2023–24 Annual Report | Minneapolis College of Art and Design

Dear Friends and Supporters,

I am pleased to share MCAD’s 2023–2024 Annual Community Report. Reflecting on the past several years, I am struck by the profound impact the MCAD experience has on everyday lives. MCAD alumni have won countless awards, ranging from Guggenheim Fellowships to Emmys. Alumni work is collected by internationally recognized museums, like the Smithsonian and Walker Art Center, featured at the Whitney Biennial, and showcased at galleries across the globe. Their talent is present in large corporations like Target, Apple, General Mills, Disney, and Pixar in addition to countless small, vibrant businesses. MCAD alumni are seen as innovative engines wherever they go.

While our focus on cultivating creative leaders, entrepreneurs, designers, and artists remains constant, the dynamic cultural landscape of the Twin Cities continues to evolve at a rapid pace. As the leading art and design college in the region, we recognize our important role as a talent pipeline for the creative community and beyond, and prepare our students to be well-equipped for meaningful and valuable careers.

You play a vital role in our success. Thanks in great part to you, our generous donors, the college’s curriculum, academic offerings, and top-notch facilities continue to meet the needs of an ever-changing world. Additionally, well over $1M in donor-funded awards has been granted this academic year, helping to make an MCAD education affordable to all with exceptional talent and drive to succeed.

Please take a few moments to peruse our Annual Community Report. On behalf of everyone at MCAD, thank you for your support of the college and our students.

All my best,

Sanjit Sethi
President

“My educational pursuits would not be possible without the generous support from scholarship donors like you. Thank you for enabling opportunity!” –Tina Davis ’21

Our Guiding Principles

Vision

MCAD emboldens creative leaders to collaboratively transform society through equity, empathy, and imagination.

Mission

MCAD provides a transformative education within a community of support for creative students of all backgrounds to work, collaborate, and lead with confidence in a dynamic, interconnected world.

Values

Transformational Ideas and Actions that emerge from the intersection of creativity, culture, and equity.
Collaborative Community that supports both independent achievements and collective successes.
Empathetic Leadership that integrates humility, inclusivity, curiosity, and foresight to fuel change.
Multifaceted and Complex Identities that embody diverse social, cultural, and economic backgrounds.
Experiential Learning that embraces generative processes, critical discourse, and an iterative methodology to achieve academic, institutional, and individual excellence.

MCAD students become

Accomplished makers and scholars
Equity-minded problem solvers
Critical, conceptual thinkers
Inclusive, collaborative partners
Empathic listeners
Creative storytellers
Engaged citizens within a global context

Cash Gifts

Thank you to our generous donors who support MCAD students by funding academic programs and scholarships. With more than 97% of our students relying on financial aid to make their arts education possible, donor support is critical in ensuring student success. Donors strengthen the MCAD educational experience by increasing financial support, enhancing college facilities, providing the best learning environment possible, and emphasizing our vision of transforming society through equity, empathy, and imagination.

*Gifts noted below were received June 1, 2023, through May 31, 2024*

$100,000+

Cy DeCosse ’52 and Paula DeCosse • Jerome Foundation • McKnight Foundation • Corey Sauer

$50,000–$99,999

Alliss Educational Foundation • Calmenson Foundation • Mollie Hoben

$25,000–$49,999

ECMC Foundation • Elizabeth Burow and Elliot Felix • Head Family Foundation - Martha Head • Henry Luce Foundation • Hubbard Broadcasting Foundation • Gabriel Jabbour • Georgette Jabbour ’93 • Minnesota Private College Fund • Richard and Jean Coyne Family Foundation • West Photo • Winton Jones Foundation

$10,000–$24,999

AICAD • Mary and Bruce W. Bean • Best Buy Corporation • Best Buy Foundation • BI Worldwide • Gail S. Blake • Susan Calmenson • Clinton Morrison Fund of The Minneapolis Foundation • David and Leni Moore Family Foundation • Martha B. Dayton and Thomas Nelson • Faegre Drinker • Judy and Kent Hodder • M.E. and Chris Kirwan • KNOCK, inc. • Heather and Richard Mattera • Mary and Clinton H. Morrison • Ann Ashton-Piper • PKA Architecture • Saint Paul and Minnesota Foundation • Smaby Family Foundation • Elena and Ken Sparling • Target • Becky and Neil Tuli • Laura and Greg Van Bellinger

$5,000–$9,999

Alerus • Laura and J.J. Austrian • Bank of America • Margot and Chris Barry • Jamie Bennett • Sarah Borchers and Brian Kingsley • Erica Berven, MD and Ed Charbonneau ’06, MFA • Brian and Stephanie Childs • Peter Deanovic • Tara K. and Sundeep Dev • Mary C. Dolan - The Longview Foundation • Dean and Alice Fjelstul ’96, MFA • Kathy and James Ganley • Toni Glotter ’78 • Cindy and Greg Heinemann • Kirsten Brady and Greg J. Hoffman ’92 • J.E. Dunn Construction • Larkin Hoffman • Sarah ’82 and B. John Lindahl Jr. • Carol and Aaron Mack • Mall of America • MartinPatrick 3 • Batala McFarlane • McFarlane Family • Sarah McMullin • Tiffanea and Jeff Mulder • Drs. Marion and D. Wilkin Parke • Lisa F. Fredrikson and Todd R. Paulson • Amy and Mark Pihlstrom • Ken Piper • Anne and Scott Pollock • Terry Saario and Lee Lynch • Rachael Scherer and Steve Imholte • Priti and Rajiv Tandon • Mark Theis and Wan Suwandi • Missy Staples Thompson and Gar Hargens • Rosemary Ugboajah • Hunter and Adam Wright

$2,500–$4,999

Tom and Kris Anderson • Anne McDonald Design • Liz Barrere and Dennis Cass • Cannon Family Foundation • Marty Friedman and Peggy Casey Friedman ’84 • Clockwork • Michael Cockson • Cuningham • Joanna Curry • Devon and James Diebel • Mike Feldbaum • Carrie Fryman • InUnison Design • Nayana Jha and Michael Cain • Miranda and Bradley Johnson • Henry ’82 and Barbara LaBounta • Ginny and Henry C. Llop • The Longview Foundation • Lisa McGowan • McVay Foundation • MILLE • Sarah and Matt Mithun • MJ Marketing Group • Kobby OsafoAppiah ’11 • Julia Morrison Palmer and Brian Palmer • Anna Wolf and Mike Perry ’03 • Robert Ransick and Blake Goble • Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation • Andrea Eis ’81 and Steven Rost ’80 • Smithmier Family Giving Fund of The Minneapolis Foundation • Streeter Custom Builder • Melissa and Douglas Van Ornum ’93 • Walser Foundation/Walser Automotive Group

