CharacterPlus Board
Our Executive Committee
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
Linda Matkowski
Development Chair
Chief Financial Officer
Champaign IL Unit 4 Schools
Tyler Dunaway
Engagement Chair
SVP Private Client Advisor
Bank of America
Tim Fagan
Finance Chair
Partner
Ernst & Young LLP
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 (R)
Our Board of Directors
David Alexander
Co-Founder & Marketing Director
Social Origin, llc
Roxanna Mechem, Ed.S.
Assistant Superintendent Maplewood Richmond Heights School District
Robert Fasoldt
Director of Ticket Sales and Services
St. Louis Cardinals
Melinda Bier, Ph.D.
University of Missouri - St. Louis
Co-Director Center for Character & Citizenship
CharacterPlus Scholar Advisor
Lynn Lowrance, Ph.D.
School Counselor (R)S
Community Volunteer
Mary Kullman, J.D.
SVP, Chief Administrative Officer (R) The Laclede Group (Spire)
Jennifer McDonnell
Scripps College Board Director
Princeton University Alumni Council
Peggy Barnhart
Commissioner St. Louis County Board of Elections
Pamela Howlett, J.D.
Senior Assistant General Counsel
Regulatory, Public & Gov Affairs Bayer
Joanne Soudah
Elementary Teacher (R)
University City School Board
Andrea Harpring
Director of Engagement and Learning
Nine Network of Public Media
Keith Marty, Ph.D.
Superintendent
Parkway School District
Barb Wilkinson
Community Volunteer
ATT/SBC VP (retired)
Lindsay Conley
CPA
Director BKD
Scott Thoma
Principal
Client Needs Research, Edward Jones
Fred Burdell
VP, CIO, Residential
Emerson Electric Corporation