TraditionMEMBER NEWSLETTER – JULY 2015
Spread theEXECUTIVE Word! MEMBERSHIP Summer Promotion Your friends and contacts can join the Madison Club this summer and get their first 3 months free! Special applies to the Executive Membership, our most popular membership, and offer is good through August 31, 2015. Tell your friends to sign up now for 15 months of membership for the price of 12!
THE MADISON CLUB IS THE PLACE FOR YOUR FRIENDS THIS SUMMER!
Wouldn't membership be more fun with friends? A Madison Club membership allows your contacts access to unmatched summer activities, including fantastic special events, family activities, networking opportunities, wine tastings, golf reciprocity, gourmet dining, private meeting rooms and more. Spread the word and let your family, friends and colleagues know that they can receive 15 months of membership for the price of 12. Their first three months are free when they join the Madison Club this summer! After 3 months, membership is only $120 per month with a $300 quarterly spending minimum.
DETAILS: • 15 months of membership for the price of 12 • First 3 months free (a savings of over $300!) • Access to the Madison Club, Churchill’s Restaurant and our top-notch events • Reduced meeting room rental fees • Reciprocal privileges, including golfing privileges at numerous area country clubs, and special member- exclusive discounts
For more information, please contact Krista Laubmeier, Membership Director: [email protected] or 608-255-4861.
CLUB HOURS Monday - Friday: 7 AM - 11 PM save the date Saturdays: 8 AM - 11 PM Sundays: Closed, except for JULY 2015 special functions
MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY BREAKFAST: Complimentary continental 1 2 3 4 breakfast in Churchill’s Lounge Weekdays: 7 - 9:30 AM Club Closed WCO Concerts on Fourth of July the Square Saturday Farmer's Market Brunch: 8 AM - 1 PM LUNCH: Weekdays: 11:30 AM - 2 PM 6 7 8 9 10 11 DINNER: Ladies' Bridge Art Fair on the Monday - Saturday: 5 - 9 PM WCO Concerts on 11:30 AM Square the Square CHURCHILL’S LOUNGE: Weekdays: 11:30 AM - Close Saturday: 4 PM - Close TAP ROOM: 13 14 15 16 17 18 Monday - Thursday: 4 - 8 PM Leadership Forum Roundtable WCO Concerts on Italian Wine 8 AM Luncheon the Square Tasting 12 PM 5:30 - 7:30 PM Open Contract Italian-themed Bridge LOOKING AHEAD specials in 6 PM Churchill's! COOKING CLASS: ITALIAN FARMER'S MARKET MEALS 20 21 22 23 24 25 WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5
WisPolitics WCO Concerts on WINE TASTING WITH KITTY Luncheon the Square 11:30 AM - 1 PM BENNETT OF PRIMA THURSDAY, AUGUST 6
KIDS PARTY AT HENRY VILAS ZOO 27 28 29 30 31 THURSDAY, AUGUST 13
FINAL WCO Inspire Wisconsin CIGAR & WHISKEY EVENT Concerts on the Breakfast THURSDAY, AUGUST 20 Square 7:15 - 8:30 AM ANNUAL MEETING TUESDAY, AUGUST 25
MEMBER TRIP TO OLD WORLD WISCONSIN THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3 EVENT RESERVATIONS CALENDAR KEY WINE CLUB To make reservations for events, you may sign up online by logging in to the ‘Members THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 GENTLEMEN'S Only’ section of www.madisonclub.org, or by calling the Madison Club’s front desk: LOW-STAKES POKER 608-255-4861. If you need a username and password for the website, please email Mondays, 6 - 10 PM Becky Snyder at [email protected]. WISPOLITICS LUNCHEON THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 FAMILY NIGHT EVENT CANCELLATIONS Fridays and Saturdays, HISTORY CLUB DINNER 5 - 9 PM If you are cancelling an event reservation, please note that members who cancel less than 48 hours before an event will be charged 50 percent of the price of the event, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16 FARMER'S MARKET unless a waiting list is available, in which case there will be no charge. Additionally, BRUNCH members who do not show up for an event they have made reservations for will be MEMBER TRIP TO PARIS & Saturdays, 8 AM - 1 PM responsible for the full cost of the event. NORMANDY OCTOBER 12-22 COOKING CLASS: FARMER'S MARKET ITALIAN MEALS bon appetit WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5 AT 6 PM FARMERS’ MARKET BRUNCH SATURDAYS THROUGH SEPTEMBER, FROM 8 AM - 1 PM
Don't forget about the Madison Club’s popular Saturday morning Farmers’ Market Brunch! Stop by the Club before or after your Farmer’s Market shopping for a delicious meal in Churchill’s every Saturday from 8 AM - 1 PM, through September. Bon appetito! Join Executive Chef Andrew Wilson as he shows you The Club's fantastic culinary team has created an all-new brunch how to incorporate your farmer's menu, featuring an array of farm-fresh classics and tantalizing market finds when preparing the breakfast creations made from local ingredients and seasonal favorites. finest Italian dishes. Chef Andrew From the savory tastes of our classic eggs benedict and homemade will demonstrate a variety of biscuit sandwich, to our sweet lemon sugar beignets and brioche french traditional Italian recipes using toast, we have just the thing to rejuvenate you after a stroll around the Square. the best produce Wisconsin has to offer. In this hands-on class, No need to dress up for Farmers’ Market Brunch - stop by the Club for a casual meal in your shorts, participants will focus on creating sandals, and other summer attire. Seating on our sunny patio is available, weather permitting, and we dishes from several different regions of Italy including, but not limited will have storage for all of your market goodies while you eat. Reservations: 608-255-4861. to, pizza, pasta and salads. Cooking" classes are limited to 10 participants, and each participant must be 16 years of age or older. Cost is $55++ per person and Best views in the city! includes beverages and snacks. OUTDOOR DINING AT THE MADISON CLUB Reservations: 608-255-4861. It's no secret that here in Wisconsin, once summer hits, most of us can be found trying to enjoy the outdoors! This summer, take advantage of one of the greatest outdoor spots in the city - atop the Chef Wilson, thank you for Madison Club! Churchill's Patio offers spectacular and unbeatable the wonderful BBQ cooking class... views of the city and Lake Monona. One of the only area restaurants your presentation was excellent, with such a view! Sit back and enjoy your favorite meal, bottle of informative, and very much wine, or cocktail while taking in a wonderful sunset, a concert on the appreciated. We had a wonderful Monona Terrace rooftop, or staying cozy by one of our firepit tables time. It is a testimony to the after sunset. club that 6 different couples or FIREPIT TABLES ON CHURCHILL'S PATIO: individuals, not one knowing any Pull up a chair at one of our new firepit tables, an elegant and fun way to enjoy of the others before the event, had your dinner and drinks outside, overlooking beautiful Lake Monona. Gather an evening that resembled old with friends and family and enjoy an evening on our patio with your own friends getting together at one of personal firepit! Hosting a party or celebrating a special event? Reserve our Club Patio our homes. Thanks for giving us with firepit for a private function. the base to have so much fun. CONCERTS ON THE ROOFTOP: Overall, you and your staff A truly unique Madison experience! Enjoy spectacular local bands have consistently exceeded our accompanied by great views of the city. Listen to live music over expectations, causing our joining dinner and drinks on Churchill's Patio. We encourage reservations the Club to be one of our best for this event, as seating on our patio fills up quickly. Madison decisions yet. Thank you for the many wonderful meals we July Concerts on the Rooftop Schedule: have experienced. 9 (Thursday): Madison County 16 (Thursday): Start Making Sense (Talking Heads Tribute) 23 (Thursday): ABBA Salute - Dean Richards " CLUB UPDATE To ensure the continued safety bon appetit and comfort of our members and guests at the Madison Club, we will be installing new and updated security measures throughout the building over the next few months. This includes new video Annual Cigar Dinner surveillance and locked entryways THURSDAY, AUGUST 20 AT 6 PM during certain hours. We will keep you updated as new and Members and guests, you are invited to a spectacular evening on our improved measures are installed. Club Patio featuring gourmet food, cigars and spirits on August 20! Please feel free to contact the Club with any questions. We thank Our friends from Maduro and Fuller's Pullers will provide guests with you for your understanding as we the opportunity to sample premium cigars. These special cigars will work to continuously improve the be perfectly complemented with some of the Club’s finest wines and Madison Club! liquors, as well as an outstanding multi-course epicurean feast prepared by Executive Chef Andrew Wilson. Enjoy a sample of premium coffee from Torke Coffee Roasters with their dessert, and each guest will CHURCHILL'S SPECIALS! receive their own 1 lb. bag of coffee to take home. MONDAY NIGHT HALF This elaborate evening of amazing tastes, top-shelf cigars and the PRICE WINE & CHEESE camaraderie of friends will make for a truly unforgettable event. Join us for Price is $85++ per person and includes a dinner buffet, beverage dinner in pairings, a selection of quality cigars and door prizes. Seating is Churchill's limited, so please make your reservations early: 608-255-4861. Dining Room or Lounge on Monday nights and take advantage of our discounted wines by the bottle and fantastic cheese plates. Bottles of wine from Beverage Manager David Ginocchio's special list are half-priced on Monday On the Club Patio! nights only! Plus, pair your wine perfectly with a custom cheese ITALIAN WINE TASTING platter at half-price! Cheese And, Italian Specials in Churchill's! selections are just $3 per cheese. This favorite comes with delicious WINE TASTING: THURSDAY, JULY 16 FROM 5:30 - 7:30 PM homemade crackers, jams, pickles, Italy offers a vast selection of delicious wines. On Thursday, July 16 preserves, and nuts. join Beverage Manager David Ginocchio and Marco Bruzzi, owner of Bruzzi Wines, for a special tasting featuring Italy's finest imports in the Call the front desk to make your Club room and on the Club Patio! This event is $20++ per person. Each dinner reservations: 608-255-4861. member is encouraged to bring one non-member guest for free!
