Board     Founders      Staff     Capital Campaign Task Force    Corporate Campaign Division    Museum Guild     Education Council      Volunteers

 

C’mon Board

The Golisano Children’s Museum of Naples is supported by a eighteen person Board of Directors that includes business and community leaders as well as philanthropists, and reflects the diversity of our community. The Board of Directors serves in three main ways; providing fiscal oversight, strategic planning and fundraising efforts for the Museum.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Allyson
Loos

Founder

  Ed
Jones
,

Board Chair

 

Linda
Malone
,

Vice Chair

 

Julie

Dalton

Treasurer

 

Shelia
Smith Davis

Secretary

   

 

       

       
 

Joe
Cox

Executive Director

  Mary
Baron

  Shirlene
Elkins

  John
Fumagalli

  Ryan S.
Goldberg

                 

   

 

 
Mary Beth
Johns
  J. Christopher
Lombardo
 

Carol

Lund

 

 

Simone
Lutgert


Martha
Meyers

               

 

   

 

 

 

 

Thomas M.
O'Neill

 

Mayela
Rosales

 

 

J. Keith
Short

  Cathy
Singleton
  Shelly
Stayer
                 

             
Anne D.
Thomas
  Lisa Barnett
Van Dien
  Timothy J.
Cartwright
 
 
         

 

 
                 
Founders                

   

 

 

   

Allyson
Loos

Founder

 

Julie
Koester
,

Past Chair

 

Kim Barnett- Buckheit,

Past Secretary

  Brenda
Prioletti
  Mary
Smallwood
                 

 

 


C’mon Staff

Executive Director: Joe Cox

Director of Institutional Advancement: Sandi Wilson

Director of Finance: Karysia Demarest

Director of External Affairs: Heather Patton

Operations Director: Zak Sinberg

Director of Visitor Services: Kara Laufer

Director of Education: Jennifer Sabo

Museum Store Manager: Linda Smith

Facilities Manager: Dave Grimard

Development Assistant: Kathleen Stanton

Membership/Annual Fund Coordinator: Jean Roche

Special Events Coordinator: Katie Little

Curator of Collections: Carrie Cutchens

Curious Kids Coordinator: Hallie Jones

Programs Coordinator: Carolyn Williams

Science and Math Coordinator: Urmila Wadnerkar

Early Childhood Coordinator: Isabel Castro

Volunteer and Visitor Services Coordinator: Lindsay Flanagan

Arts and Humanities Coordinator:  Paisley Callow


 

 

Campaign Task Force

The volunteer Campaign Task Force provides essential fundraising and campaign efforts for our capital campaign.  Campaign Task Force members serve as ambassadors for C’mon with philanthropists and corporations across Southwest Florida and beyond. 


 

Jean Ackerman
Virginia Carlson
Kaci Carter
Barbara Casey
Ron Ciesla
Joan Clifford
Mary Susan Clinton
Dean Corsones
Shelia Davis
Patty Egan
Heidi Farrugia
John Fumagalli
Connie Galloway    
Edward J. Jones
Dot Kent
Moe Kent
Linda Malone
Mark Masterson
Matt Mathias
Max Mazzone
William Meek
John Scot Mueller
Stephanie Pezeshkan
Mayela Rosales
Susan Stielow
Jeannie Tisbo
Patrick Trittler
Joanne Walsh
Jack Wert
Len Zaiser

 

 

Corporate Campaign Division


The volunteer Corporate Campaign Division provides essential fundraising and campaign efforts for our capital campaign.  Corporate Campaign Division members serve as ambassadors for C’mon with corporations across Southwest Florida and beyond. 

 

Keith Short
Corporate Campaign Division Chair

John Baron

Tina Berte

Connie R. Byrne
Kaci Carter
Martin de St. Pierre

Brendan Duffy

John D. Fumagalli

Ryan S. Goldberg

Simone Lutgert

Tania Gatt McGirl
Tammie Nemecek
Kimberly Payne

Mayela Rosales

Sonya Sawyer

Julie Schmelzle

Keith Short

Kevin Split

Carly Stewart

Patrick Trittler

Lisa Van Dien
Thomas Walsh, Jr.
Jack Wert

 



Museum Guild

The Museum's volunteer Guild assists in fundraising for the operating budget.  The Guild coordinates a series of successful special events throughout the year.  Since 2008, the Guild has raised over $420,000 towards Museum operating expenses through the Chops City Ball, Yabba Island Pirate Ball, and Great Venetian Duck Race.


Guild Leadership Team


Allison Rainey, President
Mimy von Schreiner-Valenti, Vice President
Louise Purtle, Secretary


 

Guild Members

Kristen Blabey
Ursula Boyd
Stacy Braverman
Kurt Brimmer
Tade Bua-Bell
Lynn Byerly, MD
Kristin Cartwright
Kim Confer
Carla V. Costa
Nancy Davenport
Katie Deans
Carla Delgado-Casey
Heather Dockweiler
Kristi English
Sara Farley
Sara Fumagalli
Janet Gable

Christy Glennon
Ellen Goldberg

Tina  Guilford

Laura Hajjar



Jay Hartington
Kim Hochman
Rachel Linse
Laura Maran
Sarah Marshall
Andrea McLendon
Julia Mitchell
Jodie  Montgomery
Dave Ostrander
Charla Press

Hillary Raines

Tim  Russell

Kathy Sanderson
Zak Sinberg

Mary Smallwood
Linda Sonders
Jennifer Urness
Stephanie Waltbillig
Victoria Watts
Deborah Weidner
Jill Wheeler
Hillary Wilson

 

 


Education Council

The Education Council assists with development and implementation of all Museum educational programs.  Since their initial meeting in 2004 the Education Council has worked diligently to ensure that C’mon meets the needs of children in Southwest Florida. 


Nancy Ross (Chair): District ESE Program Specialist

Cynthia Bowe: Founding member of teaching faculty at Temple Shalom Preschool

Mike D'Amico: Director, Head Start/Basic Pre-K

Dr. Marci Greene, Ed.D.: Professor and Dean, College of Education, Florida Gulf Coast University

Lee Hughes: Coordinator: Science K-12, School District of Lee County

Kathleen Lawler: ESE teacher at Mike Davis Elementary

Pamela Moore: Children's Librarian- Collier County Headquarter's Library

Debby Ramassini: ESE Specialist

Bill Schulte: Exceptional Student Education Instructional/Technology Specialist

Cathy Singleton: C'mon Board Member

Paula Sklodowski: WGCU Outreach Coordinator

Dr. Marybeth Thomas: Technology Specialist, Seagate Elementary School

Beth E. Thompson: Interim Chief Instructional Officer, Collier County Public Schools

Jory Westberry: Principal of Tommie Barfield Elementary School

Curt Withoff: Science Curriculum Coordinator for Collier County Public Schools

 


Volunteers

Volunteers are an integral part of the C’mon team!  Our goal is to have 200 volunteers hired and ready for our 2012 opening.  Click here to learn more about volunteer opportunities.

 


C"mon federal tax identification number is 01-0687133. The Children's Museum of Naples is a 501(c)(3) tax exempt organization, IRS Sections 509 (a)(1)
and 17(b)(1)(A)(vi) for both federal and state tax purposes. A copy of our official registration and financial information may be obtained from the
Florida Division of Consumer Services by calling toll-free 800-435-7352 within the state (CH-14271).
Registration does not imply endorsement, approval or recommendation by the state.