$1,000–$2,499

Anonymous • Kevin Armstrong and Lisa Goldson Armstrong ’04 • Art and Martha Kaemmer Fund of HRK Foundation • Allison Bell • Sally and Maurice Blanks • Mary C. and Fredrick Bliss • Diana Walton Brashears • Jason Breckner • Nathan Bruschi • Gaynelle W. Buckland • Elizabeth Butler and Todd Johnson • Kevin and Sara Byrnes • Brent Campbell • Chris Carlisle • Carina Jacobsson and Keith Christensen ’95, MFA • Megan Clawson • Brad Clouser • Patrick Cochrane • Craig Fields and Debra L. Cohen ’78 • Cole Rogers and Carla McGrath • Cinda J. Collins • Teresa Coryell House and Charles House • Robert and Teri Crosby - The Longview Foundation • Ellie Crosby - The Longview Foundation • Sally and John Cuningham • Ward Curtis • Dalana Space - Tara K. Dev • Peter Douglas • Kirsten and Jack Driscoll ’86 • Zach Dutton • Barry Fick • Megan and Drew Gaillard • Emily Galusha and Donald McNeil • Kari and Geoff Haanstad • Betsy and Michael Halvorson ’66 • Emily V. Harris • Jenny and Win Hornig • James Korein and Barbara Iams-Korein ’75 • Katherine L. Kelly • Emily Kessler and Aaron Rupar • Allan T. Kohl • Willow and Josh Kreibich • Aimee and Manny Lagos • Mary Ash Lazarus and Barry Lazarus • Searcy T. and John C. Lillehei • Susan Blaska Lindahl and Peter J. Lindahl • Little & Company • Caroline and James Loken • Trisha and Steven London • Joseph ’71 and Wendy Machlitt • Cynthia and Donald MacMillan • James G. Madson ’87 • Betsy and John Massie • Media Bridge Advertising • Lucy C. Mitchell - The Longview Foundation • Sheila C. Morgan • Virginia and Stephen Muehlberg • Katherine B. Murphy • Kristen (Borders) Nottingham ’97, ECOccasion • Ruth Anne Olson and Anthony J. Morley • Pamela and Ross Phelan • Rowena and Charles Pitschka • Cara Pomponio • Mimi and Benjamin G. Rae III • Geri and Dar Reedy • Katie Reiske • Megan and Jonathan Rogers • Rose Francis Foundation • Doris Engibous and Cathy Ryan ’07* • Debra and James Ryman ’65 • Laurent Saloff-Coste • Cristin McKnight Sethi and Sanjit Sethi • Marcelyn J. and William B. Smale Jr. • Jennifer Stattelman • Mary K. and Gary Stern • Sundaram Tagore Gallery • Dana Swindler and Greg Walsh • Laura D. and John G. Taft • Lorri Talberg • Cindy Theis • Terri Thiher • Jessica and Bryan Wilkinson • Fred and Eleanor Winston - The Longview Foundation • Amy Wolford • Margaret Wurtele

$500–999

David Penchansky and Hend Al-Mansour ’02, MFA • Rebecca Amidon • Mark F. Anderson ’69 • Kristen Appert • Ann M. Benrud • Arlene L. Birt ’02 • Gary Boatman • Adam Buhr • Marsha Burgeson • Chad Busch • Patrick Casey • Reverend Ralph Chittams Sr. • Linda and George Chryssomallis • Annie Gillette Cleveland and Fritz Cleveland • Daniel Doktori • Julie Drysdale • Kelly and Phil Elkin • Geoffrey Emerson • Shane Ewanika • Sheila and John Folkestad • Jean Freeman and Chris Raih • Kirk Gelatt • Katherine Gibbons • Heather Peterson Design • David C. Heide • Laurel and Tom Hendrickson • Matthew Hoban • Melissa and Matthew Huybrecht • Alexandra Lacey • Elizabeth Larsen and Walter Schleisman • Deborah Lefebvre • Vince Leo • Looking Glass Creative • Hannah Mack • Ann Merrill ’83 and Daniel J. Jurgens ’81 • Amber M. Mills ’03 and Matthew R. Mills ’03 • Jerry and Tony Miner • Pam Mondale • Ana Musachio • Melanie Nelson • Mary Alma Noonan • Rhonda O’Neill • David Piper • Bryce Quinn • Anne and Patrick Regan • Carleen Rhodes • Sandra Rieger and David Daily • Lisa Rikkers • Michelle Rouillard • Anthony Serino • Grace D. Sferra • Joyce B. Sharp • James Snustad • Roderic Southall • Chichi Steiner and Tom Rassieur • Thomas Fleisher Photography • Michele Topka • Tom Umhoefer • Walker Art Center • Janette Walker • Mary and Jeff Werbalowsky • Karen M. Wirth • Jennifer Zuccola

