Jyl Brentana

Jyl Brentana serves as the Associate Director of Annual Giving and Donor Experience Officer at the University of Wisconsin Foundation, a position held since May 2021. Previously, Jyl held several key roles in the field of annual giving, including Director of Annual Giving at Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin from December 2014 to August 2020, and Annual Fund Officer at Froedtert Hospital from December 2004 to December 2014. Early in Jyl's career, experience as the Manager at the Milwaukee Art Museum spanned from 1995 to 2003. Jyl holds a Master of Science in Art Therapy from Mount Mary University, obtained between 2004 and 2007, and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Kalamazoo College, completed in 1984, with additional studies at Hope College from 1978 to 1980.