This event is an open-house style tasting, but we do ask that you RSVP to ART FAIR WEEKEND allow ample space and samples for all: 608-255-4861. SATURDAY, JULY 11, 9 AM - 6 PM MMOCA'S Art Fair on the After your wine tasting, join us in Churchill's Dining Room for a fantastic special menu of Italian- Square weekend is a big event in themed dishes! Madison each year! Take a break from shopping and visit the Club. SAVE THE DATE! Brunch is served Saturday from 8 Wine Tasting with Kitty Bennett of PRIMA AM - 1 PM and Churchill's Lounge Thursday, August 6 on the Club Patio! will be open all day! Stop by for our delicious Farmer's Market Brunch, or try a casual meal in the Lounge! Dinner is served in Churchill's Dining Room from 5 - 9 PM. Reservations: 608-255-4861. WISCONSIN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA'S Concerts on the Square
MADISON CLUB PICNICS TO GO! VIP TABLE Come experience the melodious sounds of the SAMPLE MENU Our popular Picnics-to-Go are back for Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra's Concerts FIRST COURSE the summer! Perfect for Concerts on the on the Square series from our VIP table in the heart of the action. Our talented chefs and Chilled Sweet Pea and Mint Soup Square, each delicious meal is carefully with lemon crema and toasted pine nuts packed in a basket along with the servers will be on hand to cater to you and beverage of your choice, bottled water, your guests before the show. Distinctive menus with wine pairings will be featured each week SECOND COURSE fresh fruit and a house-made cookie or of the series. Seating for dinner begins at House Cured King Salmon Lox bar. It also includes all glassware, plates 5:30 PM and price is $80++ per person. Table and Crab Tart and a bottle opener. Ordering is a snap! seating is limited to ten people per show, and avocado mousse, shaved summer vegetable salad, Just call the front desk by 4 PM on reservations must be made in even numbers savory herb pastry shell Tuesday afternoon with your order and only. Please call the front desk to reserve your your basket will be ready to pick up on place for this outdoor Madison tradition: 608- THIRD COURSE Rhubarb Tart your way to the concert on Wednesday 255-4861. Seats fill quickly, so don't wait long! with market strawberry sauce and Chantilly cream evening. Orders can be placed over the See below for this year's schedule. phone at 608-255-4861 or by email at [email protected]. Please visit *Please note that if you must cancel your Concerts on the Square reservation, the Madison Club does not refund fees for your reservation, unless we are able to fill your spot with other members on our waiting list. www.madisonclub.org for the 2015 menu and ordering form. All meals are $19.50++ each and include bottled water, fresh fruit and a housemade cookie or bar. (To- go packaging is available in addition to baskets). 2015 Schedule Concerts are held on Wednesdays through July 29 at 7 PM. Dinner seating begins at 5:30 PM. *Please note: if Concerts on the Square is cancelled due to inclement weather and July 1 July 22 rescheduled for the following day, we will still S'Wonderful Livin' it Up Featuring: Soprano Amanda Huddleston and provide the box dinner service. You must place Featuring: The Music of the Eagles with Jeans N' Tenor Andrew Clark Classics a new order if you are still able to attend the VIP Table is sold out VIP Table is sold out rescheduled show. July 8 July 29 Classical Top 40 Victory Featuring: Andrew Sords, Violin Featuring: Pianist Michael Mizrahi
July 15 Ole! Featuring: Karl Lavine, Wisconsin Chamber See the Picnics to Go menu or place Orchestra Cellist your order online VIP Table is sold out www.madisonclub.org *Concerts on the Square is a registered trademark of the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra. Now is the time to book your next event at the Madison Club! FROM OUR EXPERTS: Madison Club Events
Our Event Sales Managers, Chastity and Emily, share why Madison Club events are a step above the rest. From our award-winning cuisine, top-ranked service and professionalism, timeless meeting and banquet spaces, and our capitol and lake views, hosting your next gathering at the Madison Club is the best choice!
