Mission
Our Mission
The mission of Milwaukee Public Library Foundation is to provide essential support through private contributions for books, materials, programs, and library facilities to ensure the Milwaukee Public Library's continued standing as a great library responsive to community needs.
Milwaukee Public Library Foundation supports critical resources instrumental in providing inspiration and opportunity for all who rely on the library to improve their daily lives. Because of your support, Milwaukee Public Library is a source of knowledge, empowerment, and enrichment; offered to every citizen walking through its doors—for more than 2 million annual visitors.
Leadership
Board of Directors
Since 1988, Milwaukee Public Library Foundation's Board of Directors has been led by community leaders who value the library, and today continue their vision of generating private-sector support to supplement tax-based funding. The result has been improved collections, expanded programs, enhanced services, and renovated buildings. The credit for the foundation's impact belongs mainly to the people of Milwaukee. Over the years, thousands of generous individuals, corporations, and foundations have demonstrated their deep commitment to the Milwaukee Public Library by donating to the foundation.
Foundation Board of Directors
Dan Renouard, Board President
Managing Director
Robert W. Baird & Co.
James Kornfeld, Board Vice President
President & CEO
PAX Holdings, LLC
Matthew Simon, Board Secretary
Senior Vice President – Commercial Banking
BMO Harris Bank NA
Eve Romersi, Board Treasurer
Partner
Scribner Cohen
Nancy Hernandez, Past President
President of the Hispanic Collaborative
Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce
David Baum
First Vice President, Investments
Wells Fargo Advisors
Michele Bria
President
MPL Trustees
Maria Cox
Program Manager, Commercial Bank Marketing
JP Morgan Chase
Barbara Franczyk
President
Friends of MPL
Franklyn M. Gimbel
Founding Partner
Gimbel, Reilly, Guerin & Brown
Scott Haag
Community Volunteer
James Hyland
Vice President, Communications, Public and Government Affairs
Roundy’s Supermarkets, Inc.
Bradley Kalscheur
Partner
Michael, Best & Friedrich
Jamshed Patel
Partner
Foley & Lardner
Donald Polite
Community Volunteer
Mary Sprague
Community Volunteer
Margy Stratton
Executive Producer
Milwaukee Reads
Distinguished Directors
Laurence Compton
Arthur Harrington
Barbara Stein
David V. Uihlein, Jr.
Staff
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Ryan E. Daniels |
Kristine Petersen |
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Patricia Swanson |
Hanna Gichard |
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Sylvia Dawson |
Contact
(414) 286-3784 | (414) 286-2794 fax
foundation@mpl.org | friends@mpl.org
Please make checks payable to:
Milwaukee Public Library Foundation
814 West Wisconsin Avenue
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53233