We Take Play Seriously
2012–13 Annual Report
“Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from
serious learning. But for children play is serious
learning. Play is really the work of childhood.”
— Fred Rogers
Play is essential. It’s how kids learn to invent, share, and explore.
We don’t impose boundaries and there is no right way to play at MCM.
This open-ended environment makes learning through play possible.
This year alone, over 210,000 children and families explored four
brand new, custom-crafted permanent exhibits and 14 temporary
exhibits in the galleries; expanded their knowledge at 800 educational
classes and workshops; and attended fun events that brought them
closer to the people and places of their community.
Madison Children’s Museum is a learning playground with chances to
make a discovery or a mess or a brand new friend during every visit.
We look forward to continuing and improving our work as we look to
2014 and beyond. Thank you for being part of it.
Deb Gilpin, Executive Director
We are blessed with community treasures that add such vitality
and character to our culture. That includes the Madison Children’s
Museum. No matter your age, you will learn in every visit to this
special place, and you will recognize the value of its programs and
people. This Annual Report is but a snapshot of events, participants,
and exhibits. It is such a worthy investment in our future. Come and
play! Be inspired! Learn and grow! Share talents and knowledge!
Become a part of our ever-growing family… and bring your friends!
Diane Ballweg, Chair, Board of Directors
Mission: Madison Children’s Museum connects
children with their families, their communities, and the
world beyond through discovery learning and creative play.
210,566 fiscal year attendance
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New Exhibits
Discovery learning and creative play is central to every MCM exhibit. Here’s a glimpse into last year’s exhibit exploration at MCM.
Sensenbrenner Family Urb Garden
Oscillaser!
Conceptualized, designed & planned in FY13
Conceptualized, designed & planned in FY13
Opened August 8, 2013
Opened August 14, 2013
Urb Garden extends the Wildernest into the great outdoors!
It’s a three-season wonderland for the museum’s youngest
visitors to learn about sustainability and ecosystems as they
observe and interact with nature in the very heart of the city.
The Oscillaser! is lighting up the Wayback Machine
with far-out frequencies and wave patterns. Aspiring
tech gurus are in control, using their voices and
hidden microphones to create music and light shows.
Sponsored by Sensenbrenner Family, the Association of Children’s Museums Going Wild at
Children’s Museums project on behalf of The Trustees’ Philanthropy Fund of Fidelity Charitable,
a generous bequest of the estate of Bonnie Berman, and the National Wildlife Federation.
Sponsored by the Endres Manufacturing Company Foundation
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KidShare
HistoriScope
Maira Kalman
Launched early 2013
Opened Winter 2013
Summer 2013 visiting exhibit
MCM’s KidShare program encourages
kids to share their view of the world and
connect with their local communities
through creative storytelling, mapping
adventures, and question-and-answer
programs!
The HistoriScope offers kids an engaging look
into life on the Capitol Square from the Ice Age to
early European settlements. It features a series of
custom, 3-D illustrations that help kids visualize
Madison before their time.
MCM shared original, animated paintings from
author Maira Kalman’s What Pete Ate, a story
of Pete the pup’s adventurous appetite and
unconventional palate.
Sponsored by the Robert and Isabelle Bass Foundation, Inc.
The Community Concourse features a variety
of artwork and is free and open to the public.
Sponsored by the Institute of Museum and Library
Services EmcArts.
Sponsored by the University of Wisconsin Center for the
Humanities with additional support from Peggy and Tom Pyle
and Uniek, Inc.
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Community impact
Economic Impact Statement
We strengthen the local economy
We promote tourism
Madison Children’s Museum’s new building
represents a $16.5 million capital investment in
downtown Madison.
Since opening in 2010, the museum has served
visitors from 32 states and 23 Wisconsin counties.
In the summer, 15-20% of our visitors come from
outside Dane County.
We educate children and families
We offered more than 800 educational programs
in the arts, history, culture, science, health, and
civic engagement last year.
We model sustainability
Anticipated to be the first LEED-certified museum
in Wisconsin, MCM is a model of green renovation,
exhibit design, and sustainable operations.
