Meet Our Leaders

Cynthia Heath
Board Chair
Retired, Emerson
Jessica Willingham
1st Vice Chair
Vice President, Corporate Communications & Marketing
Spire
Jan Hess
2nd Vice Chair
Network VP, Integration/
Professional and Administrative Services
St. Luke’s Hospital
Cyndy Donato
Secretary
VP of HR, Marketing & Communications, Performance Improvement and Organizational Effectiveness
Missouri Baptist Medical Center
Donna Doerhoff
Treasurer
Partner
BKD, LLP

Karla Bakersmith
President/Founder
Scrubs & Beyond, Life Uniform & Uniform City
Lisa Bell-Reim
President
Oculus Inc.
Sophia Boyd
Student
Clayton High School
Dana Creswell
Student
Hazelwood West High School
Laraine Davis
VP, Next Generation Talent
Wells Fargo Advisors
Vicki Dawkins
President
Emerson Hermetic Motor
Emma Espinoza
Retired, AT&T
Shertina L. Gillespie
Director, Data Management, Data Governance
Mastercard International, Inc.
Jade James
Physician
Dawn L. Kotva
Vice President of Operations
MTM, Inc.
Julie Leverenz
Vice President Patient Experience
Hannibal Regional Healthcare System
Keith Marty
Superintendent
Parkway School District
Karen J. Miller
Co-Founder
WILLO (Women in Leadership-Launching Opportunities), LLC
Sonni Nolan
Partner
Husch Blackwell
Steven Pozaric
Partner
Armstrong Teasdale LLP
Thuy Vi Quach-Braig
Marketing Leader
Eastman Performance Films, LLC
Jeff Steiner
Senior Portfolio Manager/VP
U.S. Bank Private Wealth Management
Kit Sundararaman
Principal, Client Experience & Insights
Edward Jones
Susan L. Thomas
President
Truman State University