2009 Board of Directors
*Denotes a member of the Executive Committee
Kelvin R. Adams, St. Louis Public Schools
Suzie K. Andrews, Stark and Associates
Jason Arnold, HSC Hospitality Vin de Set/Moulin Events
Donald F. Ascare, Jr., MasterCard Worldwide
James A. Auffenberg, Jr., Auffenberg Dealer Group of Illinois
Cy Austin, Painters Local 471
John W. Bachmann, Edward Jones
*Dr. Ann Beatty, Psychological Associates, Inc.
Lynn Beckwith, Jr., University of Missouri – St. Louis
Katherine Button Bell, Emerson
Kenneth Bell, IBM Corporation
Peter F. Benoist, Enterprise Financial Services Corporation
Ray Bernick, United Parcel Service
Thomas E. Berry, Jr., Sandberg, Phoenix and von Gontard
*Thomas E. Berry, Sr., civic leader
*Steven J. Brackney, Enterprise Rent-A-Car Company
*Mrs. Stephen F. Brauer, civic leader
David Brown, Datotel
Ronald A. Buerges, Allsup, Inc.
Dr. James B. Bullard, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Gerald J. Carlson, KPMG, LLP
Christine A. Chadwick, FOCUS St. Louis
Kent Christian, Wells Fargo Advisors
*Robert Ciapciak, Edward Jones
Ralph W. Clermont, civic leader
Stephen M. Coleman, civic leader
Keith J. Cook, Regions Bank
Nancy Cross, SEIU Local 1, Missouri Division
Carol Daniel, KMOX – AM Radio
Mark C. Darrell, The Laclede Group, Inc.
Reginald D. Dickson, Buford, Dickson, Harper & Sparrow
Melanie DiLeo, Citi
Arnold W. Donald, The AWD Group
The Honorable Charlie A. Dooley, St. Louis County, Missouri (ex-officio)
James P. Dougherty, United Food and Commercial Workers Local #655
The Honorable Judy P. Draper, 21st Judicial Circuit of St. Louis County
*Catherine S. Dunkin, Standing Partnership
John Ebeling, Print and Media Sector CWA 6300
Melody Eskridge, St. Louis ConnectCare
James D. Evans, Ph.D., Lindenwood University
Kevin R. Farrell, FM Development
Tim Farrell, civic leader
Richard C.D. Fleming, St. Louis Regional Chamber and Growth Association
Queen D. Fowler, Ph.D., Fowler & Associates Service Systems
Jeffrey L. Fox, Harbour Group Ltd.
*Ronald Fromm, Brown Shoe Company
Aida Fuentes, El Mundo Latino, LLC
John S. Gaal, Ed.D., St. Louis Carpenters' Union
Walter J. Galvin, Emerson
Cristeen M. Gavin, Anheuser-Busch Packaging Group
Thomas F. George, Ph.D., University of Missouri – St. Louis
Henry Givens, Jr., Ph.D., Harris Stowe State University
Michael H. Goebel, Teamsters Local 688
*Hugh Grant, Monsanto Company
*Gary Gray, Southwestern Illinois College - Sam Wolf Granite City Campus
Christi Fingal Griffin, The Ethics Project
Diann D. Gross, Ernst and Young LLP
Kevin Hamilton, Carpenters District Council of Greater St. Louis and Vicinity
Frank Hamsher, civic leader
Chris Hanaway, Wells Fargo Advisors
Zelema Harris, Ed.D., St. Louis Community College
Alene Haskell, Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP
Shaun R. Hayes, Sun Security Bank
Wendy Henry, BKD LLP
*Juanita Hinshaw, H&H Advisors
Michael R. Hogan, civic leader
Bruce Holland, Holland Construction Services, Inc.
*Debra A. Hollingsworth, AT&T
*Janet M. Holloway, Monsanto Company
*Michael R. Holmes, Sr., Express Scripts, Inc.
Andrew C. Houdashelt, QuikTrip Corporation
*Joseph F. Imbs III, US Bank
Colonel Daniel W. Isom, St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department
Francella D. Jackson, East St. Louis Police Department
*David Janicke, Fresh Stay
Thomas Johnson, civic leader
Stephen C. Jones, Armstrong Teasdale LLP
*P.J. Jun, Jun Construction Company
Brian Keck, civic leader
The Honorable Mark A. Kern, St. Clair County, Illinois (ex-officio)
Rodney Kinzinger, Deloitte Services LLP
Jennifer Estes Klaverkamp, Professional Office Environments, Inc.
Ward M. Klein, Energizer Holdings, Inc.
Paula D. Knight, St. Louis Public Schools
Philip J. Koen, SAVVIS, Inc.
Daniel G. Korte, Boeing Integrated Defense Systems
Mary Jo Kratschmer, civic leader
Dr. R. Alton Lacey, Missouri Baptist University
Patrick J. Lamping, Jefferson County, Mo. (ex-officio)
Patrick J. Larch, Jr., UniGroup, Inc.
