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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).