CharacterPlus Board
Executive Committee
Veronica F. McDonnell
Board Chair
Registered Dietitian, Private Practice
Founder, Friends of CharacterPlus
Eric Fencl, J.D.
Vice Chair / Development Chair
Chief Administration Officer
Build-A-Bear
Marvin Anderson
Secretary
SVP
Bank of America US Trust
William "Chip" Schafer III
Marketing Chair
Former President
Lion Forge Labs (R)
Linda McKay
Programming Chair
Co-Founder & Former E.D.
CharacterPlus
Jacqueline French, J.D.
Engagement Chair
Senior Director Insurance, Litigation & Claims
Ameren Services
Tim Fagan
Finance Chair
Partner
Ernst & Young LLP
Board of Directors
David Alexander
Co-Founder & Marketing Director
Social Origin, llc
Marvin Berkowitz, Ph.D.
University of Missouri - St. Louis
Sanford N. McDonnell Professor of
Character Education / Thomas Jefferson Scholar
Maureen Clancy-May, Ph.D.
MO Dept. of Elementary and
Secondary Education
Melinda Bier, Ph.D.
University of Missouri - St. Louis
Co-Director The Center for Character & Citizenship
Robert Fasoldt
Director of Ticket Sales and Services
St. Louis Cardinals
Lynn Lowrance, Ph.D.
School Counselor (R)S
Community Volunteer
Lorenzo Boyd
Managing Director, Public Finance
Stifel
Jennifer McDonnell
Community Volunteer
Scripps College Board Director
Princeton University Alumni Council
Linda Matkowski
CFO
Champaign, IL Unit 4 Schools
Mary Kullman, J.D.
SVP, Chief Administrative Officer at The Laclede Group (R)
Community Volunteer
Andrea Harpring
Director of Engagement and Learning
Nine Network of Public Media
Pamela Howlett, J.D.
Senior Assistant General Counsel, Regulatory, Public & Government Affairs
Bayer
Joanne Soudah
Educator (R)
University City School Board
Peggy Barnhart
Commissioner St. Louis County Board of Elections
Keith Marty, Ph.D.
Superintendent
Parkway School District
Stephen "Steve" Seele, J.D.
CoBoeing Military Aircraft Chief Counsel (retired)
Lindsay Conley
CPA
Director BKD
Scott Thoma
CFA, CFP®
Principal, Client Needs Research, Edward Jones
Barb Wilkinson
Community Volunteer
ATT/SBC VP (retired)
Roxanna Mechem, Ed.S.
Assistant Superintendent Maplewood Richmond Heights School District
Judson Duncan
President
Emerson