Staff & Board of Directors

The Golisano Children’s Museum of Naples staff and board is comprised of a diverse group of experienced community leaders and well-educated professionals who continually strive to stay current with the changing trends in the children’s museum field. Each member believes in the museum’s mission to provide an exciting, inspiring environment where children and their families play, learn, and dream together.

Senior Leadership

Jonathan Foerster

Chief Executive Officer
Jfoerster@cmon.org

Laura Richardson Bright

Chief Advancement Officer
lrbright@cmon.org

Bonnie Thayer

Chief Operations and Education Officer
bthayer@cmon.org

Advancement

Kayla Garrison

Development Director
kgarrison@cmon.org

Kayla Reiter

Marketing Manager
kreiter@cmon.org

Elinor Pugliese

Development & Events Coordinator
epugliese@cmon.org

Education

Kelly Lee

Museum Education Manager
klee@cmon.org

Krista Kasprzak

Museum Educator
kkasprzak@cmon.org

Nicole Wang

Museum Educator
nwang@cmon.org

Claire Rohweder

Art Educator
crohweder@cmon.org

Carolyn Williams

Programs Coordinator
cwilliams@cmon.org

Exhibits

Danielle Desjardin

Exhibits Manager
ddesjardin@cmon.org

Shaun Dunster

Exhibits Specialist
sdunster@cmon.org

Operations

Evelyn Portinari

Human Resource & Volunteer Manager
eportinari@cmon.org

Visitor Services

Tauni Myers

Visitor Experience Manager
tmyers@cmon.org

Kararose Hardman

Visitor Experience Assistant Manager
khardman@cmon.org


Board of Directors

Laura Alexander

Acting Chair

Jason Philips

Secretary

Dan Perry

Treasurer

Jodie Montgomery

Immediate Past Chair

Shera Askar

Dr. Alise Bartley

Ashley Gerry

Juliette Gordon

Jason Grabowski

Jan-Erik Hustrulid

Rob Lancaster

Cee Cee Marinelli

Paula Vayas Sherman


Board Emeritus

Ally Loos

Simone Lutgert

Shelly Stayer

Tony Garvy

In Memorial