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KIDS' PARTIES SPECIAL OCCASIONS Every kid deserves a party created Celebrating a milestone? just for them! From our fun dance Perhaps a birthday, anniversary, floors and our kid-friendly menu retirement, Bar or Bat Mitzvah, or options, to our professional vendor a baby shower. From the smallest list of children's entertainers and parties to a large banquet, the the Club's indoor and outdoor Madison Club has the ability spaces, we can help create the best to host your special gathering, party for your child's personality. anytime of year. Utilize one of No matter the age, all kids love a our elegant meeting spaces with a Madison Club party! Our Event portable bar for your anniversary Sales Managers help create a safe, party or one of our large banquet fun and unique party for kids. spaces with built-in dance floors for a Mitzvah or your birthday MEETINGS bash. You name it, we've hosted it Hosting a successful business at the Madison Club! meeting is crucial for every company. The Madison Club can CORPORATE help put together a meeting or RETREATS business gathering that will have What's better than a day away your attendees feeling inspired from the office cultivating a and creative. Choose from one of successful team? Next time you our 14 meeting rooms, with AV are in need of an off-site work equipment and in-room dining. WEDDINGS retreat, look no further than the We can customize your meeting There is truly nothing comparable to a Madison Club wedding. Madison Club! Indulge your staff to fit your needs - whether you Consistenly voted one of the best wedding venues in the area, with amazing views, comfortable need an afternoon snack, specific we can host your ceremony, reception and all of the parties in meeting spaces, and delicious menu requests, outdoor seating, or between! On this special day, we leave no details untouched. Our cuisine. Our Event Sales team teleconference abilities. award-winning culinary team has created wedding menus and will even help you liven up your packages that encompass delicious, local and fresh ingredients. event with one of our many Our ideal downtown location and water views create the perfect creative meeting ideas. backdrop. Our commitment to exceptional service ensures that your big day is unforgettable.
To host your next meeting or event at the Madison Club, contact Chastity Stanila or Emily Bowen today at 608-255-4861. LEADERSHIP FORUM PRESENTER: SANDRA DANIEL OF FIRE opportunities LIGHT GROUP FRIDAY, JULY 17 AT 8 AM Join fellow HISTORY CLUB DINNER members Susan COLLECTING THE HISTORY OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT Thomson and WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16 AT 6 PM Dan Paulson for How did the Wisconsin Historical Society acquire one of the nation’s richest collections on the Civil an insightful Rights Movement in the United States during the 1960s? In a presentation entitled “Bold (Not to Say hour with Crazy): Building a Civil Rights Archive during the 1960s “, our guest speaker, Michael Edmonds, will other leading recount the fascinating story of how the Wisconsin Historical Society successfully employed a grassroots professionals. This month's effort in the 1960s to collect thousands of records, documents and artifacts relating to the Civil Rights presenter will be Club member Movement then underway in the United States. The Society deployed graduate history students to travel Sandra Daniel from the Fire Light throughout the South, often times at great personal risk, to gather materials from organizations and Group. Her presentation will be individuals at the forefront of the Civil Rights Movement. Their resourceful and, at times, courageous on engagement. "Engagement" is efforts to collect “history in the making” enabled the Society to amass one of best collections in the the new corporate buzzword….but United States on the Civil Rights movement. what does it mean to engage your employees, channel partners and A frequent speaker and prolific author, Mr. Edmonds recently edited Risking Everything: A Freedom customers? Is this just the latest Summer Reader, which documents the 1964 Freedom Summer project, when SNCC and CORE workers trend or is there a true engagement and volunteers went to Mississippi to challenge segregation. Mr. Edmonds designed a powerful, user- crisis? Join our discussion on what friendly curriculum to help teach middle and high school students the history of the Civil Rights the research tells us and how Movement in Milwaukee and the South. engagement is being measured and addressed by your peers. RSVP to Mr. Edmonds serves as the Deputy Administrator of Library-Archives at the Wisconsin Historical Susan Thomson: susanthomson@ Society and as the curator of its online collection of more than 25,000 pages documenting Freedom