$250–$499

Anonymous (2) • Laura M. Andrews ’06, MFA • Beverly Bajus • Lori Batts • Lisa Beaupre • Joann Birk • Kimberly and Robert Boisvert • Christine A. and Brian R. Bradshaw ’82 • Michael Brenk • Jeffrey Brockman • Victoria Buck • Matt Burgess • Ryan Campbell ’97 • Thomas Caswell • Melvin Clark • Natalie Connelly • Jeanne Corwin • Edward and Sherry Ann Dayton • Patricia Dickmann • Jay Dillon • Michelle Dooley • Nadege Souvenir and Joshua Dorothy • Julie DuBois • Stephen Evelsizer • Darnell and Dick Fischer • Renee Frisch • Kristie K. Frudden ’08, MFA • Katie Gabriel • Eric Gartland • Sarah Goldthwait • Christiane Grauert ’99, MFA and Santiago H. Cucullu ’99, MFA • Gron Irrigation • Julie A. Gunnerud • Matt Haglund • Lili Hall Scarpa • Lindsey Hamilton • Liesl Hargens • Dana Hazel • Meghana Helder • Conor Hesch • Peter Hinze • Jane Holzer • Bernadette Hornig • Sharon Hughes • Heather and Matthew Hunt • Bianca Jarvis ’17, MFA • Audrey Johnson • Julie A. Jurrjens • Jiabei Kaiser • Chad Kampe • Julia Karos • Linda Kaysen • Joe Keeley • Wendy Keena • Adis Keric • Susan Koberstein and Paul Anecki • Edward F. Koss • Fritz Kroll • Olaf Kuhlke • Amy Langer • Lisa and Gregg Larson • Christy Leonard • Ruby Lerner • Katrin Loss ’00 • Robert Lunieski • Colette MacIver • Rebecca Madsen • Erin Matushak • Lauren McCoy • Kristen McDougall and Rod Mackenzie • Suzanne Mckay • Neville J. McKinnie • Breanna McMillan • Rebecca Meinz • Rita M. Meyer • Shawna Meyer • Michael Meyer and Donna Lewis-Jones ’85 • Richard Miller • Jacquelyn Mogol • Erin Newson • Emily and Will Nicoll • Melissa Odden • Mark Ohm • Travis Pagliara • Carli Pearson • Beth Peck ’07, MFA • David Piechota • Zach Pieper • Paul Pirner • Mary Beth and Tim Puder • Kristine Rauenhorts • John S. Reay • Mary Anne Redding ’24, MA • Becky Reed • Sarah and Drew Reget • Kendra and Ben Reichenau • Reppe Law • Jeffrey Roby • Andrew Rorvig • Maureen C. and T. Gordon Rudd Jr. • Joseph Ruggiero • Jill Saber • Dean Salita • Marya Samuelson • Victoria Sass • Surya Saxena • Nicholas Scheiner • Denise and Peter Schlesinger • Jackson Schwartz • The Seidl Company • Norah L. Shapiro and Andrew Harrison • Jordana and Robert Sherer • Stephen Skoge • Rebecca Sloat • Alex Smetana • Kim and Buddy Snow - The Longview Foundation • Greg Stenmoe • Christopher Stevens • Karen S. Stockert ’85 • John Tastad • Mark Taylor • Jonathan T. Pribila and Steven Thiel • Kay Thomas and Jim Rustad • Rebecca Thomley • Dana Thompson • Ellen Thomson ’19, MA • Pam Tomczik • Liyuan Tong ’14 • Topline Advertising, Inc. • Stuart and Andrea Turner • Tusk Builders • Hanna Vomhof ’11 and Andrew T. Vomhof ’10 • Andrea Walker • Benjamin G. Warde ’96 • Nancy Werner-Azarski and Jim Azarski • Theresa Wertheim • Amy West • Susan and Robert W. White • Dawn Witt • Jane and Oswald S. Wyatt Jr. • Nancy Zeis

