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

Danforth Leadership Council

Chair:

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

Executive Committee:

Christopher B. Danforth
Owner and Chief Marketing Officer, Kennelwood Pet Resorts

Sandy Rogers
Managing Director, Global Loyalty, FranklinCovey

Heather Wood
Senior Vice President, Cequel III


Holly Benson
Senior Vice President of Health Policy at Centene

Eleanor Peters Bergquist
Epidemiology Specialist, St. Louis County Department of Health

Kenneth J. Bower
Principal, Moneta Group LLC

Robert G. Brandt
Partner Blitz, Bardgett, & Deutsch

Blackford F. Brauer
Vice President, Marketing, Hunter Engineering Company

Lee Broughton
Director of Corporate Sustainability, Enterprise Rent-A-Car

W. Scott Bush
Managing Director, J.P. Morgan Private Wealth Management

Alonzo Byrd
Assistant Vice President of Corporate Responsibility, Enterprise Rent-A-Car

Joyce Cacho
Sustainability Consultant

J. Powell Carman Partner, Bryan Cave

William Carson
Vice President/Operations Strategy & Director of Sustainability McCormack Baron Salazar

John G. Cella
Vice President, Southwestern Enterprises and Southern Real Estate and Financial Company

Kyle Chapman
Co-founder, Forsyth Capital Investors

Vijay Chauhan
President Clinical Products/Extend Snacks

Christopher Chung
Executive Director, Missouri Partnership

Robert J. Ciapciak
Partner, Edward Jones

David Danforth
Private Real Estate

William O. DeWitt
President, St. Louis Cardinals

Natalie DiNicola
Director Global Partnership Development, Sustainability and Public Policy, Monsanto

N. T. Ewing
President at Commercial Kitchen Services

J. S. Finney
Associate, Sage Capital LLC

Blair Fortner
Director at HighQuest Partners

Flint W. Fowler
President, Herbert Hoover Boys and Girls Club

Chris Frank
President/Owner at CFX

Eric Gilbert
Chief Executive Officer, Landscape Brands

John Haffenreffer
President, Stifel Bank & Trust

Tracy Hart
President, Tarlton Corporation

Shelia Hudson
Commissioner for the St. Louis City Tax Increment Financing

William D. James
Principal, Transfer Pricing Leader, BKD, LLP

Holly McDonnell James
Science Education Advocate

Brendan Johnson
Partner, Bryan Cave

Wesley Jones
Managing Partner, Sage Capital
John W. Kemper
Vice President, Commerce Bank

Andrew Kohn
Managing Partner and Chief Executive Officer, Eagle River Capital

Harold R. Kroeger
President, TowerHill Wealth Management

David Lemkemeier
Partner, Lewis Rice and Fingersh

Ted Levis
CCIM, Emerald Properties

Kathryn E. Love
Partner, Bryan Cave

Michael Loynd
Partner with Dunn & Miller; Exec Director of Interco Charitable Trust

Toby Martin
Senior Vice President, Duke Realty

Jeffrey McDonnell
Vice President, J&J Management Services, Inc.

Cindy Teasdale
McGowan Owner, Makaboo Personalized Gifts

Ward Nixon
Vice President, Private Client Reserve, US Bank

Jack Oliver
Chairman, Bryan Cave Strategies

Robert Otto
President, Bison Meadow Horticultural Company

Shanti A. Parikh, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Anthropology and of African and African-American studies at Washington University

Aaron Perlut
Managing Partner, Elasticity

Robyn Pikey
Managing Partner, Barry-Wehmiller

Derek Rapp
Chemistry Development Strategy Lead at Monsanto Company Former CEO, Divergence, Inc.

Michael Scully
Senior Vice President & Regional President, U.S. Bank

Mary Beth P. Soffer
Attorney, Private Practice

Jerry Steiner
Executive Vice President of Sustainability and Corporate Affairs, Monsanto

Mary Danforth Stillman
Lecturer, Washington University

Christine Taylor-Broughton
Assistant Vice-President of Rental, Enterprise

Pat Tracy
Chairman, DOT Foods

Peter D. Van Cleve
Partner, Bryan Cave

Cheryl D. Walker
Of Counsel, Bryan Cave

Cari Wegge
Senior Account Director at Express Scripts

Nancy Ylvisaker
President, Bellefontaine Cemetery Association