actioncoach.com. Summer. Volunteers participating in Freedom Summer were met by extraordinary violence, much of which was covered on national television and focused the country’s attention on civil rights issues. Public outrage helped spur the U.S. Congress to pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. WISPOLITICS This event is open to all Madison Club members and guests. Cost is $45++ per person for dinner, LUNCHEON including a glass of wine. Please call the Madison Club to make your reservation: 608-255-4861. TUESDAY, JULY 21, 11:30 AM - 1 PM Join WisPolitics for a luncheon on Tuesday, July 21. The featured speaker is Mr. Rick Wiley, the former Political Director for the RNC and former Executive Director of the Wisconsin Republican Party, leads Our American Revival. Mr. Wiley will discuss Governor Scott Walker's possible presidential campaign. - Cost to attend the WisPolitics Luncheon is $19 and includes the program and buffet luncheon. Pre- registration required by contacting the Madison Club: 608-255-4861 - Sponsors: American Family Insurance, University Research Park, Walmart, Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek, Wisconsin Newspaper Association/Wisconsin News Tracker and Xcel Energy. 2015-2016 Board of Directors: Meet the Nominees
All members are encouraged to vote for the upcoming year's Board of Directors. Ballots will be sent along with your July statement. Election results will be announced at the Annual Club Meeting on August 25 at 11:45 AM. President Theran Welsh will be delivering the Club's status report at the meeting, and all members are welcome to attend.
FRANK BYRNE Dr. Frank Byrne was named president emeritus of St. Mary’s Hospital in January 2015. Prior to St. Mary’s, Dr. Byrne held a variety of clinical, administrative and governance leadership roles at Parkview Health in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Dr. Byrne has been active in a number of professional organizations, and served on the board of the American College of Physician Executives (now the American Association for Physician Leadership). Dr. Byrne was a member on the Wisconsin governor’s strategic leadership team for Healthiest Wisconsin 2020. He is on the boards of Madison Community Foundation and the Urban League of Greater Madison, and previously on the boards of the Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce, the Wisconsin Medical Society, and the Wisconsin Hospital Association. Dr. Byrne holds a BS degree from the University of Notre Dame, an MD from the State University of New York Downstate Medical Center and a master’s in medical management from Carnegie Mellon University. He has been recognized by Modern Healthcare and Modern Physician magazines as one of the 50 Most Influential Physician Executives in Healthcare; named to Madison’s InBusiness Magazine Hall of Fame in 2012; received the InBusiness Executive of the Year Lifetime Achievement Award; named a Champion of Women’s Health by the Wisconsin Women’s Health Foundation; named Citizen of the Year by the Glacier’s Edge Council of Boy Scouts of America; received the University of Wisconsin Department of Family Medicine John Renner MD Wisconsin Idea award in 2011; and was designated a Sagamore of the Wabash by Indiana Governor Joe Kernan in 2004.
ALEC HERRING Alec is a Partner at The Buchholz Planning Corporation, a fiercely independent insurance brokerage and consulting firm headquartered in Madison, WI since 1968. Prior to joining Buchholz Planning in 2008, Alec spent over 10 years with National Financial Partners, an independent insurance and investments distribution company. Alec spent two years as the Chief Compliance Officer and Chief Operations Officer of NFP’s broker/dealer and registered investment advisor. He then spent eight years building and running NFP’s Professional Partnerships business unit.
Alec holds a B.A. from the University of Wisconsin, a JD from the University of Minnesota Law School, and a Chartered Life Underwriter designation from the American College. He is active in his church and in the Madison community and enjoys family time with his wife Michelle and their two children.
SUMMER STRAND Summer Strand serves as the Administrator of the Division of Facilities Development in the Wisconsin Department of Administration (DOA). In this role, she oversees and administers the State Building Program. Prior to joining the DOA, she worked for the Wisconsin State Senate. Summer is a licensed attorney and received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and her law degree from the Arizona State University Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law. Summer enjoys playing tennis, traveling, and spending time with friends and family. Born and raised in Madison, she currently lives in Middleton with her husband Brandon. They are expecting their first child in August.