We provide jobs
The museum provides 54 jobs (28 full-time and
26 part-time) for a wide range of skills.
We use Wisconsin products
From the beautiful hardwood floors to energysaving bathroom fixtures, our facility is a showcase
of Wisconsin natural resources and manufactured
products.
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access for everyone
MCM’s goal is to always say yes to play, which is
why we created the Access for Everyone program.
After all, it’s the kids that fill our museum with
wonder!
Access for Everyone provided more than $200,000
in discounts in FY13, allowing 30,228 high-need
children, caregivers, and groups to engage in
playful learning at the museum — 14.4% of our
total audience served.
Access for Everyone is made possible by underwriting support from
generous corporations, foundations, and individuals.
Access for Everyone serves our community
through these primary initiatives:
Family Access Memberships
Last year, the museum offered 819 free and
reduced-priced family memberships, representing
17% of total memberships in FY13, totaling
$100,224 in discounts.
Free Family Nights
Free Family Night offers free museum admission
for all on the first Wednesday of every month from
5-8 in the evening. This highly visible MCM program
served 4,283 children and adults in FY13, totaling
over $34,000 in discounts.
819 Access memberships in FY13
Admission Discounts
MCM welcomed 13,706 discounted admission
visitors last year, for a total discount of nearly
$85,000.
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the first sapar reunion
Engaging our community
SAPAR (School Aged Parents Program)
Spark!
MCM collaborates with Madison Metropolitan
School District to provide teen moms with support
services that meet their academic needs along
with childbirth, prenatal, child development, and
parenting classes.
Over the past year, SPARK! provided 35 cultural
programs to 338 people. SPARK! brings children
together with adults who have memory loss, where
they create projects, build understanding, and
learn new things. In 2013 MCM opened a second
monthy SPARK! workshop to better serve elders
in our community.
n 25 moms and 20 babies served this year
n More than 100 moms and kids attended our
summer 2013 SAPAR reunion
n A
ll mothers are given a complimentary
two-year MCM membership
“The program has been helpful and interesting
and has done a great deal to help me stay alert
and interested in all the activities we engage in
during class and in my everyday life.”
— Kenneth W. Riggs
“This program proves the world wrong!
Our residents are engaged, awake, and alive!”
— St. Mary’s Care Center
35 SPark! programs held
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SummerPalooza
Living Laboratory
Sustainability Sideshow
Hmong Festivals
SummerPalooza takes over downtown
for a day of family fun. This summer
celebration is a partnership between
Rotary Club of Madison and MCM,
boasting free MCM admission for
everyone, creative and explorative
activities, a lively lineup of local
entertainment, and a parade around the
Capitol Square.
Part of a national program developed
by the Museum of Science in Boston,
MCM’s Living Lab gives cognitive
scientists the opportunity to conduct
experiments in child development at the
museum, and then talk with parents and
visitors about their research.
Adults enjoy the museum for a night
of lighthearted and environmentally
friendly fun.
MCM is committed to celebrating a
variety of cultures. In fact, the museum
has a traditional Hmong garden on the
rooftop and hosts two festivals a year
to share Hmong traditions, cuisine, and
language with visitors.
Sponsored by Rotary Club of Madison, BMO Harris
n How do kids decide to share?
Bank, Madison Gas & Electric, UW Health, and
Unity Health Insurance.
Play we’re exploring today
in Living Lab:
n Can children read body language?
Living Lab:
Co-hosted with Sustain Dane and
Underground Food Collective, the
Sustainability Sideshow event is the
lighter side of the Badger Bioneer
conference. Adults take over the
museum for an evening reception that
boasts environmentally friendly fun
with creative food, including kale cotton
candy, heritage corn dogs, and grownup snow cones.
Sponsored by Dane County Environmental Council,
Community Reinvestment Fund of the Willy Street
Co-op, and Captain Planet Foundation.
n 289 hours of onsite research
n 843 research participants
n 4
24 research and visitor educational
opportunities
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Education Programming & camps
We’re a busy place with hundreds of educational
activities, classes, and workshops. Our museum
programs are designed to foster healthy growth,
development, learning, trying something
unfamiliar, and, well, just having fun!
