WFM Officers & Board

The Wisconsin Federation of Museums is governed by officers and a Board of Directors elected by the membership.

WFM Officers:

• President: Jan Mirenda Smith, Executive Director/Curator, Bergstrom-Mahler Museum, Neenah
• Vice President: Christine Cross, Director, New London Public Museum, New London
• Secretary: Stephanie Saager-Bourret, Curator for the City of Platteville Museum Department, Platteville
• Treasurer:

WFM Board Members:

• Sharon Cybart, Manager of Public Relations and Marketing, Olbrich Botanical Gardens
• Joanne Kluessendorf, Director, Weis Earth Science Museum, Menasha
• Bridgitt Zielke, Independent Museum Program Consultant, Kohler
• Jennifer Carlson, Senior Marketing and Development Specialist, Wisconsin Veterans Museum, Madison
• Claudia Jacobson, Registrar, Milwaukee Public Museum, Milwaukee
• Alan Westby, Museum Director, EAA AirVenture Museum, Oshkosh
• Brett Lobello, Curator of Education, Civil War Museum, Kenosha
• Jarrod M. Roll, Director - County Historian, Monroe County Local History Room & Museum, Sparta

History of WFM

The Wisconsin Federation of Museums, Ltd., was founded in April, 1975 by Ralph Bufano, John Kuony and Joseph Hutchinson. The first Annual Meeting of the WFM was held at Beloit College. Other early contributors included Joseph Ishikawa, Jim Quinn, and the "Federation of Art Museums in Wisconsin."

Past Presidents

1975-1978	Ralph Bufano, Paine Art Center
1978-1981	John Kuony, Oshkosh Public Museum
1981-1983	David Pamperin, Manitowoc Maritime Museum
1984-1986	Karen Dummer, Madison
1986-1988	Richard Hartung, Rock County Historical
1988-1993	Henry Moy, Beloit College
1993-1995	Susan McLeod, Chippewa Valley Museum
1995-1998	Robert Kret, Woodson Art Museum
1998-1999	Michael Zimmer, Rogers Street Fishing Village
1999-2002	Pamela Walker, South WOod Country Historical Museum
2002-2009	Bob Teske, Milwaukee County Historical Society
2009-Present	Jan Mirenda Smith, Bergstrom-Mahler Museum