MIKE THEO Mr. Theo joined the Wisconsin REALTORS® Association staff in 1985, managing the association’s legal, legislative, political, research and public relations operations. Mr. Theo was named President and CEO of the Association in 2011. He attended UW-Madison and holds a Certified Association Executive (CAE) designation from the American Society of Association Executives. Mr. Theo serves on the board of advisors for Graaskamp Center for Real Estate, UW-Madison School of Business; the board of directors for Wisconsin Society of Association Executives; the board of directors for the Wisconsin Education Business Roundtable; is the Executive Committee of Competitive Wisconsin Inc.; and is the Chairman (2017) for the Association Executives Committee - National Association of REALTORS®. Mr. Theo is a life- long resident of Madison. Mr. Theo and his wife, Sheryl, have been married for 34 years. They have two adult children. MADISON CLUB the madison club welcomes new members! MEMBER IN Mike Pomaranski and Lauren Miller – Madison Brittany Wilson – Fitchburg THE NEWS! Mr. Pomaranski is a Sports Marketing Consultant Brittany is a litigation attorney with ESPN Madison. Ms. Miller is a Flight Attendant with Fuhrman & Dodge, S.C. Her Congratulations with Delta. work includes representation to Club member in individual and commercial Larry DeWerd Jim and Tanya Rutledge – Oregon disputes, private construction on receiving the Jim is a on-air host and marketing disputes, real estate and lending AAPM Edith H. consultant with ESPN Madison. disputes, landlord-tenant disputes, and creditor’s Quimby Award He enjoys basketball and is collection matters. Brittany is active in several for "outstanding active in several professional and professional organizations, serves as a Council career community service organizations. Member for the Community Around the Children’s Tanya is a small business owner Hospital (CATCH), and enjoys traveling, cooking achievements in and enjoys reading, kickboxing and community and sampling innovative food, and escaping in a good medical physics practice, education, service. Jim and Tanya have one daughter, Rosalee. book. or organizational affairs and Referred by Mike Pomaransky professional activities". Dr. DeWerd Brandon Veit – Fitchburg also won the UW-Madison Medical Greg Scalzo and Maggie Brennan – Madison Brandon is an Account Executive Radiation Research Center third Greg is a Sports Marketing in the Madison office of M3 Farrington Daniels Award for Consultant with ESPN Madison Insurance. He consults with best paper on radiation dosimetry and hosts Madison’s Game Night and advises clients about the along with Regina Fulkerson on 100.5 ESPN from 5-7p Monday- design, implementation, and and John Micka. Dr. DeWerd is a Friday. He enjoys golfing, fishing, management of their employee Professor with the Medical Physics and music. Maggie is an Account benefit programs. Brandon is active with United department and the Director of the Executive with Hiebing and enjoys biking, yoga, and Way of Dane County’s Rosenberry Society, and University of Wisconsin Accredited wine! She also works with the Boys and Girls Club of enjoys traveling, attending sporting events, outdoor Dosimetry Laboratory. Dane County. activities, and golf. Referred by Theran Welsh
As featured in the Wisconsin State Journal! MADISON CLUB CHEFS SHARK TANK EVENT AT THE LADIES' BRIDGE SCORES WIN FIRST PLACE! MADISON CLUB! JUNE 2015 On Sunday, June 14 Madison Club Last month, the Madison Club hosted a Shark Tank style DIANA EAGER 3940 Executive Chef Andrew Wilson and event. This event featured four local entrepreneurs selected by his team participated in the "Circus of our "Sharks" - Joe Kremer, Valerie Wulf, Shobhan Thakkar, KATHY BELAIRE 3790 and event moderator, Tom Still, President of the Wisconsin Chefs 2015 Gala" held at Circus World Technology Council. Get to know the participants! JOAN JOHNSTON 3590 Museum in Baraboo. This annual event features over 30 exceptional Diane J. Omdahl - 65 Incorporated chefs, vintners and brewmasters from i65 is the product of 65 Incorporated and nationally-recognized OPEN CONTRACT BRIDGE the finest restaurants in Madison, Medicare expert, Diane J. Omdahl, RN, MS. Diane uses her extensive experience to provide seniors with unbiased, SCORES Baraboo, Prairie du Sac, and the Wisconsin Dells. Tastings, silent individualized Medicare guidance