Creative play and discovery
learning in 2013:
n 800 educational programs
n 16 camps
n 114 kids enrolled in camps
n 375 school visits
n 23 Girl Scout workshops
n 337 Girl Scouts
Summer campers explore MCM behind-
In the MCM App Academy Club, children
Kids practice their photography
the-scenes and spend the night at the
ages 9 and up develop any application
and sketching skills in the great
museum in our Day and Night at the
imaginable for handheld devices like
outdoors in MCM’s Nature
Museum Summer Camp.
smart phones and tablets.
Photography Summer Camp.
Sponsored by Google.
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special events
American Girl
Benefit Sale
AGBS is our largest fundraiser. Each
July, we partner with American Girl to
raise money for MCM and American
Girl’s Fund for Children. The deals are
great and every dollar benefits children
throughout Dane County.
Serious fun means serious work.
300 dedicated volunteers working
year-round run our one-of-a-kind sale.
With their help, we’ve raised more than
$20 million over the last 26 years!
Wonder Ball
Tea & Trains
Spring Scramble
The most whimsical fundraiser in town!
Complete with live and silent auctions,
cocktails and hors d’oeuvres, dining
and dancing, and live entertainment,
our black-tie gala transforms the
museum into an experience that will
excite and amaze.
Our annual holiday fundraiser gives
families an opportunity to spread the
holiday cheer and get ready for the
most wonderful time of the year. Tea
& Trains is a wonderfully warm event
featuring classic holiday activities and
festive treats, and plenty of seasonal
spirit to share!
Community supporters golf for a cause
and play one of the most exclusive
courses in Madison while helping
support Madison Children’s Museum.
Since its inaugural year, Spring
Scramble has raised nearly $300,000
for MCM.
Mary C. Turke, Amy Recob and Peggy Pyle,
Co-Chairs
TJ Blitz and Aleta Kaplan, Co-Chairs
Valerie Kazamias, Chair;
Jennifer Krueger and Brenda Zeddun, Co-Chairs
Special thanks to Mattel and American Girl
for their support.
Linda Slepica, Chair
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income & expenses
Operating Income
Operating Expenses
To keep admission and membership prices low, Madison Children’s
Museum relies on community support for nearly half the operations
budget. The majority of those monies come from generous donors
and dedicated event volunteers.
The museum’s annual budget includes a heavy reinvestment back
into its one-of-a-kind floor exhibits and broad range of creative
educational programs.
Investment/
Endowment
Distribution
7%
American Girl
Benefit Sale (net)
Fundraising
16%
Fundraising
Events
9%
Administration
18%
32%
Admissions
operating
Income
$2,445,012
16%
Contributions
29%
18%
23%
Membership
operating
expenses
$2,487,008
25%
5%
Marketing
2%
Exhibits
Education
and
Attendance
Eduational
Programs
Income
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Donors
July 1, 2012 – June 30, 2013
We thank all of our donors
for their generosity.
Your support is essential
to providing discovery
learning and creative play.
Lois Krantz
Ilene & Mark Laufman
Jack Lussier
Madison Gas & Electric Foundation, Inc.
National Endowment for the Arts
Park Bank
Purple Moon Foundation
The Shoe Box
TJK Design Build, Inc.
Jane & David Villa
Wells Fargo Bank
Tom & Marykay Zimbrick
$5,000 – $9,999
$250,000 and above
Jan & William DeAtley
$100,000 – $249,999
Diane K. Ballweg
The Evjue Foundation, charitable arm
of The Capital Times
Mary Ellyn & Joe Sensenbrenner
$50,000 – $99,999
Anonymous
Association of Children’s Museums
Madison Community Foundation
Sylvia & James Vaccaro
$25,000 – $49,999
CUNA Mutual Foundation
EmcArts Inc.
J.H. Findorff & Son Inc.
