2018 Dubuque County Historical Society &
National Mississippi River Museum &
Aquarium Board of Directors
Mike Donohue, Chairman | Regional President, US Bank
Jim Gantz, Vice Chair | President, Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co.
Mike Budde, Secretary | President, Advanced Data Com (retired)
Lori Thielen, Treasurer | Rainbo Oil
Jeff Bertsch | Vice President, Flexsteel Industries Incorporated (retired)
John M. Bickel | Senior VP, Shuttleworth & Ingersoll (retired)
Carol Bitter | Legal Assistant, Bitter Law Firm (retired)
Gina Blasen | Facility Engineering Man., John Deere Dubuque Works
Tim Butler | Vice President, Cottingham & Butler Insurance (retired)
Mark Dickson | General Manager, John Deere Dubuque Works
Ken Furst | Partner, McGladrey & Pullen LLP (retired)
John Gronen | Owner, Gronen Properties
Sarah Hasken | Unity Point Health Finley Hospital
Maurice Jones | Economic Development Director, City of Dubuque
Wendy Knight Vice President, Institutional Effectiveness, NICC
Ernestine Moss | Community Leader (retired)
Francis A. “Chip” Murray | President & CEO, First Community Trust
Zeny Renier | Community Leader
Stan Rheingans | Superintendent, Dubuque Community Schools
Chuck Schrup | Board Co-Chairman, American Trust & Savings Bank
Tom Woodward | Dir., Pres. & CEO, Woodward Communications, Inc.
Emeritus Board Members
John Walsh and Paul Woodward
No officers or board members receive any compensation.
Leadership Staff
Kurt Strand
President & CEO
kstrand@rivermuseum.com
Erin Dragotto
Vice President of Development
edragotto@rivermuseum.com
Andy Allison
Director of Living Collections
aallison@rivermuseum.com
Nate Breitsprecker
Director of Sales & Guest Services
nbreitsprecker@rivermuseum.com
Tom Lange
Director of Finance & Accounting
tlange@rivermuseum.com
John Oglesby
Director of Facilities
joglesby@rivermuseum.com
Wendy Scardino
Director of Marketing & Communications
wscardino@rivermuseum.com
Cristin Waterbury
Director of Curatorial Services
cwaterbury@rivermuseum.com