$1–$249

Anonymous (4) • Jared Abelman • Meg Adkisson • Christopher Alday ’23, MA • David Bearon and Nadia Alenov ’10 • Richard K. Allendorf and Paul W. Markwardt • Rebecca J. and H. Steven Alm • Rachel Almburg • Judith Amdur ’74 • Julianne Amendola • Raphael Anastasiadis • Lori Elizabeth Anderson • Mitchell Anderson • Jenny Andreasson • Lisa Antenucci • Daniel B. Appleby ’77 • Christian Armstrong • Patricia Arneson • Ana Ashby • Isahm Ashour • Anya Backlund • Andy Baird ’76 • Tricia Balazovic • Lisa C. Balke ’92 • Gretchen Barbatsis • Amy Barger • Debby and Dana K. Barnes • Jane Bassuk • Melissa C. Bean ’76 and Scott R. Bean ’72 • Hallie Beattie • Annie Becker Peterson • Emily Beckmann • Martha L. Beery Milbery and Kevin Milbery • Ron Beining • Hazel Belvo and Marcia C. Cushmore • Emily Benz • Dominique Bergeron • Leslie J. Berkshire • Rick Berland • McKenzie Berquam • Stacy Best • Isabel Bethke • Megan Betterman • Sarah M. Bieber • Sue Bishop • Margaret Black • Katie Blaisdell • Carolyn Blake • Alyssa Bluhm • Diana Boger • Cambria Bold • Michael Boulette • Nick Boulton • Amy Boyle • Bridget Brackin • Sam Brasseur • Kathryn M. and Marvin R. Braun • Lauren Breckenridge • Susie Breckenridge • Heidi Brenegan • Jordyn Brennan ’22, MFA • Lisa Brezonik • Barbara A. Brust ’81 • Trevor A. Burks ’09 • Kirsten Butala • Anne Cammack • Mitchell Campbell • Kayla Campbell ’16, MFA • Cynthia Campbell-Lashley ’09 • Melis Candir • Steven J. Candy ’03 • Brianna Capra ’99 • Mari Carlson • Lukas Carlson ’22 • Katherine Meehan and Emmett F. Carpel • Wanda Carr • Alexandra Carthew • Jennifer A. Caruso • Anne M. Cashill • Elissa Cedarleaf Dahl ’07, MFA • CenterPoint Energy • Marty Chamberlain ’75 • Luke Chen ’15 • Nathanael G. Christenson ’19 • Zoe Cinel ’18, MFA • Nicole Claeson • Jim Cohn • Sara Collins • Kim Colpitts • Cassandra Cook ’19, MFA • Tara and Joe Corbett • Susan Corridoni • Maija Costello • Tara A. Costello ’98 • Heather Cox • Emily Crawford • Naomi Crocker • Sarah Crook • Karen Cucci • Luciano Daitzchman ’93 • Katherine Dale • Virginia Dale • Sumana Damery • Ella Daniels • Avery Davis • Erin Davis • Katie Davison • Suzanne and David Davison • Hugh Dawson • Grace L. Deck ’22, MA • Danielle DeMay • James DeMay • Carlee Diedrich • Sarah Dodge • Sandra Donovan • Matt Dorison • Kelly Dorow • Beth Dorsey • Alexandra Doty-Harper ’14 • Nicole Drilling ’08 • Mekea Duffy • Christopher Durbin • Justin Dworak • Nicole L. Earley ’94 • Kalie Eckerson ’13 • Joshua Edgley-Smith • Andrew Edwins • Elizabeth Firestone Graham Foundation • Robert Engdale • Melissa Erickson • Laurie Everett • Fred P. Falk • Mara Farnworth ’61 • Genevieve Farra • Anastasia Faunce and Dean Arnold ’99 • Michael Feddersen • Feder Gordon Family Fund • Kelly Fee • Melanie Ferris • Marilyn Fetsch • Teri Fischer • Teresa Fisher • Lebron Fix • Katie Fleming • Ann Foker • Dave and Glorie Forliti ’99 • Jacqueline Fortier • Noah Foster • Noreli Franco • Vaughn Frazher • Lisa Freeburg • Eleanor Fuchs • Molly Fuller • Jacob Fyda • Anya Gage • Dolores and Jim Garbarini • Sara Gardner • Kristin Garwick • Adelae Gerten • Lindsey Geyer • K. Giblin ’71 • Eric Gibson • Milla Kicilinska Gibson ’21, MA • Steve Gill • Michael Giovanis • Tessa Gittleman • Gina Glynn ’10 • Lisa Gordon • Michael Gordon • Kimberely Gorman • Christine Gorman • Adam M. Gottesman • Jenifer Bellefleur and Miguel Granger • Barbara Nash and Catherine Gray ’02 • Kelline Greaves • Roger and Myra Greenberg • Gay Greiter • Daniel Groll • Philipp Grothe • Evan Gruenes • Rebecca Grundman • Alexander Guiney • Kayla Gustafson • Brenna Gustafson • Paula M. Habib • Heather Haeg • Molly Hagen-Robare • Tessa Hahn • Corey Halls • Susan V. Hanna-Bibus • Jill Harmon • Pamela Hart ’21, MA • Maureen Hartman • Bob and Darlene Hays • Donald J. Heffron ’80 • Justin P. Heideman ’04 • Anne Heitlinger and Nick Franco • Michelle Hemming • Maria Hemsley • Angela Hermes-Howe • Kathryn Heuer • Susan Hitchner • Seena Hodges • Heather Hoecker • Brad Hoeschen • Kristen Holte • Antonia and Peter Hommeyer • Sarah Honeywell • Cynthia House • Karen Howe • James Howley • Kayla Hughes • Megan Hume • Molly Hunstad • Chelsea Ihnat • Tara Inveen • Kathleen Jackson • David R. Jacobs, Jr. • Antra Jansons-Pakalns ’65 • Crystal Jensen • Mary Clare Jensen • Luke Jerviss • Katherine Jones-Jirka ’79 and Brad P. Jirka ’76 • Annali E. Johnson ’25 • Jasmine Johnson • Julie Johnson • Kelly Johnson • Melissa Johnson • Stacey Johnson • CaseyAnn S. Jones ’19 • Kristin Jones • Michele Joy • J.P. Morgan • Elizabeth Kamman • Natalie J. Kantor-Frank ’88 • Shirley Kaplan • Sharon Kaseric and George B. Kaseric ’73 • Mary M. Kazura ’99 and Chris M. Gerber ’02 • Amy Keepper • Kelly Kehr • Logan Keith • Guthrie Kellom • Juliana A. Kelly • Virginia Kelly • Clay Kimber • Roberta Kind • Elizabeth King • Molly Kinney and Ron Leonhardt • Kelly Kita • Joan F. and G. Robert Klaiber • Traci Klein • Stacy Klink • Sheryl Fay Knutson ’66 • William Colin Kopp ’06 • Pam Kosanke • Kathryn Kraker • Marianne Krlijic • Kendra Krueger • Racquel Kuehn • Frannie and Jeff Kuhs • Kelsey Kuno ’20, MA • Linda Kuno • Mary Kurbat • Mary Ann Kwon • Jonathon Lacher • Jessica Lambert • Wendy Lane ’95, MFA • Jamie Lang • Julia Langer • Joseph Langner • Matt