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.
Anna Goldkamp, Board Recording Secretary, Teacher, St. Louis Special School District
Sr. Janet Crane, Chaplain, Mercy Hospital of St. Louis
Brett Carney, Director of Production Planning, World Wide Technology
Ruth Ehresman, Nonprofit Consultant, Vision for Children at Risk
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