Thank You!

The work of the Michigan Museums Association would not be possible without the support of our members, volunteers, donors, sponsors, and grantors. Thank you for helping us to share expertise and resources to promote standards and practices that make the Michigan museum community thrive.

2026 Donors

Lisa and Steve Brisson*
Joe Cialdella*

Rachel Crouch*

Riley O Hubbard*

Eric Gollannek*

Regina Gorham*

Nheena Ittner
In honor of Lisa Craig Brisson

Bruce Lynn

Megan McAdow*

Renee Saba*
Giles Simmer*
William Wall-Winkel*

Kelly Zemke*

*monthly donors

Members of the Leadership Circle have donated at least $5,000 to MMA throughout their lifetime, including donations to operations and scholarship appeals or with donations to the endowment.

Lorraine Austin
in loving memory of her parents Dr. and Mrs. Eugene S. Austin, whose love of history, science & the arts guided her to a profound respect for Michigan's cultural institutions and the missions they hold dear

Tim Chester and Henry Matthews

Sandra and Michael Clark
Ann Rock
Bradley Taylor

2025 Donors

Diana Abouali
Deven Akmon
Sanam Aldag
Christina Arseneau
Lorraine Austin
Georgine Bello
Lisa and Steve Brisson*
Jane C Busch
Nicholas Cabrera
Veronica Campbell
Robert Causley
Joe Cialdella*
Sandra Clark
Holly Cordill
Malcolm Cottle
Rachel Crouch*
Jason Dake

Ian David
Caitlyn Perry Dial
Eugene Dillenburg
Robert French
Jennifer Giddings-Essenmacher
Eric Gollannek*
Regina Gorham*
Deborah Harmon
Rachel Harwell
Barbara Heller
Melissa Horton
Riley O Hubbard*
Sarah Humes
Kristine Ismail
Brian Jaeschke

Claire L Johnston
Kate Kramer
Daniel Kroupa
Emily Lanctot
Christine Lefebvre
Maria Quinlan Leiby
Karen Marzonie
Megan McAdow*
Michelle McClellan
Pat McKay
Dominick Miller
Jennifer A Miller
Melanie Parker
Shannon M Pinkster
Lisa Plank*
Wendy Pletcher

John M Porter
Phil Porter
Emily Powell
Renee Saba*
Tom Schuster
Giles Simmer*
Larry J Wagenaar
Michelle Walk
Billy Wall-Winkle*
Ken Yarsevich
Joel Zwart*
Kelly Zemke*

*monthly donors

Thank you also to our scholarship donors

Sustaining Members

Sustaining members of the Michigan Museums Association are individual members who make an additional donation of $70 when they join/renew their membership.

Sanam Aldag

Lisa Craig Brisson

Nancy Bryk

Timothy Chester

Caitlyn Perry Dial

Lynne Friman

Regina Gorham

Nheena Ittner

Ann Loshaw

Melanie Parker

Maria Quinlan Leiby

Philip Sunderland

Bradley Taylor

Sarah Waters

Gregory Wittkopp

Ken Yarsevich

MMA Endowment Donors

These funds are held at the Capitol Region Community Foundation and donations are made directly to the foundation.

Anonymous
Sanam Aldag
Christina and Steve Arseneau
Susan Bandes
George Bayard
Bob Beatty
In honor of Lisa Craig Brisson and
my many colleagues in Michigan.
Lisa and Steve Brisson*
Julie Bunke
Tim Chester and Henry Matthews
Sandra and Michael Clark
Jason Dake
Caitlyn Perry Dial
Sarah Foster
In honor of the Marriage of Michelle McClellan and Rick Pearsall.
Eugene Genneman
Grand Rapids African American Museum and Archives
Dr. Christian Greer
Mark Heppner
Claire and Andy Johnston
Nathan Kemler and Stacey Burns
Emily Lanctot
Megan McAdow
Michelle McClellen
Dominick and Becky Miller
Lisa Plank *
Ann Rock
Bradley and Simone Taylor
Kenneth Yarsevich

*Monthly donor

The Michigan Museums Association is supported in part by an award from the Michigan Arts and Culture Council and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Thank you to our Partners!

Michigan Museums Association 313-334-7643 PO Box 5246, Cheboygan, MI 49721 director@michiganmuseums.org