through consultations and JUNE 2015 auction packages, chef awards, live online software. AL CHRISTENSEN 4620 auctions, and a circus show are all Cathy Liu & Vicky Hu - ConfPlus part of this event. ConfPlus was incorporated in May 2012 as a company that will RAY RIORDAN 3940 become the market leader of Mobile Event Platforms. ConfPlus NONA HILL 3600 The Madison Club culinary team has successfully launched in the U.S., AU and UK with more entered both an appetizer and a than 10,000 app downloads, CLARK JOHNSON 3250 dessert in the competition. The Kreg Gruben - KIINCE (winner) ROBERT MONTGOMERY 3080 appetizer was a savory smoked Eric Borgerding became theKreg President Gruben is aand biomedical CEO of engineer the Wisconsin and Kinesiology Hospital salmon corndog with sunflower yuzu professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Based on mayonnaise Associationand wasabi tobikko. on January 1. his research into the mechanisms by which humans balance The dessert was a delicious caramel themselves while standing and walking he has designed and corn ice cream sandwich rolled in Andrew Hitt was named Director of Operationsbuilt a system, at KIINCE, ElderSpan to restore Management, walking after LLC.a stroke. STAY CONNECTED kettlecorn with sea salt caramel. Amy Jo Miller - Eleve Technical Innerwear WITH THE CLUB! Amy Jo Miller began Eleve out of a basic need. Eleve Technical Executive ChefJosh Andrew Marron Wilson was and promoted Innerwear to Senior is women's Vice President-businessathletic underwear engineered banking for every and his team weremarketing awarded the at first Middleton place Communitybody, based on activity,Bank. and meticulously designed for fit, prize for the appetizer selection. function and comfort. Congratulations team!News to share? Contact Becky Snyder: [email protected] Watch for more information about our next Shark Tank event this fall! travel Old World Wisconsin: The Past, Present Debuting a New Member Trip ... With Ellsworth Brown, Pd.D. The Ruth ENTICING DOURO AMAWATERWAYS TOUR! and Hartley Barker Director, Wisconsin Lisbon & Portugal, Land & Sea Tour, 2016 Historical Society September 3, 2015 Join Madison Club members and guests on this intriguing 12-day adventure. We begin in Lisbon, the lively Portuguese capital, known for Mark your a vibrant cafe culture and soulful Fado music. Explore UNESCO World calendars as the Heritage sites, the imposing Sao Jorge Castle Mosteiro dos Jerónimos Madison Club, and Torre de Belém, grand monuments reflecting Portugal's proud in partnership seafaring past. At Porto, we embark on our journey up the Douro River with the valley — treasured for breathtaking dramatic gorges, lush vineyards Wisconsin perched on steep hillsides, port wines and tranquil fishing villages Historical — with a visit to the ancient and picturesque city of Lamego. Explore Society, will travel to historic site Old the beautiful inland countryside and enjoy an evening at the country World Wisconsin for an intriguing wine estate, Quinta Avessada. Visit the famous palace and gardens of day all about our state's history and Mateus. We explore the ancient Alepndurada Monastery prior to our farming heritage. Led by Ellsworth return to Porto. Brown, Wisconsin Historical Society Director, this member trip will take CRUISE HIGHLIGHTS you through an interactive and lively • Deluxe private staterooms on the luxurious AmaVida with just 106 tour of American history. We will have guests — one of the loveliest and most modern river cruise ships the opportunity to take a tram tour of • Visits to port wine quintas and distilleries such as Sandeman, Graham, Taylor's, and Cockburn Old World Wisconsin with stops at • Shore excursions in historical regions and river towns including Régua, Vega de Terrón, Pinhão, ethnic farmsteads where we will re- Entre-Os-Rios, the pilgrimage site of Lamego, the palace and gardens of Mateus; a full day tour of create the chores on the 1880 German compelling Salamanca, Spain farm; including • Award-winning epicurean cuisine prepared by the Chaine Des Rotissurs culinary staff dairying, flax and • Select free-flowing wine and port at lunch and dinner offered in a choice of dining venues including wool processing, the Ama Vida's exclusive al fresco dining patio and working with horse and oxen. Watch future Club communications, or visit our travel page at www.madisonclub.org/travel, for more