Medicine,
Health Care & Science Leaders
Sandra D. Aust, BSN, RN
Adjunct
Faculty
University of Missouri Sinclair School of Nursing
Roger N. Beachy,
PhD
President
Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
Douglas Bittel,
PhD
Genetics Research Scientist
Kansas City, MO
James Bobrow, MD
Professor
of Clinical Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
Washington University School
of Medicine
Nanci Bobrow, PhD
Psychologist
St. Louis, Missouri
Jeffrey
Bradley, MD
Radiation Oncologist
Siteman Cancer Center
Washington University
in St. Louis
Richard Brown
Co-Chairman
Stowers Institute for Medical
Research
Stanley D. Brown
President
Paralyzed Veterans of America,
Gateway Chapter
Retired Colonel, U.S. Army
David Cathcart, DO, MPH
Chair,
Ethics Committee
Heartland Health
William Chapman, MD
Professor of
Surgery
Chief, Section of Transplantation
Washington University in St. Louis
Carl
S. Cleveland III
President
Cleveland Chiropractic College
William
M. Crist, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
Columbia, Missouri
Thomas T.
Crouch, MD
Board of Directors, Saint Luke’s Hospital
Past President,
Saint Luke’s Foundation
Past President, Midwest Organ Bank
William
H. Danforth, MD
Chancellor Emeritus
Washington University in St. Louis
Former
Vice Chancellor for Medical Affairs and President
of the Washington University
Medical Center
Chairman, Coalition for Plant and Life Sciences
M. Marie
Davis
Executive Director, Metro St. Louis/Greater Missouri
Juvenile Diabetes
Research Foundation
E. Grey Dimond, MD
Provost - Health Sciences, Emeritus
University
of Missouri (System)
Former President, American College of Cardiology
Betty
M. Drees, MD
Professor of Medicine
University of Missouri - Kansas City
School of Medicine
Timothy J. Eberlein, MD
Director, Siteman Cancer Center
Bixby
Professor and Chairman of Surgery
Washington University in St. Louis
Ronald
G. Evens, MD
President
Barnes-Jewish Hospital
Lee F. Fetter
President
St.
Louis Children's Hospital
Bernard N. Frank
Missouri State Coordinator
Parkinson’s
Action Network
Elliot F. Gellman, MD
Professor of Pediatrics, Hematology/Oncology
Washington
University School of Medicine
Maureen Gilchrist, RN
Diabetes Nurse Educator
The
Diabetes Center/Research Foundation
David Gottlieb, PhD
Professor of
Neurobiology
Washington University in St. Louis
John C. Hagan III, MD
Eye
Physician and Surgeon
Past President, Missouri Society of Eye Physicians and
Surgeons
Past President, Clay/Platte County Medical Association
Jean
Maritz Hobler
Founder
Hope Happens (formerly ALS Hope – The Chris
Hobler/James
Maritz Foundation)
R. Scott Hawley, PhD
American Cancer Society Research
Professor
Stowers Institute for Medical Research
Professor, Departments
of Biosciences, University of
Kansas and University of Missouri - Kansas City
David
Holtzman, MD
Associate Director, Alzheimer's Disease Research Center
Chair,
Department of Neurology
Washington University in St. Louis
Ann J. Kellett,
RN
Board Member, Kansas City Chapter
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
Mary
Klingensmith, MD
Assistant Professor of Hepatobiliary Pancreatic Surgery
Washington
University School of Medicine
Ira J. Kodner, MD
Director, Center for
the Study of Ethics and Human Values
Solon & Bettie Gershman Professor
of Colon and Rectal Surgery
Washington University in St. Louis
Robb Krumlauf,
PhD
Scientific Director
Stowers Institute for Medical Research
Joyce
Kullman
Executive Director
Wegener’s Granulomatosis Association
William
M. Landau, MD
Professor of Neurology
Washington University in St. Louis
Sandra
L. Landuyt
Chair, Division of Life Sciences
Penn Valley Community College
Linda
Larson-Prior, PhD
Professor and Director of Electrophysiology Unit of
Neuroimaging
Laboratory, Mallinckrodt Institute of
Radiology
