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Board of Directors

OFFICERS

Cynthia Brinkley (Chair)
President and Chief Operating Officer
Centene Corporation
(Retired)

Ashley Kemper (Vice Chair)
Attorney 

Mark Krieger (Treasurer)
Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
Barnes-Jewish Hospital
(Retired)

Robert Koplar
President
Koplar Communications

Mark C. Lindgren (Immediate Past Chair)
Executive Vice President, Communications and Chief Human Resources Officer
Ameren


MEMBERS

Claudio Abreu
President
TriGlobal LLC
(Retired)

Nicole Adewale
Principal and Founder 
ABNA Engineering

Leonardo Bastos
Senior Vice President Global Commercial Ecosystems, Crop Science Division
Bayer

Fred Bendaña
Vice President and General Manager, 
Health Plan & Government Sales 
Evernorth

Lee Broughton
Founder
Broughton Brand Company

David Conner
Chief Executive Officer and Director
Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp. Ltd.
(Retired)

Jill Falk
Vice President, Communications
Schnuck Markets, Inc.

Christopher Gagliano
Vice President, Customer Experience
Spire, Inc.

Tiffany Harrison
Community Volunteer

Dennis Hummel
Vice Chairman
Maritz

Todd Korte
Executive Chairman
The Korte Company 

Mark S. LaVigne
President and Chief Executive Officer
Energizer

Ann Marr
Executive Vice President, Global Human Resources
President, WWT Foundation
World Wide Technology, LLC
(Retired)

Thomas C. Melzer
Managing Director
Rivervest

Pamela Morris-Thornton
Chief Human Resources Officer
Advantage Solutions

Mary Nelson
General Counsel
St. Louis Community College
(Retired)

Maria O’Brien
Principal
Branch Team Market Optimization, Planning, and Consulting (Central)
Edward Jones

Facundo Oyenard
Broker
Azteca Insurance LLC

Cynthia Peters
Community Volunteer

David Reynolds
Senior Vice President, Market Leader
PNC Private Bank

Nicole Schnuck
Director, Marketing Strategy and Planning
Instacart

James E. Williams, Jr.
President
Estel Foods, Inc. d.b.a. McDonald’s


EMERITUS

Dan Burkhardt
President
Magnificent Missouri

Maxine Clark 
Chief Executive Officer
The Clark-Fox Family Foundation

Pepe Finn 
Chairman
Stern Brothers & Co.

Harvey A. Harris
Attorney-at-Law 

Juanita Hinshaw 
President
H & H Advisors
(Retired)

Janet M. Holloway
Senior Vice President, Chief of Staff and Community Relations
Monsanto
(Retired)

Ken Kranzberg 
Chairman
TricorBraun

Kim Olson
Community Volunteer

Jack Schreiber
President
Commerce Bank
(Retired)

David Steward II
CEO
Polarity

Chad Stiening
Chief Executive Officer
Kypha, Inc.

Milton P. Wilkins, Jr. 
Investment Advisor
RBF Wealth Advisors

Meeting Schedule

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