Plus, sit down in a information coming soon! traditional one- room school! Your lunch, at the PARIS & THE SEINE TO NORMANDY 1897 Clausing Limited Spots OCTOBER 12 - 22, 2015 Octagonal Barn, will Join Madison Club members on this exciting 11-day adventure. We begin Remain! feature homestyle Yankee pot with a panoramic tour of Paris' top sights, including a visit to Basilique du roast, seasonal vegetables, and pie. End Sacre-Coeur in historic Montmartre. Following 2 nights in Paris, embark on our your day by taking a spin on a replica Ama Waterways 7-night Seine River cruise which winds through Normandy as 1890s tricycle or peddle a hi-wheeler! we head toward the English Channel. Visit Giverny, where you will see the home and gardens of impressionist painter Claude Monet. Visit Honfleur, a charming French harbor town immortalized As a special treat, all attendees will by generations of artists. Stroll through Rouen, the historic capital of Normandy, then take an enjoy a special presentation from unforgettable excursion to the famous Normandy Beaches of WWII. famed speaker, professor and author Jerry Apps. CRUISE HIGHLIGHTS This exciting and exclusive • Luxurious accommodations on the deluxe AmaLegro, a ship of advanced design featuring panoramic views, opportunity is $129 per person. and spacious staterooms with French balconies. This trip is limited to the first 25 • Enjoy shore excursions in every port. Discover historical and breathtaking sights along the Seine, including participants. This will fill quickly! charming villages Les Andelys and Giverny: visit historic Rouen, bustling maritime Honfleur and the D-Day beaches, museums and Normandy American Cemetary, Collevillesur-Mer. For more information, or to register, • Savor award-winning epicurean cuisine prepared by the Chaine Des Rotisseur culinary staff accompanied by please visit the Madison Club travel complimentary wines from France’s great wine regions. page. For more information, or to sign up, contact Karl Gutknecht at 608-244-2432 or [email protected]. Madison Club member price $3,259 - $3,998* PUBLISHED PRICE $4,598 - $5,898
*Airfare and Paris pre-tour additional; plus a $168 port charge per person. Rates/person based on double occupancy. A $700 deposit per person secures one of the 15 Madison Club partial-charter staterooms. THE MADISON CLUB FIVE EAST WILSON STREET MADISON, WISCONSIN 53703 WWW.MADISONCLUB.ORG
2014-2015 BOARD OF DIRECTORS THERAN WELSH PRESIDENT
ALEC HERRING VICE PRESIDENT
ROBERT COTTINGHAM TREASURER
JERLANDO JACKSON SECRETARY
JON ANDERSON TRACY BUGLASS ERIK JOHNSON ROSS KINZLER ERIC PETERSEN MIKE WITTENWYLER DREW PETERSEN EX-OFFICIO
MANAGEMENT STAFF AT THE HENRY VILAS MARY GAFFNEY-WARD it’s a zoo-tacular GENERAL MANAGER ZOO! MARIUS MONTVYDAS ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER
ANDREW WILSON EXECUTIVE CHEF KIDS’ PARTY JOHN HARMATA FOR ALL MADISON CLUB FAMILIES! EXECUTIVE SOUS CHEF THURSDAY, AUGUST 13 FROM 5:30 - 7:30 PM AT THE HENRY VILAS ZOO KRISTA LAUBMEIER MARKETING/MEMBERSHIP DIRECTOR This August, join the Madison Club as we host the kids' party of the BECKY SNYDER year with the Henry Vilas Zoo! At this animal-themed bash, enjoy MARKETING COORDINATOR a kid and adult-friendly BBQ style dinner buffet, party games, face CHASTITY STANILA painting, a zoo scavenger hunt, and a special meet and greet with SENIOR SALES AND EVENT MANAGER some of the zoo’s furry friends!
EMILY BOWEN SALES AND EVENT MANAGER Madison Club members are invited to this exclusive, after DAVID GINOCCHIO hours tour not open to the public! Our tour will feature the BEVERAGE MANAGER zoo's newest exhibit, the Arctic Passage! This exciting addition AIVARS MARGEVICS houses beautiful new exhibits for polar bears, grizzly bears DINING ROOM MANAGER and harbor seals. The children's zoo will be open, including the JUDY JAMES train and carousel. (Train is weather dependent). Bring your little PASTRY CHEF party animals and get ready for some fun at this one-of-a-kind ALYSSON ZIMMERMAN HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGER Madison Club zoo fundraiser!
BOB SERGENIAN CONTROLLER Call the front desk to RSVP: 608-255-4861. Price to attend is $23 for kids ages 12 and under and
JON JORSTAD $28 for adults. $5 of every kids ticket and $10 of every adults ticket are direct donations to the FACILITIES MANAGER Henry Vilas Zoo. (Note: this event will not count toward monthly minimums).