Trustees & Volunteers

The Mission of the Danforth Center would not be possible without the commitment of our loyal supporters. Our Trustees and volunteers give of their time, their treasure, and their great talent to further the Center’s efforts to improve the human condition through plant science. Ever involved in our work, you will see many of them around the Center both attending and assisting with our many events. To (meet/view) members of our Board of Trustees and two volunteer leadership groups, the Friends Committee and Danforth Leadership Council, click on the links below.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES | DANFORTH LEADERSHIP COUNCIL | FRIENDS COMMITTEE

Board of Trustees

William H. Danforth, M.D.
Chancellor
Emeritus, Washington University in St. Louis

Roger N. Beachy, Ph.D.
Vice Chairman
President Emeritus, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center

John F. McDonnell
Vice Chairman
Retired Chairman of the Board of McDonnell Douglas Corporation

Senator Christopher S. "Kit" Bond
Partner, Thompson Coburn LLP

Daniel A. Burkhardt
Partner, Oakwood Medical Investors

Brett A. Campbell
Principal, Edward Jones

Christopher Borders Danforth
Chief Marketing Officer-Owner, Kennelwood Pet Resorts

Brady J. Deaton, Ph.D.
Chancellor, University of Missouri-Columbia

Arnold W. Donald
President and Chief Executive Officer, Executive Leadership Council

Hugh Grant, Chairman
President & CEO, Monsanto Company

David W. Kemper
Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer of Commerce Bancshares Inc.

Alex F. McCalla, Ph.D.
Director, Rural Development, The World Bank, (Retired), and Professor of Agricultural Economics Emeritus, University of California, Davis

Philip Needleman, Ph.D.
Interim President and Chief Executive Officer, St. Louis Science Center

Alfonso Romo-Garza
Chairman & CEO, SAVIA, S.A. de CV., Mexico

Todd R. Schnuck
President and Chief Operating Officer, Schnuck Markets, Inc.

Mary Danforth Stillman
Lecturer, Washington University in St. Louis

P. Roy Vagelos, M.D.
Retired Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Merck & Co., Inc.

Robert L. Virgil, D.B.A.
Retired Partner, Edward Jones

Eric R. Ward, Ph.D.
President, Two Blades Foundation

Phyllis M. Wise, Ph.D.
Vice President, University of Illinois and Chancellor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Mark S. Wrighton, Ph.D.
Chancellor, Washington University in St. Louis

Peter Wyse Jackson, Ph.D.
President, Missouri Botanical Garden

Usha Barwale Zehr, Ph.D.
Joint Director of Research, Maharashtra Hybrid Seeds Company

Participants

Robyn Frankel
President, Frankel Public Relations

James L. Johnson
Senior Vice President - Investments, Stifel Nicolaus & Co., Inc.

Walter L. Metcalfe, Jr.
Senior Counsel, Bryan Cave LLP