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Our Leadership
In addition to Chairman Dr. William H. Danforth and Interim President Dr. Philip Needleman, the Center’s activities are overseen by a Board of Trustees as well as a Scientific Advisory Board.
Board of Trustees
William H. Danforth, M.D.
Chancellor
Emeritus, Washington University in St. Louis
John F. McDonnell
Retired Chairman of the Board of McDonnell Douglas Corporation
Roger N. Beachy, Ph.D.
Founding President
Emeritus, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
Dan Burkhardt
Partner, Oakwood Medical Investors
Brady J. Deaton, Ph.D.
Chancellor, University of Missouri-Columbia
Arnold W. Donald
Former President & CEO, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
Robert A. Easter, Ph.D.
Chancellor & Provost (Interim) University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Alfonso Romo Garza
Chairman & CEO, SAVIA, S.A. de CV., Mexico
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.
President (Interim) Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, Former Chief Scientist, Pharmacia and Monsanto/Searle, Former Professor and Head, Department of Pharmacology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis
Peter H. Raven, Ph.D.
Director, Missouri Botanical Garden
P. Roy Vagelos, M.D.
Retired Chairman & CEO, Merck & Co., Inc.
Robert L. Virgil, D.B.A.
Retired Partner, Edward Jones
Mark S. Wrighton, Ph.D.
Chancellor, Washington University in St. Louis
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.
Scientific Advisory Board
Larry R. Beach, Ph.D, Biotechnology Advisor, U.S. Agency for International Development
Daniel J. Cosgrove, Ph.D., Professor, Pennsylvania State University
Luis Herrera Estrella, Ph.D., Professor, Cinvestav-IPN, Irapuato, Mexico
Mary Lou Guerinot, Ph.D., Ronald and Deborah Harris Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Dartmouth College
Tuan-Hua David Ho, Ph.D., Professor of Biology, Washington University in St. Louis
John Johnson, Ph.D., Professor, The Scripps Research Institute
Jonathan Jones, Ph.D., Group Leader, The Sainsbury Laboratory, John Innes Centre
Norman G. Lewis, Ph.D., Director, Institute of Biological Chemistry, Washington State University
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