The 16-member, volunteer Board of Directors is the driving force behind the Kidzeum of Health and Science project.  We have adopted a “Don't take no for an answer!” attitude and are committed to seeing the museum become a reality.  Our board possesses the most important elements in fundraising: passion and the belief that good, hard work gets the job done!

PRESIDENT
Rachael Thomson, Community Volunteer

VICE PRESIDENT
Julie Goebel, St. John’s Hospital

SECRETARY
Kendra Floyd, Community Volunteer

CO-TREASURER
Julie Sapetti, Community Volunteer

Jacqueline Shafer, Shafer Financial Group

BOARD MEMBERS
Dr. Craig Batterman, SIU Pediatrics
Kiran Rakalla Dhamrait, Community Volunteer 
Dr. Mary Dobbins, SIU Psychiatric
Terry Farmer, Terry Farmer Photography

Louis Goldblatt, Retired Teacher
Joe Langfelder, Retired, Springfield Fire Department
Kevin Linder, Linder Law Practice

Grainne Mahoney, Community Volunteer
Kevin McFadden, Zack Stamp, LTD
Joe McLaughlin, Community Volunteer
Brandy Moore, Capital Radio Group
Candace Mueller, Illinois State Board of Higher Education
Kathy Sonneborn, Retired School Nurse

TRUSTEES
Carolyn Oxtoby, Illinois Historic Preservation Society
Lisa Stone, Community Volunteer
Jacqueline Richie, Program Manager, TAG Associates, Inc.
Shelly LaMantia, Director Robert Morris Art Gallery
Paulette Dove- Griffin, Winning, Cohen & Bodewes, P.C.
Sheila Stocks-Smith, Education Liaison, City of Springfield

ADVISORY COMMITTEE 
Nancy Bunn, Community Volunteer
Dr. James Dove, Prairie Heart Institute
Peggy Curtin, St. John’s Children's Hospital  
Dr. Kevin Dorsey, Dean, SIU School of Medicine
Tim Farley, Springfield Convention and Visitors Bureau                                        
Mike Farmer, City of Springfield
Linda Fulgenzi, Sangamon County Board Member
Barb Germann, Springfield Public School District 186
Kim Leistner Little, President, Springfieldmoms.com
Mark Kuhn, Springfield Clinic
Marilyn Kushack, Owner, Widow at Windsor
Dr. Mark Puczynski, SIU Pediatrics/St. John's Children's Hospital