Betty Brinn Children’s Museum EVENT INFORMATION & AUCTION BOOKLET Welcome to the Museum's 2016 Odd Ball It is our pleasure to welcome you to Odd Ball, an event that generates critical funding to support the Museum’s mission of providing hands-on learning experiences that help prepare children to become accomplished students and responsible adults. We are deeply grateful for your support. As we celebrate more than 20 years as a leading educational resource in the community, we remain steadfast in our commitment to supporting local families that are struggling to raise a young child. Your participation in Odd Ball will enable the Museum to benefit more than 240,000 children and adults during the coming year, and help sustain Museum outreach initiatives that provide free parenting education, admission, membership, field trips and transportation assistance programs and events that benefit 80,000 participants annually, including families living in poverty, foster families, teen parents, at-risk fathers, and others whose circumstances often limit their use of resources that can develop a child’s skills and shape their lifelong values. We want all of our community’s children to have experiences that will spark their interests and build their capacity to learn and grow. The Museum has embraced a national platform to improve science, technology, engineering, arts and math (STEAM) education by taking a leadership role – both locally and nationally – to promote the Maker Movement, a global community of inventors, entrepreneurs, educators, students, and do-it-yourselfers that are changing how we live, work and learn. The Museum offers a broad range of STEAM-based maker programs for families and students throughout the year, and we are proud to co-host the third-annual Maker Faire® Milwaukee, a family-friendly event that promotes education, and economic and workforce development. The Faire is the largest free event of its kind in our nation and reflects the Museum’s commitment to ensuring that all children in our community have the opportunity to develop the problem-solving, creative and conceptual skills they will need to be successful in school…and for a lifetime. Thank you for attending Odd Ball. We hope that you enjoy tonight’s event, featuring a variety of sights, sounds and tastes that showcase the talent and innovation of local makers. Your contribution of much-needed resources to support the Museum’s educational mission and outreach initiatives is deeply appreciated and represents an important investment in the future of our families and our community. Erik & Erica Zipp Odd Ball Co-Chairs 2 | Tonight's Schedule The Schedule COCKTAILS Open Bar from 6:01 p.m. to 9:57 p.m. Cash Bar 9:58 p.m. to Midnight SILENT AUCTION Ongoing bidding on-going until 8:30 p.m. DINNER Served at 8:03 p.m. by Zilli Hospitality Group REMARKS/APPEAL Starting at 8:45 p.m. HEADS -OR- TAILS Starting at 8:55 p.m. GOLDEN TICKET Raffle drawn at 9:00 p.m. LIVE AUCTION Bidding starts at 9:07 MUSIC & DANCING Music starts at 10:01 p.m. DJ Kenny Perez of 88.9 Radio Milwaukee Tonight's Sponsors | 3 PATRON SPONSORS RAFFLE SPONSOR PARTNERING Bridie and Ed SPONSOR Mooney EVENT SPONSORS Molly Gallagher Mike & Julie Schneider TABLE Deb Altshul-Stark & Brian Stark BMO Harris Bank • Deloitte SPONSORS Godfrey & Kahn • Johnson Controls Marquette University • Mercer Pegasus Partners • PNC Dean & Diane Schmelzer Sendik’s Food Markets Victoria Teerlink & Jeffrey Drope 4 | Patron Sponsors Patron Sponsors | 5 6 | Acknowledgements Acknowledgements ODD BALL CONTRIBUTORS $1,000 or more Maggie and Ben Brown • Jackie and Omar Darr Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corporation • Nita Soref US Bank's Corporate Real Estate $100-999 Delta Dental • Barri and David J. Drury Colin Hutt • Onnie Leach Smith Joan Phillips • Weyco Group Angela and Ross Williams • Sherrie Williams IN-KIND CONTRIBUTORS Printing courtesy of Philipp Lithographing Company GALA COMMITTEE MEMBERS Erica & Erik Zipp, Odd Ball Co-Chairs Jessie Lochmann Allen Emily Alwood Courtney Arnzten Jen Brostowitz Margaret Brown Jackie Darr Molly Gallagher Lindsey Haischer Kathy Johnson Auction Chair Claire Klein Tara Kozik Jenn Martinek Kristin Masters Jamie Niederbaumer Tere Sackerson Sponsorship Chair Sherrie Williams Acknowledgements | 7 Board of Directors Jessie Lochmann Allen, President Debra Altshul-Stark* Austin Mautz Ted Balistreri Bridie Mooney Lisa Bangert Melissa Nelsen* Therese Binder* Ugo Nwagbaraocha President Emeritus, Founder Karen Ordinans Jeff Bradford Joan Phillips Margaret Brown Dan Renouard Jackie Darr Tere Sackerson Matt D’Attilio Julie Sattler Rosene* April Dunn Founder Alicia Dupies Michael Sheppard Molly Gallagher* Jeff Sherman Susie Gruenberg* Mary Ellen Stanek* Founder Brian Stark* Patrick