Jeffrey Lentz – Office Manager

Jeffrey Lentz first visited Mid-Continent at age 3 which helped spark a life-long interest in railroads. He joined Mid-Continent first as a ticket agent beginning in 2001, then moving to the train crew in 2004. Lentz continued volunteering while attending college, earning a Bachelors and Masters degrees in Geography, with research emphasis on the use of geographic information systems in support of transportation safety.

Lentz was invited to join Mid-Continent’s administrative staff in 2010. His work is often behind the scenes on tasks like accounting, marketing, museum publications and digital communications, and coordinating employees and volunteers, although you can still frequently catch him working aboard the train as a conductor or giving museum tours.

Becca Madero – Office Assistant

Becca joined the administrative staff in May of 2023. She attended Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design where she earned a BFA in Illustration, with an emphasis in illustration and graphic design. Becca enjoys honing her craft and utilizing her creative nature in her everyday work. You can often catch her working on the Museum’s latest graphic design project, accounting, or brainstorming new ways to tell Mid-Continent’s story through social media.

Becca aspires to shine a spotlight on Mid-Continent and its wonderful volunteers and members.

Colton Taylor – Office Assistant

Colton grew up in Little Chute WI, in the Appleton Area. Growing up, his biggest interests were trains and history. Where other kids would go home after school and watch cartoons, Colton would watch documentaries and historical films, some of his fondest memories in early childhood was sitting on the playground and watching the Grand Trunk Railroad locomotives switch cars at the Jack’s Pizza plant by his school.

In high school, he participated in acting and theater and created a small vintage computers club with his friend Harrison. In his spare time, Colton produced short films with his best friends Derek and Ian. He would eventually find himself visiting different railroad museums after high school and began volunteering at some other museums until he ended up at MCRM the summer of 2023, and fell in love with the place. Since then, he has been an avid volunteer and is now a proud part of the museum’s office staff.