December 25, 2013

Six to Stay on National VOA Museum of Broadcasting Board

Six members of the 19-member National VOA Museum of Broadcasting’s board of directors have renewed their terms in order to continue work on developing the museum.  Ken Rieser; Patti Alderson; Jay Adrick; Susan Redman-Rengstorf; David Snyder; and Greg Stevens will stay on the board and serve  additional three-year  terms.  “We have made a tremendous amount of progress this year and look forward to making some great inroads in 2014,” said Ken Rieser, VOA Museum board chair. “Everyone is very excited about the momentum we are building.”  

The museum selected a Jack Dominic, CET station manager, as museum director last month. Dominic will begin work on March 1, 2014.  Rieser is past president of the West Chester Rotary Club. He is retired from Armco Steel Corp.  Alderson is board chair and CEO of the Community Foundation of West Chester/Liberty.  She has won a number of leadership awards, including the 2004 Cincinnati Enquirer’s “Women of the Year.”  Adrick is a 49-year veteran of the broadcast industry and an internationally recognized leader in the design and integration of digital broadcasting systems.  Rengstorf is regional chief development officer for the American Red Cross and a former director of the Cincinnati Ballet.  She was also vice president of development and external affairs for the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center.  Snyder is an engineering manager and was the last transmitter plant supervisor for the VOA Bethany Station. He is also a board member of the Jack Gray History of Wireless Museum at the VOA museum.  Stevens is a wealth manager for UBS Financial Services and past president of the National VOA Museum of Broadcasting board of directors. The rest of the board, whose terms are not expiring, include: Terry S. Jacobs, chairman and CEO of The JFP Group, LLC ; Chris Wunnenberg, development director ofSchumacher Dugan Construction, LLC; James  L. Jaeger , mechanical engineer and co-founder of  Cincinnati Microwave;  Melinda Zemper, president of Oak Tree Communications, LLC; Mark Hecquet, executive director of the Butler County Visitors Bureau; Clyde Haehnle, retired vice president and director of Avco Broadcasting Corp.; Jeffrey P. Monroe,  aeronautical engineer and small business owner in West Chester; Clifford Perry, retired General Motors senior quality engineer; Gary West,  co-owner of GW Associates; Mike Martini,  award-winning radio announcer and WMKV-FM radio host; Bob White, owner  of the Robert White Company; and Sara Straight Wolf, attorney. Dominic will also be a board member.  

The exterior of the iconic WWII era building on Tylersville Road in West Chester has been restored and now looks much as it did in 1944, when it was constructed to house one of the most powerful and influential radio transmitters in the free world.   The National VOA Museum of Broadcasting contains exhibits featuring the Voice of America at the VOA-Bethany station; Media Heritage’s Greater Cincinnati Museum of Broadcast History; the Gray History of Wireless Museum; and the West Chester Amateur Radio Assn. 

The VOA museum, 8070 Tylersville Road, will be open Saturday, Dec. 21, 2013 from 1 to 4 p.m.     Admission is $5 for adults and $1 for children under 12. For more information about VOA museums, go to www.voamuseum.org.  The museum is implementing a docent program and seeks volunteers to learn about the museums and help lead tours. Those wishing to join the VOA Museum docent family can contact Dave Snyder at DavidSnyde@aol.com.