New Board Members Join The LaunchPAD Children's Museum Board of Directors









September 04, 2020

New Board Members Join The LaunchPAD Children's Museum Board of Directors

Contact:
Laura Brighton, Marketing Intern
(712) 224-2542 ; marketing@launchpadmuseum.com


New Board members join the LaunchPAD Children’s Museum Board of Directors
 
 
FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT: Laura Brighton 712.229.6917 
 
Sioux City, Iowa — The LaunchPAD welcomes two new board members to the LaunchPAD Board of Directors. Dr. Rachel Diemer and Matt Thompson will be replacing two board members that will be terming out.
 
Scott Plambeck and Zach Gansebom joined the board in 2013. Through their terms on the board, both Scott and Zach played an integral part of the LaunchPAD Children’s Museum. Zach Gansebom was Treasurer of the board from 2014 – 2020 and Scott Plambeck led the board from 2017 to 2019 as board President. Due to the Executive Director search that occurred in 2019, both board members extended their terms by one year to keep continuity on the board during the LaunchPAD’s transition.
 
“Scott and Zach were integral board members that insured the stability of LaunchPAD as it completed its capital campaign into opening the doors of the LaunchPAD to the community. Clearly passionate about the children of the community, both board members extended their terms to insure my transition into the organization was a smooth one. I will miss working with such strong leaders but look forward to working with Rachel and Matt”, stated Executive Director Rouleen Gartner. 
 
Dr. Rachel Diemer is an Assistant Principal at Irving Elementary. Dr. Diemer specializes in bilingual education which will support diversity in programing at the LaunchPAD. As a part of the program committee, Dr. Diemer will work with the LaunchPAD educational team to ensure inclusivity with LaunchPAD Learners Programming.
 
Matt Thompson became the President of W.A. Klinger in 2019. Matt’s expertise in project planning will be an asset for the LaunchPAD as it prepares for new exhibit development. Joining the building committee, Matt will be heavily involved with proposals and plans of new exhibits as the LaunchPAD plans for its next 5 years.
The board members for the LaunchPAD 2020-2021 Board of Directors are, Kris Craighead – President, Nick Rol – Vice President, Beau Streck – Treasurer, Abby Persinger – Secretary, Amy Daniels, Alexcia Boggs, Colin Tague, Tyler Zellmer, Emily Mills, Dr. Rachel Diemer, and Matt Thompson. Community members interested in finding out more about becoming involved with the LaunchPAD Museum are encouraged to contact the Executive Director, Rouleen Gartner at 712-224-2542 or at rouleen@launchpadmuseum.com.