African American Leadership Society - Charmaine Chapman Society : United Way of Greater St. Louis

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African American Leadership - Charmaine Chapman Society is the premier philanthropic program for African-Americans in the region. It is the pinnacle of African-American leadership giving not only in our region but also nationwide, leading all other United Ways both in the number of African-Americans who are leadership givers and in the number of African-Americans who belong to the de Tocqueville Society.

In 1994, Dr. Donald Suggs, president and publisher of The St. Louis American, founded the African-American Leadership Giving Initiative to enable a growing segment of the community to be visible and gain recognition for their support of health and human services through the United Way. It has raised nearly $20 million since its inception.

To honor former United Way CEO Charmaine Chapman's legacy of compassion and care, the initiative took on her name in 2002. The first woman and first African-American to head the United Way of Greater St. Louis, Charmaine Chapman inspired us to achieve some of our greatest fundraising successes. She was president and chief executive officer of the United Way of Greater St. Louis from February 1994 until her death in 2001, during which time she led the organization toward a new focus that identified critical regional issues and organized public and private collaborations to tackle them.

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If you would like to find out more about what it means to become a Leadership giver, please contact Orvin Kimbrough at orvin.kimbrough@stl.unitedway.org or 314-539-4249.

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African American Leadership Society - Charmaine Chapman Society Cabinet
To find out how to represent your company as a Captain or Chair, e-mail Orvin Kimbrough or call 314-539-4249.

Founder: Dr. Donald M. Suggs, The St. Louis American

Richard Mark

Richard Mark, Ameren, 2010 chair

Ms. April Amos, KSDK-NewsChannel 5
Mr. Raed Armouti, Crawford Murphy & Tilly, Inc.
Ms. Judith R. Arnold, Catholic Charities of St. Louis
Maxine Birdsong, Ladue School District
Ms. Becky D Blue, civic leader
Barbara Bowman, Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis
Mr. Edward Louis Bryant, Jr., Pfizer
Dr. Isaac L. Butler, Express Scripts, Inc.
Lawson Calhoun, Missouri Baptist Children's Home
Johnetta Carver, Edward Jones
Darnetta Clinkscale, BJC HealthCare
Allieze Ruby Curry, St. Louis Community College Administration-Cosand Center
Ida H. Early, Washington University in St. Louis
Kenneth D. Fobbs, AT&T Missouri
Dr. Flint W. Fowler, Herbert Hoover Boys and Girls Club of St. Louis, Inc.
Johnny Furr, Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc.
Charles Gooden, Harris-Stowe State University
Stephanie Grise, Armstrong Teasdale LLP
Mr. Steven L. Harris, RubinBrown LLP
Sharon Harvey Davis, Ameren
Gail E. Holmes Taylor, Energizer Holdings Inc.
Francella Jackson, City of East St. Louis
Toi Jenkins, Nestle Purina PetCare Company
Mr. Wendell Kimbrough, ARCHS - Area Resources for Community and Human Services

Paula D. Knight, St. Louis Public Schools
Mr. Brian K. Leonard, Ameren CIPS Illinois District
Cheryl M. Manley, Charter Communications
Lauren Ming, Monsanto Company
Cheryl Muniz, Cassidy Turley
Gwendolyn DeLoach-Packnett, University of Missouri - St. Louis
Debra J. Pitts, Bethalto School District #8
Steven Player, BJC HealthCare
Harry K. Ratliff, Merrill Lynch
Kevin R. Ryland, Boeing Integrated Defense Systems
Ronald Sherod, Wells Fargo Advisors
John Shivers, Pulaski Bank
Timothy Slater, New Horizons Computer Learning Center
Ms. Carol Sloane, Wells Fargo Advisors
Patricia Smith Thurman, MasterCard Worldwide
Cassandre Stevenson, Ju-San Developments, LLC
Ms. Andrea M. Stewart-Douglas, Inroads/St. Louis
Ms. Lois A. Taylor, Townsend Elementary School
Tony Taylor, UPS
Gloria Thirdkill, Laclede Gas
Stephanie M. Travis, Edward Jones
Patricia A. Tripp, Graybar Electric Company, Inc.
Michelle D. Tucker, Bank of America
Ms. Jennifer A Tyus, Lashly & Baer
Dr. Maxine Valdez, Grannemann Elementary School
Cheryl D. S. Walker, Bryan Cave LLP
Dr. Dorris J. Walker-McGahee, D.D.,Th.D., St. Louis Public Schools
Kel Ward, BJC HealthCare
Mr. James B. Webb, St. Louis Minority Business Council
Johanna Wharton, Grace Hill Settlement House
Richard B. White, M.D., SSM Health Care - St. Louis
Nicole Williams, civic leader
Mr. Keith H. Williamson, Centene Corporation
Keith Willis, Who's Who in Black St. Louis

Past chairs:

Wayman F. Smith III, 1994 - 1995
David B. Price, 1996
Wayman F. Smith III, 1997
John E. and Barbara S. Jacob, 1998 - 1999
David L. and Thelma E. Steward, 2000 - 2001

Arnold W. and Hazel Donald, 2002 - 2003
Johnny and Minga Furr, 2004 - 2005
Lawrence E. Thomas, 2006
Lawrence E. Thomas and Deborah J. Patterson, 2007 - 2008
Michael and Gail Holmes, 2009