The volunteer board of directors of The Scholarship Foundation of St. Louis sets organizational policy and priorities, secures adequate resources to support the Foundation’s programs, and provides fiduciary oversight for the nonprofit organization.
The Board includes men and women from education, finance, business, public service, communications, public health, law, medicine, and many other facets of community life.
The staff of the Foundation, led by the executive director, are professionals with a wealth of education, training, and experience in nonprofit management.
Staff
Leadership Team
Faith Sandler
Executive Director
Karin McElwain-West
External Relations Director
Thurman Young
Program Director
Catherine Hill
Controller
Teresa Stock Steinkamp
Advising Director
Robert Foley
Director of Planning & Technology
Karissa Anderson
Advocacy Director
Staff
Beth Andrews
Office Administrator
Kimberly Howse
Accountant
Laura Keeton
Data Support Specialist
Félipe Martínez
Senior Student Advisor
Dominesha Newton
Student Advisor
Robert Sagastume
Student Advisor
Cortasha Thomas
Program Coordinator
Jamie Wilger
Stewardship Coordinator
Board
Officers
Lauren Nash Ming, President
Karen O. Drake, Vice-President
Debra B. Kennard, Vice-President
Heidi Veron, Vice-President
Jill Nowak, Treasurer
Robert Schmalz, Secretary
Clayton M. Evans, Member-At-Large
Directors
Gerald Axelbaum
Azmy Azmy
Jacqueline Meaders Booth
James E. Crowe, III
Matt Dace
Bill Eastman
Joan Esserman
Edward Goldberg
Jennifer A. Haynes
Janet Hendrickson
Muhammad Q. Islam
April Mickens Jolly
Laura Kipnis
Joan Magruder
David A. Meyer
Lainie Neiman
Susan Plassmeyer
Dana L. Romeis
Tom Ruwitch
Lauren J. Sagel
L. Maria Vergara
Beth-Anne Yakubu
Honorary Life Directors
Buron Buffkin
Betsy Douglass
Joyce Follman
Linda Goldstein
Joel Iskiwitch
Nancy Kalishman
Lynne Kipnis
Donna Moog
Julia Muller
Estie Pruett
Audrey Shanfeld
Barbara Touchette
Members of our board can access the Board Portal with a valid username and password at the following address: https://sfstl1920.sharepoint.com/sites/BoardPortal/