Washington University School
of Medicine
Marvin E. Levin, MD
Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Lipid Consultants
Clinic
Washington University School of Medicine
Steven Lipstein
President
and Chief Executive Officer
BJC Healthcare
Linda Lynch, PhD
Operations
Officer, Center for Innovation and Research
Saint Luke’s Hospital of Kansas
City
Douglas McNair, MD, PhD
Senior Vice President of Research
Cerner
Corporation
Kelle Moley, MD
Associate Professor Obstetrics and Gynecology
Washington
University School of Medicine
Ann Naumer
Coordinator, Hereditary Cancer
Center
The Cancer Institute, Saint Luke’s Health System
William
Neaves, PhD
President and Chief Executive Officer
Stowers Institute for
Medical Research
Professor, School of Medicine
University of Missouri-Kansas
City
Philip Needleman, PhD
Former Professor and Head of the Department
of
Pharmacology, Washington University in St. Louis
Former Chief Scientist
and Chairman of Research &
Development, Pharmacia (Monsanto-Searle)
Sharon
O’Keefe
Chief Operating Officer
Barnes-Jewish Hospital
William
A. Peck, MD
Former Dean, School of Medicine
Director, Center for Health
Policy
Washington University in St. Louis
Chair, Technology Gateway Council
Brian
P. Phillips
Chief Executive Officer
Extrahands for ALS / Jack Orchard ALS
Foundation
Richard A. Pierce, PhD
Research Associate Professor of Pulmonary
and Critical Care Medicine
Washington University School of Medicine
Karen
L. Pletz, JD
President and Chief Executive Officer
Kansas City University
of Medicine and Biosciences
Donald A. Potts, MD
Associate Professor of
Medicine, Retired
University of Missouri - Kansas City
Sasanka Ramanadham,
PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes
and Metabolism
Washington University School of Medicine
Gary A. Ratkin,
MD
President, Missouri Cancer Coalition
Physician, Missouri Baptist Cancer
Center
Peter H. Raven, PhD
Director
Missouri Botanical Garden
F.
Patrick Ross, PhD
Research Professor, Pathology and Immunology, Cell Biology
and Physiology
Washington University School of Medicine
James Schreiber,
MD
Professor and Head of Department of Obstetrics and
Gynecology
Washington
University School of Medicine
Mike Schroeder
Executive Director
Hope
Happens (formerly ALS Hope – The Chris
Hobler/James Maritz Foundation)
Benjamin
D. Schwartz, MD, PhD
Professor of Clinical Medicine
Washington University
School of Medicine
Principal, The Camden Group
Larry J. Shapiro, MD
Dean,
School of Medicine
Washington University in St. Louis
Andrey Shaw, MD
Professor
of Pathology and Immunology
Washington University in St. Louis
Laura
Shultz, RN
Member, Board of Directors
Rose Brooks Center
Ali Shwaiki,
MD
Hematology/Oncology
Saint Luke's Hospital of Kansas City
Morton
E. Smith, MD
Professor Emeritus, Ophthalmology
Washington University School
of Medicine
James L. Spigarelli
President and Chief Executive Officer
Midwest
Research Institute
Gregory A. Storch, MD
Professor of Pediatrics and
Director
Division of Pediatric Laboratory Medicine
Washington University
in St. Louis
James E. Stowers, Jr.
Co-Founder
Stowers Institute for
Medical Research
Founder, American Century Companies
Virginia G. Stowers
Co-Founder
Stowers
Institute for Medical Research
Steven L. Teitelbaum, MD
Wilma and Roswell
Messing Professor of Pathology and Immunology
Washington University School
of Medicine
Charles Van Way, III, MD
Professor and Chair of Surgery
University
of Missouri - Kansas City
Editor, Medical Bulletin of Greater Kansas City
Vice-Chair
of Council, Missouri State Medical Association
Darryl Wallace, MD
Gynecological
Oncology
Saint Luke's Hospital of Kansas City
Jeffery Wieman, MD
Chief
Executive Officer
The Cancer Institute, Saint Luke’s Health System
Clinical
Professor of Surgery,
University of Missouri - Kansas City
Patricia B.