Laws • Bailey Lee • Barret M. Lee ’16 • Michelle Beth Lee ’05 • Nicholas C. Lents ’23 • Jeff Lepley • Emily Lesmeister • Erik Lucken • Amanda Luke • Nancy Lunning • Molly Macdonald • Kathy MacLaughlin • Emily Mader • Helmut and Mary Maier • Eli Makovetsky • Meghan Malane • Gayle Malcolm • Carissa Malecha • Stacy K. Mann ’19, MA • Bojan Manojlovic • Michael John Marcon ’02 • Kaija Markoe • Marilyn and Brent Marmo • Kelsey Marquardt • Jonathon Marsh • Nikki Martin • Suzy Martin ’11 • Mercedes Martinez • Olga Mashkova • Kendal Masica • Katharine Mauer • Theanna Maus • Kimberly Mayer • Bill McCabe and Deb Neuger • Nancy Jean McCabe ’06 • Julie McCombs • Gregory L. McDaniels ’68 • Mary McDevitt • Kathy McGillis • Arienne McKee-Sexton • Deborah McMahon • Elizabeth McNiven • Marc McShane • Lois E. Meisch ’78 • Jennifer Meles • Alan Mendelsohn • Janet and Marty Merkt • Lindsay Mermin • Beverly Mestelle • Christine Meuers • Jennifer Meyer • Heather Michael • Ronald Michalak • Alexandra and Nicholas Miles • Minneapolis Institute of Arts • Sam Mischke • Ann Molitor Eder • Lynda M. Monick-Isenberg • Kirk Monpas • Lindsay Montanari • Penny Moorse • Keith Morancie • Jacqueline Morley • Tricia Morrill • Mary and Leslie Morris • Blake Mullin ’14 • Anne Murphy • Judith Murphy • Jenna D. Murphy ’20, MA • Steven Murray • Heather Musil ’11 • Steven Musser • Martin Nance • Erin Nelson • Kelli Nelson ’13, MFA • Nick Nelson • Robert Nevarez • Kristine L. Newcomer • Pamela Newsome-Prochniak and Wayne E. Prochniak • Kali Nikitas and Richard M. Shelton ’87 • Emily Nitz • Lisa Nordland • Winston C. Novacek ’23 • Deborah A. and David H. Novak ’76 • Alison N. Nowak ’06, MFA • Jennifer Nowak • Scott O’Donnell • Betsy-Marie A. Olaussen ’19, MA • Joseph D. R. OLeary ’92 • Woody Olsen ’76 • Kelly Olsen • Heather Olson • Karla L. Ortloff ’95 • Pamela Owen • Grace Palmer • Nicole Pamelia • Larie Pampuch • Becky Patton • Kristen S. Paulsen • Melessa (Bills) Paynter ’02 and Nate Paynter • Andrea Pederson • Luciana and Giuseppe Pellizzer • Bill Pelton • Meg Pendleton • Karen Percich • Justin R. and Karen K. Peters ’97 • Kris Petersen • Anne Peterson • Kate Pfaffinger • Laura Pfeiffer • Laura Phelps • Amy Phillips • Linda Phillips ’70 • Wendy Phillips • Randal M. Piechowski ’95 • Bianka Pineda • Ann Pineles • Susan Plahn • Elizabeth A. Plahn ’09 • Marissa Plume • Jennifer Plummer • Laura Potter • Michael Green and Jane Elizabeth Powers ’98, MFA • Carl Priest • Lyndsey Primus • Karl C. Procaccini • Hannah Puffer • Jane Putzier • Devon MacNabb Quick ’06 • Thad Radel • Mackenzie Rajalingam • Shasteana Rancher • Heather Randell • Dr. Melissa Rands ’97 and Bartholomew Phillips • Laura Rea • Alea Redetzke • Merick B. Reed ’19 • Rebecca Reed Farha • Dawn and Brian Reid • Chelsea Remiger • Kate Remington • Lauren Renner • Robert Repta • Peri Riddel • Victoria E. Roden ’18 • Jessica Roe • Michelle Rohlf • Debbie and Chris Rohrer • Patrick Roscher • Lara Roy • Claire and David Ruebeck • Stephen Rueff • St. Olaf College • Todd J. and Lisa A. Sammon ’86 • Jaclyn Sanborn • Katherine Sandberg • Jordan Sandvig • Aaron Sather ’14 • Sierra Saunders • Kathryn Schadendorf • Amanda Schierman • Dustin Schipper • Kelly Schmidt • John Schmitt • Anika Schneider ’19, MFA • Jacob Schroeder ’14 • Colleen Schroeder • Joyce Schwartz • McKenzie Schweitzer • Ellen Sexton • Shefali Shah • Neda Shahghasemi • David Shea • Victoria Sheaffer • Lewis E. Shealy • Mary and Charles Sheehy • Amber Shimpa • Julia T. Showalter ’20 • Janine Sieja • Daniel Simmons • Suzanne Simon • Audrey Singer ’78 • Ginger L. Sisco • Bridget Skaare • Sandra Smalley-Fleming • Jolene Smiley • Jeffrey Smith • Tracy M. Smith • Christopher Smith • Whitney Smith • Heather Smith • Stephanie Smith • Emily Smoak • Mary Sonnek • Sam Soundarajan • Spring Creek Dental • Anna Stark • Tracy Steeno • Raychel M. Steinbach ’09 • Sarah A. Steiner ’17 • Susan Stephan • Kari Sterling • Beth A. Stockinger • Andrew Stoner • Kristin Stouffer • Judith J. and Terrance L. Stratton • Lindsay Strauss • Maggie Strom • Erika Sullivan • Michelle Sullivan • Candace Surcey • Diana R. and John H. Swanson • Jacqueline L. Swanson ’69 • Suzanne Swanson • Rabindra Tambyraja • Heather Tansey • Smitha Tassone • Barbara Taylor • Margaret Teasdale • Chris Teigen • Ema Thoen • Stacy Thoma • Jennifer Thompson • Dain E. Thompson ’23 • Alison Thurner • Carmen Sue Tomfohrde ’05 • Rachel Topka ’15 • Luke Troxel • Mr. Thomas P. Trutna • Glenn Trybom ’11 • Tina Tuohy • Allison Urevig • Ann Vail • Alexander D. Campbell and Allison Vallant ’07 • Erin Van Bergen • Sarah Van Camp • Sarah Vandelist • Randy & Rebecca Vanderstelt • Maggie VanNorman • Christopher Vaughn • Wayne B. Venters • JoNae Villeneuve • Tim Wagener • Margy Waller • Chris Walsh • David P. Warch ’94 • Elayna Waxse • Christopher J. Weber ’90 • Anne Weber • Michelle Webster ’19, MA • Christine Weger • David I. Weinberg • Rich Bleyhl and Mary Welke ’77 • Wells Fargo Corporation • Katie West • Dawn Karen Wieking ’79 • Anna Wethington • Wendy Wethington • Debbie Whitetaker • Laura Whitney • Emily Wiklund Hayhurst • Nathan and Nikki Will ’07 • Brittany Willborg • Kristin M. Williams ’92 • Laura Wolff • Joe Woodside • Susan Wyatt • Amy Wysocki • Linda W. Zanders

