PETER CRABBE EdD
ADMINISTRATIVE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Peter directs operations, policymaking, planning, development, and staffing for the museum. Before arriving in Two Rivers, he had been the Executive Director at the Channel Islands Maritime Museum in Oxnard CA.
Peter has over 30 years of museum experience in administration, leadership, and exhibits for museums with art-based missions and holds a doctorate in Educational Leadership and Organizational Change.
STEPHANIE CARPENTER
PROGRAM OFFICER
Stephanie is a graphic designer, letterpress printer, and book artist. At the museum she teaches letterpress and bookmaking workshops, serves as in-house printer, directs social media and the website, coordinates interns, and arranges event and conference organization. She is a graduate of the graphic design masters program at Indiana University.
JIM MORAN
MASTER PRINTER & COLLECTIONS OFFICER
Jim runs letterpress workshops, archives the collection and maintains the museum on a daily basis. Previously he had volunteered at Hamilton and donated presses and equipment from his Green Bay, Wisconsin, printing firm, Moran’s Quality Print Shop, where he worked as apprentice, pressman, partner and owner with his father and grandfather for over 35 years.
TOOTSIE SOMMERS
OFFICE MANAGER
Tootsie is a former Fisher Hamilton employee, having managed marketing communications for the company for the past nine years. With her company background and enthusiasm for all things Hamilton she is a sincere advocate of Legacy Hamilton.
Museum Board of Directors
The Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum Board of Directors was formed in early 2018 to oversee Hamilton operations. These members were chosen to assist Hamilton in moving toward the future. They have an excellent combination of skills and strengths, giving us the support necessary to become the type of museum we know is possible.
Name | Position | Employment |
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Tracy Honn | President | Director, Silver Buckle Press, UW Madison - Retired |
Joe Metzen | Vice President | Associate Executive Director, Manitowoc YMCA |
Dan Rhatigan | Secretary | Senior Manager, Adobe Type Development |
Jerome Fox | Treasurer | Circuit Court Judge - Retired |
Amelia Fontanel | Member | RIT Cary Graphic Arts Collection, NY |
Angela Spinazzè | Member | Principal and Founder, ATSPIN Consulting |
Don Konop | Member | President, Two Rivers Historical Society |
Paul Brown | Member | Associate Professor, Indiana University - Retired |
Rosie Sajak | Member | Manager of Development at Midwestern University, IL |
Curt Andrews | Member | Two Rivers City Council President |
Marnie Powers-Torrey | Member | Director, Book Arts Program, The University of Utah |