Wolff, MD
Forest Park Pediatrics, PC
Past President, St. Louis Pediatric
Society
Ting Xie, PhD
Associate Investigator
Stowers Institute for
Medical Research
Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy and Cell
Biology,
University of Kansas Medical Center
Kathryn A. Yamada, PhD
Research Associate
Professor of Medicine
Washington University School of Medicine
Carole
Zimbrolt, PhD
Business Manager
Health Care for Kids
Civic,
Business, & Community Leaders
Randy Adams
President and Executive
Director
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
John Bachmann
Senior Partner
Edward
Jones
Clarence C. Barksdale
Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Centerre
Bancorporation
Pastor Janice Barnes
Associate for Family Ministries
First
Congregational Church of Webster Groves
Kay Barnes
Mayor
City of Kansas
City, Missouri
The Reverend Vern Barnet, DMin
CRES Minister Emeritus
Convenor,
Kansas City Interfaith Council
Bill Berkley
President
Tension Envelope
Joan
Berkley
Member, Board of Directors
Center for Practical Bioethics
Richard
Berkley
Former Mayor
Kansas City, Missouri
Henry W. Bloch
Honorary
Chairman
H&R Block, Inc.
Stephen F. Brauer
Chief Executive Officer
Hunter
Engineering
Former U.S. Ambassador to Belgium
James H. Buford
President
and Chief Executive Officer
Urban League of Metro St. Louis
Reverend
Cynthia S. Bumb
Pastor
Pilgrim Congregational United Church of Christ
Robert
Calcaterra
Chief Executive Officer and President
Nidus Center for Scientific
Enterprise
Kim Carlos
Co-chair (Missouri), National Patient Advocate
Foundation
President and Chief Executive Officer
KC Consulting, LLC
Emanuel
Cleaver II
U.S. Congressman for 5th District of Missouri
Robert A. Cohn
Editor
In Chief Emeritus
St. Louis Jewish Light
Bunni Copaken
Community Volunteer
Kansas
City, Missouri
Andrew B. Craig III
Retired Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer
Boatmen’s Bancshares
John C. Danforth
Former U.S. Senator
for Missouri
Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations
Partner, Bryan
Cave LLP
Clark S. Davis
Vice Chairman
HOK
John A. Dillingham
Community
Volunteer
Kansas City, Missouri
Arnold W. Donald
Chairman
Merisant
Company
John Dubinsky
President and Chief Executive Officer
Westmoreland
Associates
Chairman, CORTEX
William P. Duncan, PhD
President
Kansas
City Area Life Sciences Institute, Inc.
Thomas F. Eagleton
Former U.S.
Senator for Missouri
Partner, Thompson Coburn
Charles A. Eddy, DC
City
Council Member
Kansas City, Missouri
Warren Erdman
Vice President
Kansas
City Southern Railroad
David C. Farrell
Former Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer
May Department Stores Company
Rabbi Mark Fasman
Shaare Zedek
Richard
C.D. Fleming
President and Chief Executive Officer
St. Louis Regional Chamber
& Growth Association
Sam Fox
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Harbour
Group, Ltd.
Charles A. Garney
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Briarcliff
Development Co.
Stuart I. Greenbaum
Dean, John M. Olin School of Business
Washington
University in St. Louis
Rabbi Steve Gutow
Reconstructionist Minyan
Adele
Hall
Community Volunteer
Kansas City, Missouri
Donald J. Hall
Civic
Leader
Kansas City, Missouri
Jim Hampton
Director
Clay County Economic
Development Corporation
Harvey A. Harris
Chair, St. Louis Chapter American
Red Cross
Chair, The Stolar Partnership
David R. Harvey
Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer
Sigma-Aldrich Corp.
Reverend Katherine Hawker
Evangelical
United Church of Christ
Reverend Robert Lee Hill, PhD
Senior Minister
Community
Christian Church
Co-host, Religion on the Line
Irv Hockaday
Chairman,
Life Sciences Task Force
Civic Council of Greater Kansas City
C. Ray
Holman
Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Mallinckrodt, Inc.
Mark
R. Jorgenson
President and Chief Executive Officer,
US Bank Kansas City
Member,
Civic Council of Greater Kansas City
Reverend Bob Keller
Pastor
St.
Paul United Church of Christ
Robert J. Kelley
Former President
Greater
St. Louis Labor Council, AFL-CIO
Senior Advisor, The Kelley Group
David
W. Kemper
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
Commerce Bancshares,
Inc.