Stevens League

Thank you to our Stevens League members who have generously chosen to include MCAD in their estate plans, creating a meaningful legacy that will impact the creative community well into the future.

Anonymous • Susan Calmenson • Cy DeCosse ’52 and Paula DeCosse • Dean and Alice Fjelstul ’96, MFA • Robert Gjerde • Janet Jones • Terry Saario and Lee Lynch • James G. Madson ’87 • Bob Nehotte ’62* • Debra and James Ryman ’65 • Kate Stewart • Roman J. Verostko* • Meiko Yamazaki ’01 • Sue Zelickson

*Deceased

Auction Artists

Thank you to the artists who have generously donated artwork to the Auction at MCAD 2024. Proceeds from the sale of their work directly benefit MCAD Scholarships. To date, The Auction at MCAD Scholarship Fund has awarded more than $1.2M in awards.

Ta-coumba T. Aiken ’74 • David Bartley • Hazel Belvo, Professor-Emeritus • Per Breiehagen • Owen Brown • Genie Castro • Rachel Collier • Marcia Casey Cushmore • Tom Eslinger ’90 • Gregory Euclide ’08, MFA • Fidencio Fifield-Perez • Nathanael Flink ’94 • Joan Fraerman Binkley* • Teri Fullerton ’08, MFA • Tori Gagne • Katinka Galanos • Toni Glotter ’78 • John Hall • Ian Hanesworth ’18 • Tim Harding • Veronique Henriot • Susan Hensel • Pao Her ’09 • Jim Hillegass • Syed Hosain • Balthazar Korab* • Christian Korab • Anne Labovitz • Chris Larson • Vince Leo, Professor Emeritus • Heidi Libera ’83 • Miles Mendenhall • Lucy Mink ’95, MFA • Shelly Mosman ’95 • Daniel Noyes • Ziba Rajabi • Virginia Randolph Bueide • Jessica Rankin • Jodi Reeb ’95 • Bobby Rogers ’14 • Benedict Scheuer • Mark Schoening • Christopher Selleck ’16, MFA • Sanjit Sethi, President • Elizabeth Simonson • Nathan Slate Joseph • Steven Sorman • Alec Soth • Anita White ’74 • Karen Wirth, Professor Emeritus • Wing Young Huie

“Because of your incredible generosity and support, you have lightened my financial burden to a great degree. Because of you, I am able to concentrate and pursue my educational goals with ease and peace of mind. I will continue to work hard and strive to be both a creative leader and pillar of my community.” –Hallie Holtz ’23

Honor and Memorial Gifts

Thank you to our donors who created a meaningful tribute to a friend, family member, or loved one. This is a profound way to honor a special person while supporting MCAD’s mission.

Two Columns

In Honor of Parker Boisvert ’23
Kimberly and Robert Boisvert

In Memory of Joan Kraus Butler
Elizabeth Butler and Todd Johnson

In Honor of Nancy Carlisle
Chris Carlisle

In Memory of Rob Dewey
Mary C. and Fredrick Bliss

In Memory of Carole Gorney Fisher ’64
Catherine Jordan
Karen Linner and Lester S. Shen
Connie Lowe
Lynda M. Monick-Isenberg
Kathryn Nettleman
Mary F. Nettleman
Lois Norrgard
Patricia Lynn Olson ’98, MFA
Holly C. and William Swift
Karen M. Wirth

In Memory of Gregory Garwick
Kristin Garwick

In Memory of Janice P. Gelatt ’64
Kirk Gelatt

In Memory of Harry F. Hauck, Jr.
Linda and George Chryssomallis

In Honor of Elliot Layne
Dominique Bergeron

In Memory of Reginaldo Lusiak-Reyes
Christy Arradondo
Anne Baird
Sue Bishop
Justin Dworak
Marta Fabroni
Stephen Field
John Gaede
Robin Gillette
Jennie Gustafson
Bob and Darlene Hays
Wendy Helberg
Amy Ellich Hong
Julie Hovla
Daniel and Lea Anne Jasper
Lori and Mark Johnson
Lisa Kirkbride
KNOCK, inc. - Todd Paulson and Lili Hall
Cathy Lander-Goldberg
Karen Larson
Matt Laws
LSE Architects, Inc. - Mohammed Lawal
Karen Lusiak
Mall of America
Kelsey Marquardt
Lisa Melander
Jason M. Miller
Heather Olson
Polly Pampusch
Joseph Perdew
Kathleen Puhl
Kellie Rusch
Rosemary Schiff
Joan Semmer
James and Kristen Shanahan
Mary and Charles Sheehy
Alison Thurner
Sarah and Ben Trudeau
Angela Umali
PJ Vitoff
Betsy Vohs
Jeff and Jo Wells
Dan and Melissa Weston

In Memory of Lars Mason
Elissa Cedarleaf Dahl ’07, MFA

In Memory of Danielle Miles
Amy Barger
Brown and Caldwell
Reverend Ralph Chittams Sr
Melissa Erickson
Lisa Freeburg
Kendal Masica
Alexandra and Nicholas Miles
Andrea Pederson
Annie and Don Smithmier

In Memory of Phuong Vu and Tom Morley
Ruth Anne Olson and Anthony J. Morley

In Memory of Miranda Moss
Karen Cucci

In Memory of Kate O’Rourke
Julie A. Jurrjens

In Memory of Diane Elizabeth Ragsdale
Raphael Anastasiadis
Allison Bell
Jamie Bennett
Arlene L. Birt ’02
Kathleen and Philip Bither
Annie Gillette Cleveland and Fritz Cleveland
Susan Feder and Todd Gordon
Robert Ransick and Blake Goble
Mary and Carl Graves
Alexander Guiney
Olaf Kuhlke
Ruby Lerner
Benjamin Newman ’23, MA
Laura Phelps
Cara Pomponio ’23, MA
Mary Anne Redding ’24, MA
Lara Roy
John Schmitt
Cristin McKnight Sethi and Sanjit Sethi
Rebecca and Randy Vanderstelt
Margy Waller
Karen M. Wirth

In Memory of Peter Seitz
Beverly Bajus
Mari Carlson
Suzanne S. Filbin
Kathryn Heuer
Karen Howe
Miranda and Bradley Johnson
Ann Merrill ’83 and Daniel J. Jurgens ’81
Tricia Morrill
Heather Olson

In Honor of Rik Sferra
Grace D. Sferra

In Honor of Cindy Theis
Julianne Amendola
Anastasia Faunce and Dean Arnold ’99
Laura and J.J. Austrian
Liz Barrere and Dennis Cass
Mary and Bruce W. Bean
Hazel Belvo and Marcia C. Cushmore
Ann M. Benrud
Leslie J. Berkshire
Gary Boatman
Sarah Borchers and Brian Kingsley
Jordyn Brennan
Adam Buhr
Susan Calmenson
Annie Gillette Cleveland and Fritz Cleveland
Teri and Robert Crosby
Martha B. Dayton and Thomas Nelson
Cy DeCosse ’52 and Paula Decosse
Dean and Alice Fjelstul ’96, MFA
Susan V. Hanna-Bibus
Antonia and Peter Hommeyer
Julie Johnson
Joan F. and G. Robert Klaiber
Kathryn Kraker
Frannie and Jeff Kuhs
Mary Ash Lazarus and Barry Lazarus
Vince Leo
Susan Blaska Lindahl and Peter J. Lindahl
James G. Madson ’87
Betsy and John Massie
Heather and Richard Mattera
Kristen McDougall and Rod Mackenzie
Cole Rogers and Carla McGrath
Leni and David E. Moore Jr.
Maggie Nathan ’76 and Doug Nathan ’75
Pamela Newsome-Prochniak and Wayne E. Prochniak
Mary Alma Noonan
Drs. Marion and D. Wilkin Parke
Becky Patton
Mimi and Benjamin G. Rae III
Dawn and Brian Reid
Carleen Rhodes
Lara Roy
Corey Sauer
Rachael Scherer and Steve Imholte
Cristin McKnight Sethi and Sanjit Sethi
Mary K. and Gary Stern
Christopher Stevens
Beth A. Stockinger
Mark Theis and Wan Suwandi
Smitha Tassone
Missy Staples Thompson and Gar Hargens
West Photo
Karen M. Wirth
Hunter and Adam Wright