The Kresge Foundation
Peggy & Tom Pyle
Pleasant T. Rowland Foundation
Joyce Siefering
$10,000 – $24,999
American Family Insurance
Anne Bolz
Marilyn & Marshall Butler Foundation
Marguerite Casey Foundation
Jane Doughty & David Wood
Google
The Great Dane Pub & Brewing
Company, Inc.
Hausmann-Johnson Insurance, Inc.
Institute of Museum and Library Services
Anonymous
Alliant Energy Foundation
Brand Family Foundation
Eliot Butler & Sara Cotton
Kevin & Jill Carey
Mildred & Marv Conney
Cresa Madison
Betty Custer & J. Corkey Custer
Culver’s VIP Foundation
Dentistry for Madison
Endres Mfg. Company Foundation
Walter A. and Dorothy J. Frautschi
Charitable Unitrust
The Gilkison Family Foundation
Group Health Cooperative of
South Central Wisconsin
Jay & Tonya Hazen
Kate & Patrick Heaney
Ho-Chunk Madison
Christy & Hal Mayer
JP Morgan Chase & Co.
Kraft Foods
Mattel Toy Store
Charles & Sally Miley
Andrew & Carol Phelps
Dean & Orange Schroeder
Summit Credit Union
Thermo Fisher Scientific
Urban Land Interests
Kurt Welton
Wisconsin Arts Board
Wisconsin Environmental
Education Board
$1,000 – $4,999
Anonymous (3)
Academy for Little Learners Inc.
Barry & Cindy Alvarez
American Transmission Company
Benjamin Appen & Leslie Chang
Anne Arnesen
Associated Bank
Atterbury, Kammer & Haag, S.C.
Donna & Jim Bahensky
Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLP
Jim & Susan Bakke
Don & Heide Becker
Berbee Technology Education
Foundation
BMO Harris Bank
Mary Burke
Buttonwood Partners, Inc.
Capitol Bank
Capitol Consultants, Inc.
The Capital Times Kids Fund
The Comer Foundation Fund
Craig & Karen Christianson
Tim Christen
Dean & St. Mary’s
Complete Mobile Dentistry, Inc.
David & Kristin Crass
Nick & Rebecca Curran
Dane Arts
Dane County Environmental Council
Event Essentials
Excellence in Dentistry
Amy & Dan Franta
John J. Frautschi Family Foundation
W. Jerome Frautschi Charitable
Lead Unitrust
Eric Fritz
Aris & Marta Gialamas
Penelope & Thomas Gialamas
The Gialamas Company, Inc.
Robert Gingras
Elizabeth & Jim Greer
Randy Grobe & Pam Murphy
Don & Lee Grubb
Mary & Carl Gulbrandsen
James & Chulee Hallick
Terry L. Haller
Curt & Dawn Hastings
Robert & Carroll Heideman
Nathan & Sarah Herbst
Highlands Foundation
Lynn Hobbie & Kevin Little
Home Savings Bank
Hovde Properties
John & Linda Hughes
Hurley, Burish & Stanton
Hype Communications
Ideal Builders, Inc.
Gerardo Jimenez
Johnson Bank
Barbara Karlen
Kelly Family Foundation Inc
Michelle & Christopher Kelly
David & Brice Kettner
Tom Klein
Knupp & Watson & Wallman
Leslie & Kenneth Kudsk
Matt Kutz
James Laudon
Law Advisors, S.C.
José Madera & Kimberly Santiago
de Madera
Madigan Family Foundation
The Madison Concourse Hotel and
Governor’s Club
Thomas Martorana
Jeff Masciopinto & Sarah Groessl
McGladrey
Mendota Financial Group, LLC
Meriter Health Services
Metcalfe’s Market
Middleton Tourism Commission
Dan & Pam Millmann
Regina Millner & Nathan Brand
Monona Plumbing and
Fire Protection, Inc.
Mortenson Investment Group, LLC
Stephen Morton
Sherrie & Jerome Mullins
Murphy Desmond, S.C.
National Guardian Life Insurance
Company
Neider & Boucher, S.C.
