Voluntary Boards

Board of Directors

Katherine Walsh, Board Chair/President, Asst. Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General of MO

Christy Shawan, Board Vice President, V.P. St. Francis Medical Partners, SW

Elizabeth Blaich, Board Treasurer, Attorney, Summers and Blaich, P.C.

Sr. Janet Crane, Board Recording Secretary, Chaplain, Mercy Hospital of St. Louis

Brett Carney, Director of Production Planning, World Wide Technology

Ruth Ehresman, Nonprofit Consultant, Vision for Children at Risk

Anna Goldkamp, Teacher, St. Louis Special School District

David Haddox, Laborer, Ervin Gildehaus and Sons Contractor

Stephanie Morgan, Co-founder of WKO, Licensed Massage Therapist, Mercy Hospice

Christy Roberts, Office Manager, Robert’s Pallet Co.

Emily Summers, Accountant, Southern Ozark Accounting, LLC

Kevin Walde, Orthodontist, Walde Miller Orthodontics

Advisory Board

Courtney Atkinson, Orthodontist—Poplar Bluff Orthodontics

Kathie Askren, Principal, Edward Jones, retired

Lynette Ballard, Mission and Formation Specialist, Mercy Hospital St. Louis

Lauren Blaich, General Dentistry, Dental Arts Group

Travis Blaich, General Dentistry, Dental Arts Group

Tricia George, Administrative Assistant—McCormack Telephone

Lisa Haddox, Librarian, St. Louis County Library

Fathom Hefner, Inventory Manager, Hefner Furniture and Appliances

Cindy Kemper, Cytotechnologist, Christian Hospital Northeast

Maryann Lavender, WKO Outreach Specialist, Retired

Michael Montgomery, Civil Engineer, Horner & Shifrin

Jim Morgan, CEO, Subsurface Constructors

Matt Phillips, Senior Account Executive, First Choice Insurance

Claudia Preuschoff, MD, Pediatrician, St. Francis Healthcare

Donna Schmitt, Attorney, Armstrong Teasdale, LLP

Jeff Shawan, Chief of Government Affairs, St. Francis Healthcare

Nathalie Williams, Professor—Retired, Past WKO Program Director

Mick Byrne, Emeritus