In Memory of Roman Verostko
Kevin and Sara Byrnes
Lea Dahl
Katherine Mauer
Kerry Morgan and Michael Gaudio

In Memory of Jody Williams
Rebecca J. and H. Steven Alm
Erica Berven, MD and Ed Charbonneau ’06, MFA

In Memory of Richard Wirth
Judith J. and Terrance L. Stratton

In-Kind Gifts

Donations of goods and services help to relieve MCAD’s annual budget. Thank you to the individuals and businesses who have made a gift to MCAD.

Andrew C. Allen • Rebecca J. and H. Steven Alm • BAR DIVER Cocktails • Bacardi • Anne M. Cashill • Chowgirls, Inc. • Ergo Florals • Christine and Ron Frisk • Fulton Brewing • Mary Graves • Haskell's Liquor Store • Katharine L. Kelly • Todd Lifson • Erik Lund • Mpls/St Paul Magazine • Kyra J. Nygard ’21 • Geri and Dar Reedy • Karen Schultz • She She • Merrily Smith • Jennifer Stattelman

Named Endowment Funds for Programs and Operations

Two Columns

Distinguished Benefactors
Funds of $2,500,000+
Dorothy M. Lindeke Fund
Ethel Morrison Van Derlip Trust
Ralph Whelan Trust

Leadership Benefactors
Funds of $1,000,000+
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Fund
Elbridge Cooke Trust
Ford Foundation Faculty Development Fund
John R. Van Derlip Trust
Thomas F. Wallace Memorial Fund

Major Benefactors
Funds of $500,000–$999,999
Jean B. McHugh Fund
Minneapolis Clearing House Association Fund

Patron Benefactors
Funds of $250,000–$499,999
Anonymous Fund
Mr. and Mrs. Theodore W. Bennett Fund
Alden C. Buttrick Fund
Richard and Isobel Gale Fund
Eleanor F. Pillsbury Fund

Benefactors
Funds of $100,000–$249,999
3M Foundation Fund
Anne and Hadlai A. Hull Fund
Betty Bean Flinsch College Convocation Fund*
Cargill Foundation Fund
Carolyn McKnight Christian Fund
Mrs. John H. Daniels Fund
John S. Slorp Teaching Fellowship Fund
Putnam D. McMillan Art School Fund
Star Tribune Fund
Target Foundation Fund
William Randolph Hearst Foundation Fund

Associate Benefactors
Funds of $50,000–$99,999
Don Bajus MCAD Animation Innovations Program
Elizabeth Hale Fund
Elizabeth H. Washburn Fund
Elsie and Mauritz Westmark Fund
F. A. Bean Foundation Fund
Fjelstul ’96 Visiting Artist Fund
Gary L. Rockler Endowed Equipment Fund
George H. Christian Memorial Fund
Grace Bliss Dayton Fund
Gretchen Field Pillsbury Fund
Honeywell Foundation Fund
Leonard G. and Geraldine Carpenter Fund*
Mary R. Slater Fund in Memory of Wallace and Lillian Reinhardt
Mr. and Mrs. John Cowles Sr. Fund
Mr. and Mrs. Philip Pillsbury Fund
Northwestern Bell Telephone Fund
Phillips Family Foundation Fund
Southways Foundation Fund
Stanley W. Dwinnell Fund
Stella J. Hawkinson Fund
Sumner T. McKnight Foundation Fund
Target Corporation Fund
Virginia and James H. Binger Fund
West Photo Fund
Xcel Energy Fund

Patrons
Funds of $25,000–$49,999
Edith E. Johnson Fund
Munsingwear Inc. Fund
Piper Fund
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Maslon Fund

*Fund has moved up in value category
**Newly established fund

Named Endowment Funds for Scholarships

Leadership Benefactors
Funds of $1,000,000 +
Ford Foundation Scholarship Fund*
MCAD Associates Scholarship Fund
Winifred and Atherton Bean Leadership Scholarship Fund

Major Benefactors
$500,000–$999,999
Class of 1978 Merit Scholarship Fund
Corey Sauer Scholarship Fund*
Dean Wilson Art of Making Scholarship Fund
Donna and Cargill MacMillan Jr. Scholarship Fund
Friends of the College Scholarship Fund
Roy B. Justus Scholarship Fund

Patron Benefactors
Funds of $250,000–$499,999
Athwin Foundation Bachelor of Science Scholarship Fund
Clinton and Mary Morrison Leadership Scholarship Fund
Ella Pillsbury Crosby Scholarship Fund*
George H. Halpin Memorial Fund
Ida Williams Memorial Scholarship Fund
Jean and Glenn Brooks Scholarship Fund
Lee Lynch and Terry Saario Entrepreneurial Studies Scholarship Fund
MCAD Art Sale Scholarship Fund
Paula and Cy DeCosse ’52 Scholarship Fund
R. Thomas Gunkelman and Gaylord Benson Scholarship Fund
Virginia M. Binger Merit Scholarship Fund