Amy & Jerry Nickles
Norman Bassett Foundation
The North Central Group
Oak Park Dental
Hamang & Tami Patel
Physicians Plus Insurance Corporation
E.J. Plesko
The QTI Group
Sarah & Michael Reiter
Robert W. Baird Foundation, Inc.
Amanda Rockman & Marlon White Eagle
Anne & Victor Rodriguez
Kim Ruef
Jack & Sarah Salzwedel
Phil & Nancy Schaecher
Sandra & Steven Schettl
Ali & Sharon Shadman
Kristin & Shawyon Shadman
Ruth & Kevin Shelly
Dan Sidney
Karl & Elizabeth Sillay
Smith & Gesteland, LLP
Weber L. Smith
Daniel & Kristine Sperling
Shelly & Trey Sprinkman
SSM Health Care
Dan & Sherri Stafford
Starion Financial
Joseph & Jamie Steuer
Darrell & Annie Stroud
Subway
The Suby Group
The Terry Family Foundation
Alexandru Tomovici
Denes & John Tobie
John & Carol Toussaint
Triangle Community Foundation
Triumph Wealth Management, LLC
Nikki & Phil Tucker
Uniek, Inc.
US Bank
UW Health
Clint Walz & Kara Flynn
Roger & Lucille Warren
WEA Trust
Webcrafters-Frautschi Foundation
Wegner LLP, CPAs & Consultants
Welton Enterprises
West Bend Mutual Insurance Company
Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek S.C.
Jennifer & Brian Wiegand
Paul & Tracy Wrycha
Jennifer & Bill Zorr
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Donors continued
$500 – $999
Erin & Jason Farrell Adamany
Todd & Dana Asmuth
Ballweg Chevrolet
Bemis Company Foundation
The Estate of Bonnie Berman
Lilly Bickers
Philip & Katherine Blake
Heidi & John Bollinger
Jack & Marian Bolz
Christian & Jennifer Collins
Anne & Tim Connor
Megan & Nick Correll
Nancy & Pete Daly
JoAnn Damkoehler
Andy & Sara DeTienne
Greg & MaryAnn Dombrowski
Alexandra & William Dove
Drake Wisconsin, LLC
First Supply LLC
David Francetic
Laurel Frazer
Funky Monkey Photography
Barbara Gallina
Jim Gallegos & George Anglin
Claire Gervais
Gordon Flesch Company
Fritz & Janice Grutzner
Jana Gyurina & Glen Bever
Pat Hackworthy
Amy & Jim Hegenbarth
Vicky Heinz
Tim & Jana Heinrich
Perry & Virginia Henderson
HGMR Investment Management
Duncan Highsmith & Ana Araújo
Mark Hill & Sue Dentinger
Hoyos Consulting LLC
Marnie & Charles Hulan
Nick & Kristin Jackson
Paige & Neal Janquart
Todd & Liz Jindra
Cedric Johnson
Valerie & Andreas Kazamias
Robert H. Keller
Sang & Julie Kim
Kingwood Investments III LLC
Herbert H. Kohl Charities
Ron & Deborah Krantz
Jenny & Jeffrey Krueger
Katie & Compton Kurtz
Jeffrey & Melanie Lee
Sandra & Allan Levin
The Little Gym of Middleton
and Fitchburg
Madison Arts Commission
Madison South Rotary Foundation
Dawn & Matthew Meier
Jessica & Neil Peters-Michaud
Paul & Judith Moriarty
Murphy Insurance Group
Norweb Foundation
Oak Bank
Jenny Pyle
The Roman Candle
Frances Ryan
Leah & William Sandholm
Leesa & Jesse Schlimgen
Cindy Schmelzer
Mike & Linda Slepica
Sprinkman Real Estate
Mr. & Mrs. Phillip C. Stark
Aaron & Kate Steffenhagen
Deborah & Thomas Still
Twin Pines Cooperative Foundation
Homer & Elaine Vick
Ben Walker & Roberta Strigel
Willy Street Co-op
Hal & Shirley Winsborough
Wisconsin Distributors, LLC
Stephen & Dawn Zanoni
$250 – $499
Anonymous
Shirley & Seymour Abrahamson
Peggy Afable
Sarah Ahrens & Ryan Erisman
Richard & Alice Appen
Matt & Samantha Apter
Katie Arnesen & Steve Ploch
AT&T
George Austin & Martha Vukelich-Austin
Brian & Tracy Bachhuber
Howard & Asta Blanchar
Michael & Kathy Blumenfeld
Boys & Girls Club of Dane County
Jim & Libby Bradley
Heidi & Howard Bregman
Nathan & Chris Brinkman
June Brown
Lindsay Breunig
Mary K. Burke
Cory Buye
Robin & Elizabeth Carley
Marcus & Wendy Chacon
Peter & Colleen Chase
Karen & Alan Crossley
Ann Curtis & Sam Gubbels
Ted & Gail DeDee
DEMCO, Inc.
