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THE BOARD

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JOHN SHEEHAN
BOARD PRESIDENT
COO, Unitypoint Health
(retired)

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REBECCA RENK
BOARD VICE PRESIDENT
Renk Seed

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DAVID RAMSEUR
BOARD TREASURER
Dean, 
Joseph Business School

JOHN WHALEN
BOARD SECRETARY
Director Of Engineering, Trachte

Jo ANNA BURISH
CHAIR: STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS
Managing Partner, 
Custer-Burish Financial Services

CHRIS BONTEMPO
MEMBER
CMO, Johnson Controls

BRIAN CAMPBELL 
MEMBER
Senior Account Manager, Kerry

MICHAEL COHEN
MEMBER
Attorney – Shareholder, 
Meissner, Tierney Fisher & Nichols

JEANNETTE COLYVAS 
MEMBER
Associate Professor, 
Northwestern University

Aaron Frank
MEMBER
CEO - Madison Top Co.

Rose Freidel
MEMBER
Friedel Family Realtors

David Michaels
MEMBER
Film Maker - Enfant Terrible Cinema

Mike Gomoll
FOUNDER

ADVISORY BOARDS

2024 INDUSTRY ADVISORY GROUP

DAVID MICHAELS 
IAG CHAIRPERSON
Filmmaker –
Enfant Terrible Cinema

BUTCH VIG
IAG VICE-CHAIR
Artist

ROSANNA ARQUETTE
MEMBER
Artist

JOANNA BURISH
BOARD VICE PRESIDENT
Principle, Custer/Burish Financial

STEPHANIE DENTON
MEMBER
EVP Sales & Business Development
828 Productions

ROY ELKINS

MEMBER

Founder & CEO,

Brodjam Inc.

SAM BAYER
MEMBER
Filmmaker

BRUCE FLOHR
MEMBER
Chief Strategy Officer & EVP – 
Red Light Management

ERIC GREENSPAN
MEMBER
Partner – Myman, Greenspan, 
Fineman, Fox,

Rosenberg & Light

ANDREW GUMPERT

MEMBER
COO at Paramount Pictures
and Nickelodeon Studios (retired)

KAY HANLEY 
MEMBER
Artist

BILLY HARRIS
MEMBER
Partner – Ombello Agency

SCOTT LESLIE
MEMBER
President – Frank Productions

MARK MICHAELS
MEMBER
CEO & Chairman
United Record Pressing

CHERYL PAWELSKI
MEMBER
Co-founder – Omnivore Recordings

VIC THOMAS
MEMBER
Associate Entertainment 
Director - Summerfest

2024 EPILEPSY COMMUNITY COUNCIL (ECC)

ANTOANETA BALABANOV, MD
Associate Professor, Rush Medical College
Senior Attending, Rush Epilepsy Center
Rush University Medical Center
Chicago, IL 

RYAN BOVIA 
Vice-President
Head of Epilepsy and Movement Disorders Business Unit at Jazz Pharmaceuticals

DR. ANDREW COLE
Professor of Neurology
Harvard Medical School
Director, MGH Epilepsy Service
Chief, Division of Clinical Neurophysiology

Vice-Chair, Department of Neurology 
Massachusetts General Hospital 

GARY COLLINS
President - Epilepsy Canada

BETH DEAN
CEO - CURE Epilepsy

JASON GRIFFITH
Associate Director, Patient Marketing 
at SK Life Science

REBEKKAH HALLIWELL
Executive Director - Epilepsy Foundation 
of Greater Los Angeles 

DALILA LEWIS, M.D.
Pediatric Neurologist, Epilepsy Specialist
Medical University of South Carolina

KRISTIN SEABORG
Pediatric Neurologist and Pediatric Sleep 
Medicine at University Wisconsin Madison

JESSICA KEENAN SMITH 
CEO - Living Well With Epilepsy

DR. TOM SUTULA
Emeritus Professor of Neurology 
University of Wisconsin, Madison 
Detling Professor and Chair (1995-2016) 
Director, Center for Neuroscience,
University of Wisconsin (2001-2013)
Chief Scientific Officer, 
Hexokine Therapeutics, Inc.

2024 FRIENDS OF JOEY'S SONG

JOHN BLOEMER

EVENT TRANSPORTATION CHAIR

Director of Engineering - AprilAire (retired)

RON GIORDAN

PR / Media Relations Manager - Focus on Energy

DAVE GLUSICK

Principal -

Vierbicher Engineering

MIKE HEALY

MERCH LEAD

National Accounts Director - Gilead Sciences

JERRY LYNCH

Sales Manager - Jost Chemical (Retired)

STEWART MCVICAR 

President, Specialized

Testing and Balance

TODD SEAR

President, First Responders

Foundation

BETTE SHEEHAN

GRANTS CHAIR

BOBBY TANZILO

Senior Editor -

OnMilwaukee.com

SARA TETZLOFF

CATERING CHAIR

Digital Marketing Manager - Bell’s Brewery

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