Overture Center Foundation

Overture Center Foundation Board of Directors

On January 1, 2012, Overture Center Foundation, Inc., a private, 501©(3) nonprofit corporation, became the sole operator of Overture Center for the Arts.

Board members of the Foundation are well-respected individuals from Madison and Dane County, representing a wide spectrum of professional and civic expertise. They oversee operations and provide governance pertaining to the Foundation, ensuring the legal and moral health of the organization.

Executive Committee of the Board

Rev. Tony Patterson (Chair), former police and fire commissioner, Wausau, Wis., former chairman of the Marathon County Diversity Commission, retired Reverend at Bread of Life Church, Wausau, Wis. 

Jim St. Vincent (Vice Chair), Chair of the Finance Committee, Member of the Equity & Innovation Committee, retired Senior Vice President of Human Resources, American Family Insurance 

Jim Yehle (Past Chair), President & CEO, J.H. Findorff and Son Inc. 

Keith Baumgartner (Treasurer), Retired Accounting Professional 

Pat Brady (Secretary), Chair of the Governance Committee, Retired Attorney, University of Wisconsin System  

Mark Clear (At-Large Member of the Executive Committee) Development Director, Isthmus Community Media 

Mike Verveer* (Mayoral appointee to the Executive Committee) , Alder, Madison Common Council 

 

OCF Board of Directors 

Lisa Barton, CEO, Alliant Energy  

Joanna G. Burish, Managing Partner, Custer Burish Financial Services 

Joe Celentano, CEO, National Guardian Life  

Peng Her, CEO, The Hmong Institute 

Lynn Heslinga, CPA Principal, SVA Certified Public Accountants 

Ana Hooker, Chief Laboratory Officer, Exact Sciences 

Cecilia Kress, (Chair, Development Committee) Clinical Instructor, University of Wisconsin Law School’s Law and Entrepreneurship Clinic 

Kenneth Lammersfeld, CEO, Park Bank 

Kurt Lin, Retired Managing Director/Portfolio Manager, Cuna Mutual Insurance 

Karen Menendez-Collier, PhD, Executive Director, Centro Hispano Dane County   

Oscar Mireles, Mayoral designee, Director, Omega School 

Barbie Murawski, Real Estate professional  

Greg Pfluger, Interim/Fractional CIO 

Lauri Roman, Partner, Haus, Roman, and Banks, LLP 

Christine Senty, President and CEO, Quartz Health Solutions 

Kirt Soukup, Retired Commercial Lender, BMO Harris  

Andy White, Realtor, Berkshire Hathaway Home Services - True Realty