Robert & Paula Dinndorff
Anthony Dispanet & Shannon Oreel
Elizabeth J. Eberle
Frank & Dolores Emspak
Dave & Terri Beck-Engel
Jane Englund
Sumer & Stephen Evans
Rob & Cynthia Everhart
Muhammad Itani & Nadine Fakhran
Emily Farrell & Matt Thiel
David Feldstein & Beth Bovis
Judith FitzGerald & Robert Glinert
Deirdre Wilson Garton
Chet & Barbara Gerlach
Beth & Noel Goeddel
Matt & Susan Goetzke
Frank & Catherine Greer
Nancy Greve & Walter Shannon
Lael & Jeffrey Grigg
Thomas Haig
Bill & Nancy Haight
Rob Hammacher
Jennifer & John Hannon
Stephanie Januchowski-Hartley &
Fraser Hartley
Jeff Hembrook
Corrine & Kevin Hendrickson
Michael Hollander & Amy Gunderson
Dan Holvick
Riley & Scott Hoselton
Jaclyn L. Hoveland
Ipswitch, Inc.
Benny & Jenny Iskandar
Erin & Anthony Isla
Tanya & Jeff Iverson
Matthew James
Jeffrey & Stephanie John
Ken Strasma & Karisa Johnson
Maryl Johnson
Txi & Gwen Kong
Katrina & Tim Larsen
Mary Carr Lee
Rich & Mary Lynch
Madison Area Technical College
Courtney & Robert Maher
McKinney-Lins Law, LLC
Edward Meachen
Lori & Bryan Meddings
Gail & Matt Morris
Robert Morse & Patricia Takemoto
Kathleen & Jeffrey Mott
Donald Moynihan & Pamela Herd
Brian & Amanda Mullen
Gregory Nemet & Linda Briesemeister
Mark & Kate Nessel
Maura & Shannon Neuens
Paul Norman
John & Irene Olson
Ronald & Janice Opelt
Donna & Larry Peters
Seth Pollak & Jenny Saffran
Holly & Michael Pomraning
Kelly & Matt Prescott
Bill & Nancy Raabe
Amanda Reese
Jeri Reynolds & Krystine Brengel
Jon Rozenfeld & Jill Korey
Robert & Judith Rubin
David & Amy Schlesinger
Joy & Jeff Schleusner
Robert & Katherine Schmitt
Barb & Fred Schrank
David R. Schreiber
John & Mary Schroeder
Katherine & David Sebastian
Sekelsky Family Fund
Marv & Judy Siegert
JoAnn Six
Carmen & John Skilton
Lesley & Brian Steffin
Haley Stephan
Anne N. Stoelting
John Stoehr
Sharon Stumbras
Leah & Clarke Sugar
Sarah & Patrick Sweeney
Eric Anderson & Rebecca Thousand
Paul & Patricia Tonnesen
Mary C. Turke
Michael Urso
Kathryn VandenBosch & Thomas Frantz
Carol Viviani
Matthew Williard
Kari Wisinski
Jonida Zeoo & Jahja Zeoo
In-Kind Contributions
Throughout the year, organizations and
companies provide in-kind goods and
services to benefit MCM. Your generous
support sparks children’s imagination
and creativity. Thank you.