Benefactors
Funds of $100,000–$249,999
Alice Batzli Scholarship Fund
Andrea Thoe Nasset Memorial Scholarship Fund
Beth Ann Lundin ’93 Memorial Scholarship Fund
Charles Bell Fund
Cindy Theis Scholarship Fund**
David and Debra Andreas Scholarship Fund
Frank Austin Carl Memorial Scholarship Fund
Gail Blake Scholarship Fund*
Gary L. Rockler Scholarship Fund
General Scholarship Fund
John Garrigan ’62 Scholarship Fund
Kinji Akagawa Fund for Interdisciplinary Studies
Larry Schoenecker Scholarship Fund
MacMillan Scholarship Fund
Michael Guy Sweet ’89 Scholarship Fund
Next Generation Scholarship Fund*
The Open Door Scholarship Fund
Patricia B. Saunders Scholarship Fund
Roberto Matta Scholarship Fund
Roman and Alice Verostko Scholarship Fund
Shirley and Miles Fiterman Scholarship Fund
Tom and Phyllis Colwell Mentoring Scholarship Fund
Winton Jones Scholarship Fund*

Associate Benefactors
Funds of $50,000–$99,999
Abby Weed Grey Scholarship Fund
Alexei Tylevich ’94 Scholarship Fund
Bob and Gerry Nehotte ’62 Scholarship Fund
Business and Industry Scholarship Fund
Darwin and Geri Reedy Scholarship Fund
Dorthea Kinney Auten Scholarship Fund**
Edmund J. Phelps Scholarship Fund
Edward M. Johnson Art Scholarship Fund
F. McGovan Scholarship Fund
Gary and Mary K. Stern Supporting Scholarship Fund
Jean Bender Schutz ’61 Scholarship Fund
Karen M. Wirth Scholarship Fund*
Kate O’Rourke Memorial Scholarship Fund
Kelley Lynch Eternal Optimist Scholarship Fund*
Kent and Judy Hodder Media Scholarship Fund
Little & Co. Merit Scholarship Fund
MB Condon and Tim Young Scholarship Fund**
MCAD Alumni Scholarship Fund
Mrs. Paul A. Brooks Fund
President Michael O’Keefe Scholarship Fund
Robert L. and Sharon G. Ryan Scholarship Fund
Sharon Baver ’76 Scholarship Fund
Susan Calmenson Scholarship Fund
Thomas White ’90 Memorial Scholarship Fund
Travelers Inc. Scholarship Fund
Virginia M. Binger Arts Scholarship Fund
Warren Moen ’49 Scholarship Fund

Patrons
Funds of $25,000–$49,999
Aribert and Joan Munzner Scholarship Fund
Arthur R. Gruber ’32 Scholarship Fund
Birney Quick ’51 Scholarship Fund
Black Leadership Award
Bruce and Mary Bean Sustaining Scholarship Fund
Gary Fink Fine Arts Scholarship Fund
George Morrison ’43 Memorial Scholarship Fund
John and Betsy Massie Scholarship Fund
Lois J. Simon Memorial Scholarship Fund
Mark Addicks and Tom Hoch Scholarship Fund
MFA 2020 Scholarship Fund
New Horizon Scholarship Fund
Over 30 Scholarship Fund**
Patricia Kennedy Crump Memorial Scholarship Fund
Paul Olsen Scholarship Fund
Peter J. Lindahl Scholarship Fund
Rebecca Alm Scholarship Fund
Reginaldo Lusiak-Reyes Scholarship Fund**
Vince Leo Scholarship Fund

*Fund has moved up in value category
**Newly established fund

Trustees

Board of Trustees
Chris Barry, Co-Chair
M.E. Kirwan, Co-Chair
Mark D. Pihlstrom, Immediate Past Co-Chair
Hunter Palmer Wright, Immediate Past Co-Chair
Kristine Anderson
Kobby Appiah ’11
Laura Austrian
Tara K. Dev
Martha Dayton
Elliot Felix
Jean Freeman
Greg Hoffman ’92
Win Hornig
Heather Mattera
Greg McGee
Marion Parke
Ken Piper
Batala McFarlane
Neil Tuli
Rosemary Ugboajah
Greg VanBellinger

Trustees by Virtue of Office
Sanjit Sethi, President

Life Trustees
Bruce W. Bean
Susan Calmenson
Cy DeCosse ’52
Clinton H. Morrison
Atherton Bean*
Charles Bell*
Philip Harris*
Clinton Morrison*

Trustees Emeriti
David Andreas*
Gail Blake
Patricia Bratnober Saunders*
William Byars
Thomas Colwell
John Cuningham
Sheridan Fenwick*
Shirley Fiterman
Michael Halvorson ’66
Paul Hile
Kent Hodder
Wayne Huelskoetter
Dean Koutsky ’57
Larry Lamb
James Larson
Mary Ash Lazarus
B. John Lindahl
Ken Lindgren*
Lee Lynch
Betsy Massie
Bradley Nuorala
Dwight Oglesby
Brian Palmer
Paul Pesek*
Craig Rice
Jim Ryman ’65
Terry Saario
William Sands
Diana Scheff
Rachael Scherer
Missy Staples Thompson
Gary Stern
Hideki Yamamoto
Sue Zelickson

*Deceased

Professors Emeriti

Kinji Akagawa ’68
Jerry Allan
Patricia Morgan Allred*
Rebecca Alm
Philip R. Anderson*
Hazel Belvo
David Nye Brown*
Kevin Byrne
Tom DeBiaso
Frank W. Dreisbach*
Elizabeth Erickson*
Carole Fisher ’64*
Hazel K. Gamec ’67
Tom Garrett ’79
David Goldes
Phebe D. Hanson*
Philip Larson*

Vince Leo
Frenchy Lunning
Mary McDunn
Lynda Monick-Isenberg
Russell Mroczek*
Ari P. Munzner
David H. Novak ’76
Paul R. Olsen ’48*
Thomas Pope
Birney Quick ’51*
Stevie Rexroth
Peter Seitz*
Dick O. Shaw
Roman J. Verostko*
Ruth Voights
Dean Wilson
Karen M. Wirth

*Deceased

“Thank you so much for your generosity in allowing me to continue my education experience feeling financially stable. You have given me the needed boost to achieve my dreams of becoming a graphic designer.” –Caelan Stulken ’22

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MCAD acknowledges the preceding donations and support received between June 1, 2023, and May 31, 2024; some gifts listed in the Honor/Memorial section were received outside of this time range. Every effort has been made to be accurate. If you discover omissions, misspellings, or other errors, please accept our apologies and bring the error to the attention of the Institutional Advancement Office at institutional_advancement@mcad.edu

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