mary L. Nohl Fellows for 2025
Two alumni from the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design (MIAD) have received Emerging Artist fellowships from the 2025 Mary L. Nohl Fund for its 2025 cycle: Margaret Griffin ’23 (Fine Art + New Studio Practice) and Open Kitchen, co-founded by Rudy Medina ’12 (Integrated Studio Arts).