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CharacterPlus Board

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

Stephen "Steve" Seele, J.D.
Board Vice 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)

Tyler Dunaway
Engagement Chair
SVP Private Client Advisor 

Bank of America

Mary Kullman, J.D.
Finance Chair
SVP, Chief Administrative Officer The Laclede Group (Spire) (retired)

Veronica F. McDonnell
Immediate Past Chair
Registered Dietitian, Private Practice  
Founder, Friends of CharacterPlus

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

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

Joanne Soudah

Elementary Teacher (retired)

University City School Board

Lynn Lowrance, Ph.D.
School Counselor (retired)
Community Volunteer

Peggy Barnhart 
Commissioner St. Louis County Board of Elections

Robert Fasoldt
Director of Ticket Sales and Services
St. Louis Cardinals

Tim Fagan

Partner

Ernst & Young LLP

Beth Kinzel
SVP, Private Client Wealth Advisor
Commerce Trust Company

Andi Harpring
Partnership Coordinator
Special School District

Joan Ball
Assistant Manager
Sign of the Arrow

Keith Marty, Ph.D.

Superintendent 

Parkway School District

Edie Dorris
Executive Assistant
Guggenheim Partners

Jeff Yorg, J.D.
Associate General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer
Buckingham Strategic Wealth

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

Fred Burdell

VP, CIO, Residential

Emerson Electric Corporation

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

Chris Curtis
Owner, Midwest Graduation Products
Jostens

Andi Harping
Director of Engagement and Learning
Nine PBS 

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

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

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

Rachael Wilcox
District Leader Counsel Chair 
Director of Social Emotional Learning
Washington School District

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