Meet our Board

All Are Volunteer Positions

The work of the World Affairs Council of St. Louis is not possible without the guidance and support of the Executive Committee and the Board of Directors

Executive Committee

President
Mr. Pierce W. Powers II

Chair, POWERS Insurance and Risk Management

 

Executive
Vice-President
Mr. Jeff Morris

Bunzl Distribution NA

Vice President, International Supply Chain

 

Treasurer
Ms. Elaine Williams

 Director of Finance

R. Lawrence Kirkegaard & Associates

 

Vice-President
At Large
Ms. Susan Lore

Senior Counsel, Nestlé Purina PetCare (ret.)

Director, IVLP Programs

Global Ties US Board Member

 

Vice President
At Large
Ms. Gena Perry

American Soybean Association/WISHH Program
WISHH – Executive Director

 

Vice President
At Large
Ms. Madlena Demirchian

Commerce Bank

International Manager 

Vice President
At Large
Dr. Julian Schuster

Webster University
President

Vice President
At Large
Mr. Lawrence R. Taylor

Aziotics L.L.C.
President 

Secretary & Treasurer
Mr. John Wade

CFO (ret.)

 

Board of Directors

Dr. Hadi Alhor

Director of the Boeing Institute of Int’l Business
Saint Louis University

Ms. Fatima Khan

Partner
Thompson Coburn LLP

Mr. Mohan Chellaswami

Former Executive Vice President
Wells Fargo

Mr. Geoffrey King

Vice President of Strategy
Greater St. Louis Inc.

Liane Constantine

Executive Director
UMSL Global

Ms. Donna B. Kirtian

CFO
Grimco

Mr. Philip DeFord

Partner
DHR International

Ms. Linda Kurz

Department of Veteran Affairs (ret.)
Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives

Mr. Burt Follman

Executive Vice President
Gershman Commercial Real Estate

Dr. John A. Lewington

Dean of the John E. Simon School of Business (ret.)
Maryville University

 

 

Liane Constantine

Executive Director
UMSL Global

 

Mr. Nick Powers

Chief Growth Officer

UNCOMN LLC.

 

 

Mr. Philip DeFord

Partner
DHR International

 

 

Mr. Dennis Pruitt

Vice President of International Business Recruitment
Missouri Partnership

 

 

Mr. Burt Follman

Executive Vice President
Gershman Commercial Real Estate

 Mr. Ryan Shirley

Associate Vice President, Finance

Novus International, Inc. 

 

 

Ms. Liz Hare

Principal

Evergreen Strategies LLC.

 

 

Mr. Henry Stephenson 

Director, Technology Risk Management

Mastercard

 

Mr. Matt Harvey

Office Managing Partner, St. Louis
RSM International

 

Gregory Warner

Retired Executive

DuPont Nutrition and Health

 

 

Adna Karamehic-Oates

Attorney
Lewis Rice

 

 

Elaine Williams

 

 

 

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