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CharacterPlus Board

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Our Executive Committee
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Eric Fencl, J.D.
Finance Chairman
Chief Administrative Officer &
General Counsel / 
Build-A-Bear Workshop

Stephen "Steve" Seele, J.D.
Chairman
Chief Counsel (retired)
Boeing Military Aircraft

Marvin Anderson
Board Secretary
Senior Vice President
Bank of America US Trust

Linda McKay
Programming Chair
Founding Executive Director 
CharacterPlus

Barb Wilkinson
Development Chair
Community Volunteer
ATT/SBC VP (retired)

William "Chip" Schafer III
Marketing Chair & Vice Chair
Former President
Lion Forge Labs (retired)

Beth Kinzel
SVP, Private Client Wealth Advisor
Commerce Trust Company

Our Board of Directors

David Alexander 
Co-Founder & Marketing Director
Social Origin, llc

Melinda Bier, Ph.D.
University of Missouri - St. Louis
Co-Director Center for Character & Citizenship
CharacterPlus Scholar Advisor

Jennifer McDonnell
Scripps College Board Director
Princeton University Alumni Council

Dr. Monica Stewart

School District Of University City

Board President

Joan Ball
Assistant Manager
Sign of the Arrow

Lynn Lowrance, Ph.D.
School Counselor (retired)
Truman State University

Joanne Soudah

Elementary Teacher (retired)

University City School Board

Peggy Barnhart 
Commissioner St. Louis County

Board of Elections

Keith Marty, Ph.D.

Superintendent 

Parkway School District

Barb Donnelly

Community Volunteer​

Karen Hall, Ed.D.
CEO,
 RISE Coaching & Consulting
Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership at Saint Louis University

Andi Harpring
Partnership Coordinator
Special School District

Emily Frank, J.D.
Vice President
Business Development
ZeaVision

Roger Scherck, M.S.
Guidance Counselor
Mason Elementary
St. Louis Public Schools 

Rory P. O'Sullivan, Esq.
Acting County Counselor
St. Charles County Goverment

Casetta Brown, Ed.D.
St. Louis Public School District
Culture & Climate Coordinator
CharacterPlus District Leader Council Chair 

Eric Mumm
Partner
Ernst & Young LLP

CharacterPlus Emeritus Directors

Veronica F. McDonnell
Director, Grants, CHADS
Founder, Friends of CharacterPlus
CharacterPlus Director Emeritus

Marvin Berkowitz, Ph.D.
University of Missouri - St. Louis
Co-Director, The Center for Character & Citizenship

Retired Inaugural Sanford N. McDonnell Professor of Character Education & University of Missouri Thomas Jefferson Scholar
Founder, Center for Addiction and Behavioral Health Research
CharacterPlus Scholar Emeritus

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