Edward F. Lawlor, Ph.D., Washington University in St. Louis
Don G. Lents, Bryan Cave LLP
Carlos Leon, Special Care Hospital Management
Juan E. Lopez, Diagraph – An ITW Company
Daniel J. Ludeman, Wells Fargo Advisors
Lisa Lyle, MICDS
James D. Maher, Merrill Lynch - Swansea
W. Stephen Maritz, Maritz Inc.
Dennis A. Matheis, Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Missouri
Melinda McAliney, Lutheran Foundation of St. Louis
Gloria McCarter, Bank of America
Marguerite Ann McKee, McEagle Properties
Peter McLoughlin, St. Louis Blues Enterprises
*Dorothy L. McMurtry, U.S. Attorney's Office
*Patricia L. Mercurio, Bank of America - Missouri
S. Whitaker Meyer, Lockton Companies Inc.
Kenneth L. Miller, Triad Community Unit School District #2
*Thomas J. Minogue, Thompson Coburn LLP
Thomas Monaghan, Casino Queen
Merry L. Mosbacher, Edward Jones
Kevin D. Mowbray, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Charles W. Mueller, Ameren Corporation
Michael G. Mueller, Ameren
R. Gordon Myers, US Bank
Rev. Earl E. Nance Jr., Greater Mt. Carmel Missionary Baptist Church
David W. Nations, Sr., American Institute for Medical Professionals LLC
Richard A. Navarre, Peabody Energy
Michael F. Neidorff, Centene Corporation
*Brenda Newberry, The Newberry Group, Inc.
David Nichols, AT&T Missouri
Christy Oldani, RSM McGladrey
*Kathleen T. Osborn, The Regional Business Council
*Peter Ouchi, Commerce Bank
*Deborah J. Patterson, Monsanto Company
Valerie E. Patton, St. Louis Business Diversity Initiative
Roy E. Pierce, civic leader
Gilberto Pinela, STLTV
Ann Pipkin, Global Brass and Copper, Inc.
*Roger Poole, civic leader
Charles Poplstein, Thompson Coburn LLP
James J. Qin, Q&C International
Jorje Quinn, Nestle Purina PetCare Company
Gary Rainwater, Ameren Corporation
*Janet Ramey, CPA, Brown Smith Wallace, LLC
Kathy F. Reeves, Enterprise Rent-A-Car
Robert Reynolds, Graybar Electric Company
Lucia Rodriguez, St. Louis Rams
Victor H. Ruiz, M.D., Gateway Regional Medical Center
Robert M. Sandfort, Ph.D., civic leader
Craig D. Schnuck, Schnuck Markets
*Todd R. Schnuck, Schnuck Markets
Stephen P. Schoemehl, Local One IBEW
Renee Schuster, Ed.D., Francis Howell School District
William M. Shaner, Save-A-Lot Ltd.
*Ellen Sherberg, St. Louis Business Journal
James Shrader, The Telegraph
*Timothy Slater, New Horizons Computer Learning Center
The Honorable Francis Slay, City of St. Louis (ex-officio)
Christine E. Smith, Pfizer, Inc.
Kimberly Smith, IBM General Business
*Wayman F. Smith III, The Smith Partnership
*Robert A. Soutier, Greater St. Louis Labor Council
*David L. Steward, World Wide Technology, Inc.
*Charles A. Stewart Jr., Charles A. Stewart, Jr., CPA
John P. Stupp, Jr., Stupp Bros., Inc.
*Dr. Donald M. Suggs, The St. Louis American
*Andrew C. Taylor, Enterprise Rent-A-Car Company
Kelvin Taylor, Taylored Analytics
Anthony R. Tersigni, Ed.D., FACHE, Ascension Health
*Lawrence E. Thomas, Edward Jones
Mary Sue Thompson, D.Mgt., Missouri Baptist University
Yvonne Tisdel, SSM Health Care
Robert T. Topping, QinetiQ North America
Vaughn Vandegrift, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Sandra A. Van Trease, BJC HealthCare
Susan Veidt, Fleishman-Hillard, Inc.
James Villeneuve, Anheuser-Busch
Cheryl D.S. Walker, Obasi Enterprises, LLC
*Ambassador George Walker III, civic leader
James B. Webb, St. Louis Minority Business Council
*James D. Weddle, Edward Jones
Charles L. Whitehead, Southwestern Illinois College Sam Wolf Granite City Campus
Consuelo Wilkins, MD, Washington University School of Medicine
Donna Wilkinson, The Wilkinson Group, LLC
Roland Williams, Youth Lifeline Foundation
James Williamson, Excellence in Missouri Foundation
Mark Wrighton, Washington University in St. Louis
*Douglas Yaeger, The Laclede Group, Inc.