Chairman, Civic Progress
Reverend Michael Kinnamon
Disciples
of Christ
Professor of Mission & Peace, Eden Theological Seminary
Chair,
Justice & Advocacy Commission, National Council of Churches
E. Desmond
Lee
Philanthropist
St. Louis, Missouri
Pete Levi
President and
Chief Executive Officer
Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce
Lee Liberman
Chairman
Emeritus
Laclede Gas Company
Lynn Lyss
President
Jewish Community
Relations Council, St. Louis
L. Sandy MacLean
Vice Chancellor Emeritus
University
of Missouri – St. Louis
Richard J. Mahoney
Former Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer,
Monsanto Company
Kelley M. Martin
President, Martin
Financial Group
Past Chairman, Platte County Economic Development Council
John
F. McDonnell
Retired Chairman of the Board
McDonnell Douglas Corporation
Marcia
Mellitz
President and Chief Executive Officer
Center for Emerging Technologies
Tom
Melzer
Managing Director, RiverVest Venture Partners
Former Chairman, St.
Louis Federal Reserve Bank
Walter L. Metcalfe Jr.
Partner and Former
Chairman
Bryan Cave LLP
Reverend Suzanne Meyer
First Unitarian Church
Richard
Meyers, PhD
President
Webster University
J. Patrick Mulcahy
Vice
Chairman of the Board
Energizer Holdings
Reverend Brian Q. Newcomb
Pastor
Christ
Church United Church of Christ
Barbara Potts
Former Mayor
Independence,
Missouri
Sarah E. Powers
Professor Emerita
William Jewell College
Fred
Pryor
Founding Chairman of the Board
Fred Pryor Seminars
The Reverend
James H. Purdy
Rector
Saint Peter’s Episcopal Church
Gary Rainwater
Chairman,
President and Chief Executive Officer
Ameren Corporation
Derek Rapp
Founder,
St. Louis Cares
Chief Executive Officer, Divergence, Inc.
Jerry E. Ritter
Former
Executive Vice President
Anheuser-Busch Companies
John R. Roberts
Executive
Director
Civic Progress, Inc.
Cici Rojas
President
Hispanic Chamber
of Commerce of Greater Kansas City
Donn Rubin
Executive Director
The
Coalition for Plant and Life Sciences
Craig Schnuck
Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer
Schnuck Markets, Inc.
Jewel Scott
Executive Director
Civic
Council of Greater Kansas City
Beth K. Smith
Adjunct Professor
University
of Missouri – Kansas City
Board Member, Kansas City Neighborhood Alliance
Lana
Stein, PhD
Professor and Chair, Department of Political Science
University
of Missouri – St. Louis
David Steward
Founder and Chairman
World
Wide Technology
Rabbi Jeffrey Stiffman
Rabbi Emeritus
Congregation
Shaare Emeth
Donald M. Suggs, DDS
Publisher and President
St. Louis
American Newspaper
Rabbi Susan Talve
Central Reform Congregation
Rabbi
Joshua Taub
Temple Emanuel
Andrew Taylor
Business Executive
St.
Louis, Missouri
Barbara Taylor
Community Volunteer
St. Louis, Missouri
Linda
Gill Taylor
Executive Director, Center for the City
University of Missouri
– Kansas City
Kenneth F. Teasdale
Chairman
Armstrong Teasdale
LLP
Reverend Susan J. Thorne
Pastor
Country Club Congregational United
Church of Christ
Robert L. Virgil
Former Dean, John M. Olin School of
Business
Washington University in St. Louis
Limited Partner, Edward Jones
Linda
D. Ward
Community Volunteer
Kansas City, Missouri
Lantz Welch
Attorney
Former
President and Lifetime Trustee
Law Foundation of the School of Law
University
of Missouri - Kansas City
Virginia V. Weldon, MD
Former Professor of
Pediatrics and Deputy Vice Chancellor
for Medical Affairs, Washington University
Medical Center
Former Chair, Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
David Welte
Attorney
Polsinelli
Shalton Welte Suelthaus
Former Co-chair, Kansas City Area Development Council
Joy
Wheeler
Chief Executive Officer
First Guard Health Plan
Reverend Edgar
J. Whelan
Rector
Episcopal Church of the Redeemer
Margaret Bush Wilson
Former
Chair, NAACP National Board of Directors
Attorney, Wilson & Associates
Esther
V. Wolf
Board Member
U.S. Hispanic Leadership Institute
Mark S. Wrighton,
PhD
Chancellor
Washington University in St. Louis