Hammes Cassandra Tate Mahoney Benjamin Holbrook Victoria Teerlink Colin Hutt Barbara Wiederhold* Colin Lancaster* Rick Wiederhold* Onnie Leach Smith* Sherrie Williams Stephanie Lyons Dr. Earnestine Willis David Marcus* Marti Wronski Greg Marcus* Erik Zipp * Honorary Board Members Museum Staff Fern Shupeck, Executive Director Kristen Adams Tom Matthews Chief Advancement Officer Lead Exhibit Fabricator Linda Brown John McGeen Membership and Birthday Party Coordinator Exhibits Associate Kathy Cannistra Tina Miller Director of Exhibits Visitor Services Manager Stacie Clough Bill Pariso Exhibit Services Product Manager BAM Program Developer Mike Cook Joe Pariso Associate Director of Exhibit Development Exhibit Services Manager and Maker Experiences Pete Prodoehl Oma Cook Associate Director of Exhibit Development Chief Financial Officer Dana Reinoos Kenlei Cowell Development Associate Event Coordinator and Development Associate Meghan Selke Visitor Services Assistant Manager Sam Dodge Exhibit Floor Coordinator Carrie Wettstein Chief Operating Officer Joe Dorn Manager of Maker and Educational Programs Deb Williamson Director of Events Michele Duranso Communications Manager Visitor Services Assistants Ashley Monroe Edwards Cody Adams Visitor Services Assistant Manager Emily Allen Sergio Elizalde Director of Finance Olivia Bonsack Sedrick Gray Jasmine Brown Accountant Andrew Elfe Dan Grunst Hannah Hallman Director of Fabrication McKenzie Kern Amy Kazilsky Khiri Nelson Director of Education Aharon Wise Bea Kuenn Visitor Services Assistant Manager 8 | Acknowledgements A Message from the It is my pleasure to welcome you to the Betty Brinn Children’s Museum’s 2016 Odd Ball. On behalf of the Museum’s Board of Directors and staff, I want to extend my deepest thanks to our 2016 Odd Ball Co-Chairs, Erica and Erik Zipp, and this year’s outstanding Odd Ball Committee for their dedication to making the event a success, championing our work in the community, and involving friends in our mission! We also want to thank all of the event sponsors, donors and guests who have come together to support the Museum’s commitment to early education. Making – learning by doing – is revolutionizing education at all levels, engaging students in the critical STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and math) subjects and encouraging them to develop the problem-solving, creative and conceptual skills they will need to be successful. Building on our educational mission and commitment to community outreach, the Museum's Maker Initiative has enabled us to work with schools, libraries and other organizations – locally and across the country – to develop makerspaces and maker education programs. The Initiative engages children, young people and families in programs and projects aimed at realizing the goal of "every child a Maker," a national call to action to improve student achievement and American innovation and entrepreneurship. Maker Faires around the world are described as the “Greatest Show (and Tell) on Earth.” Now in its third year, Maker Faire® Milwaukee is hosted by the Museum in partnership with Milwaukee Makerspace. We invite you to attend this free, family-friendly festival that showcases new products and technology, as well as makers exhibiting work in a broad range of creative fields. In addition to Museum outreach programs that ensure access to our educational resources by thousands of disadvantaged children and families each year, your participation in Odd Ball will help fund Museum exhibits, programs and services that benefit more than 240,000 children and adults annually. We are very grateful for your support. The Odd Ball Committee has created an incredible event and I am so very proud to be involved with it. Thank you for joining us. Enjoy your evening! Jessie Lochmann Allen President, Board of Directors Wish List | 9 The WISH LIST These programs and services are central to our educational mission in the community, and are funding priorities. Contributions may be made through the BidPal system during the auction, or at auction check out. Each and every contribution is important to our work, and we are grateful for your generosity. 1001 Sponsor a Museum Membership for a Family in Need Need: $150,000 Each year, the Museum’s Family Focus program provides free parenting education, Museum membership and transportation assistance to more than 1,300 local families that are struggling to raise a young child, including families living in poverty, foster families, teen parents, at-risk fathers, families with a disabled child, families that do not speak English as a first language, and others whose circumstances often limit their access to educational resources, including maker experiences that can build a child’s STEAM-based academic skills, shape