Gifts made in tribute to:
Addie & Elliot
Anna, Ryan, Erin, and Sarah
Elizabeth & Allen Arntsen
Diane K. Ballweg
Marshall Butler
Richard R. Graebel
Tim Heinrich
Carol & Don Helfrecht
Michael Hoffmann Family
Carol Kroehn
Stephanie Leggett
José Madera & Kim Santiago
Nicholas & Kristen
Lucas & Bruno Rosa
Joyce & Leonard Schrager
Ruth Shelly
Tim Spinler & Anjee Sorge Family
Kathy Viner & Chris Loken
Peter Viviani
Mary Zeasman
Huimin Zeng
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FY2013
Madison Children’s Museum
Board of Directors
Madison Children’s Museum Staff
Diane Ballweg (Chair) President; Endres Manufacturing Foundation;
Agaila Abba
Alex Ledezma
Brenda Baker
Karla Loftus
Justin Bitner
Ashley Lusietto
Sandra Bonnici Hoecherl
Marianne Madar
George Bruhn
Katy Menges
Colleen Burke
Nadia Niggli
Cathy Christensen
Jillian Northfell
Sydney Clark
Eric Pannell
Andrea Conrad
Ben Perreth
Courtney Cowan
Nicole Riewe
Sarah Davidson
Cheryl Robinson
Laura Dykstra
John Robinson
Tim Dreyer
Laurie Rossbach
Elizabeth Ebert
Jane Rotonda
Jon Edwards
Katie Sather
Tyler Fassnacht
James Schrader
Guanshan Fix
Luke Schultz
J. Zach Garcia
Peter Schwieger
Deborah Gilpin
Sara Scott
Jack Gregory
Maggie Shelly
Synquar Harston
Jason Simmers
Erin Hoag
Sarah Sosa-Acevedo
Matt James
Jessie Rae Starr
Adriana Mateus Strategic Public Affairs Manager; Alliant Energy
Ida Jammeh
Amanda Thomas
Michelle Reddington Publisher; Brava Magazine
Cedric Johnson
Taeli Turner
Sandra Schettl Senior Vice President Operations; The Park Bank
Kia Karlen
Elizabeth Van Alstine
Kristin Shadman, MD Pediatric Hospitalist; University of Wisconsin/
Julie King
Clint Walz
Amy Kittleson
Bouapan Yang
John Laurence
Lisa White
Amanda Lazzari
Melissa Young
Aviation Teacher; Edgewood High School
Margaret “Peggy” Pyle (Vice-Chair) Executive Vice President and
Chief Legal Counsel; The Pyle Group
Dan Millmann (Treasurer) Partner; McGladrey & Pullen, LLP
Jenny Krueger (Secretary) Attorney; Murphy Desmond S.C.
Kristine Sperling (Officer-at-Large) President; Bikibug, LLC
Anne Arnesen Community Volunteer; Retired Executive Director of Wisconsin
Council on Children & Families Inc.
Susan Bakke Owner; Chauette
Nathan G. Brinkman President; Triumph Wealth Management, LLC
Bill DeAtley Retired; Community Volunteer
Penelope Gialamas Community Volunteer
Elizabeth Norweb Greer Community Volunteer
Tim Heinrich Director-Customer Support Services; Alliant Energy
Paul B. Higginbotham Judge; Wisconsin Court of Appeals
Nick Jackson Owner; The Mendota Group
Toya Whitaker Johnson Consultant & Special Events Planner
Tony Langenohl Vice President; Capitol Consultants, Inc.
James Laudon Site Director; Google Inc.
José Madera Assistant Dean, College of Letters & Science at UW Madison
Tom Martorana Senior Vice President; CMFG Life Insurance Company
American Family Children’s Hospital
Linda Slepica Community Volunteer; Co-chair, American Girl Benefit Sale
Shelly Sprinkman Realtor; Restaino and Associates
Mary C. Turke Attorney, Michael Best & Friedrich, LLP
Andy Wallman President; Knupp & Watson & Wallman (KW2)
Stephen Zanoni General Manager; The Madison Concourse Hotel
& Governor’s Club
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