🔒 Espresso Break: Tina Quealy

Tina Quealy
Chief government officer
Betty Brinn Kids’s Museum
929 E. Wisconsin Ave., Milwaukee
bbcmkids.org
Trade: Schooling and leisure
Workers: 19 full-time, 19 part-time

• Quealy was government director of the Milwaukee-based Burke Basis for six years earlier than being named Betty Brinn Kids’s Museum’s latest chief government officer in September.
• She was drawn to the function due to her ardour for early childhood training and offering inclusive areas for younger individuals to play in. “By way of my earlier work in investing and supporting numerous instructional and experiential studying initiatives, I’ve realized how essential a useful resource just like the Betty Brinn Kids’s Museum is for town of Milwaukee.”
• As Betty Brinn is on observe to attain file income and welcome 180,000 guests this yr, Quealy says a prime precedence might be discovering a brand new constructing for the museum that’s inclusive and accessible and attracts various neighborhood members to collect and study alongside each other.
• Relating to discovering Betty Brinn’s new house, Quealy stated the search standards consists of “a web site that’s downtown adjoining, the place various teams really feel snug visiting.”
• In her spare time, Quealy’s 8-year-old daughter retains her busy exploring Milwaukee. They take pleasure in catching theater performances at First Stage, exploring the outside on the City Ecology Heart and climbing at Journey Rock.
• Quealy believes her expertise working with nonprofit organizations might be instrumental in serving to her lead Betty Brinn Kids’s Museum into the long run. “The museum is a priceless neighborhood asset, and I stay up for partnering with numerous stakeholders on this subsequent part.”
• She loves espresso in all its kinds. “I’ve by no means been steered mistaken by the inventive barista staff at Pilcrow Espresso (in Milwaukee).”