Melanie Menken, President & Treasurer (since 2010)
Melanie Menken founded Booster Pak in 2010. As President, she is responsible for raising public awareness about hunger in our community, fundraising and marketing and promotion. She also supervises and trains many of the volunteers that are needed each week to keep Booster Pak going.
A Davenport native, she is a graduate of the University of Iowa with a BA in accounting. She is a CPA (retired) and has worked in public accounting, banking and insurance. Melanie lives in Clive with her husband, Dennis and has two grown sons, John and Jacob.
Lisa Phillips, Vice President (since 2012)
Lisa Phillipps became involved with Booster Pak in 2011 as a parent volunteer driver for Crossroads Park Elementary. The next year she joined the Board of Directors and became the coordinator for the K-6 program. She participates in the weekly packing for the district’s eight elementary schools along with volunteers from the Stilwell I-Care program, orders food from and prepares reports for the Food Bank of Iowa, and communicates with school staff and parent and community volunteers.
Originally from Clear Lake, Lisa received her BS degree in Mathematics and Computer Science from Buena Vista University. She and her husband, Mike, have two children. Katie is a 2014 graduate of Valley High School and is a student at Oklahoma State University. Jacob attends Valley High School. Whenever time allows, Lisa likes to travel, relax with family and friends, watch sports, and read.
