{"id":2447069,"date":"2026-06-05T22:04:54","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T22:04:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2447069"},"modified":"2026-06-05T22:04:54","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T22:04:54","slug":"katie-trausch-confirmed-as-ceo-of-modesto-childrens-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/katie-trausch-confirmed-as-ceo-of-modesto-childrens-museum\/","title":{"rendered":"Katie Trausch confirmed as CEO of Modesto Children\u2019s Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"sbimm-intro-bullets\">\n<p class=\"sbimm-intro-hed\">Get the Eat. Sip. Play. newsletter in your inbox<\/p>\n<p><i>Available now: <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.modbee.com\/newsletters\/?newsletter=modesto_eatsipplay_newsletter\">Sign up here<\/a> for the best food, drink and entertainment coverage in Stanislaus County. <\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Modesto Children\u2019s Museum has named Katie Trausch as its new chief executive officer.<\/p>\n<p>Trausch has been serving as interim CEO, according to a press release. Former executive officer Chelsie Webster stepped down earlier this year.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"photo-inline-\">\n<div class=\"img-container picture \">                        <figcaption>                                            Modesto Children\u2019s Museum CEO Katie Trausch                                                                                                                                                                        <span class=\"credit\">Submitted by Modesto Children\u2019s Museum<\/span>                                                            <\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Trausch was selected after a nationwide search and the museum\u2019s board of directors unanimously confirmed her appointment, \u201cciting her clear vision, collaborative leadership, and deep commitment to the museum\u2019s mission,\u201d the press release said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe board has full confidence in Katie\u2019s ability to lead the museum into its next chapter,\u201d Amy Abid Jeffries, board president, said in the release. \u201cKatie has shown herself to be a thoughtful and collaborative leader who cares deeply about this organization and the families we serve.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trausch said in the release that she\u2019s \u201chonored\u201d to be selected. \u201cModesto is a special place \u2014 vibrant, creative, and full of people who show genuine care by continually investing in our community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She joined the museum before it opened, serving as one of the nonprofit\u2019s earliest hires, according to the release. As chief operating officer, she helped shape the museum\u2019s operations, culture and systems.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.modbee.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Get the Eat. Sip. Play. newsletter in your inbox Available now: Sign up here for the best food, drink and entertainment coverage in Stanislaus County. The Modesto Children\u2019s Museum has named Katie Trausch as its new chief executive officer. Trausch has been serving as interim CEO, according to a press release. Former executive officer Chelsie [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2447070,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2447069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Katie-Trausch-confirmed-as-CEO-of-Modesto-Childrens-Museum.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2447069","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2447069"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2447069\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2447071,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2447069\/revisions\/2447071"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2447070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2447069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2447069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2447069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}