Board of Trustees

Toni M. Kutchan, Ph.D., President
Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, Oliver M. Langenberg Distinguished Investigator, Vice President for Research

Brian Clevinger, Ph.D., Vice President and Treasurer
Prolog Ventures, Managing Partner

Anton S. Wallner, Ph.D., Secretary
Webster University, Professor Emeritus

Dedric A. Carter, Ph.D., MBA, Officer
Washington University in St. Louis, Vice Chancellor for Innovation & Chief Commercialization Officer

Eric Gulve, Ph.D., Officer
BioGenerator, President

Pascal Steiner, Ph.D., Officer
Purina Petcare Research Center, St. Louis, USA, Director Nutrition Research

Cheryl Watkins, DPM, MBA, Officer
YWCA Metro St. Louis, President and CEO

Benjamin H. Hulsey, J.D., President Emeritus, Ex-Officio
Thompson Coburn, LLP, Partner

Tabbetha Bohac, Ph.D., Numerof and Associates, Research Analyst

Tom Burroughs, Ph.D., Saint Louis University, Dean and Professor, School of Public Health and Social Justice and former Director, Saint Louis University Center of Research

Kristine Callis-Duehl, Ph.D., Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, Sally and Derick Driemeyer Director of Education and Outreach

Sonya Franklin, Ph.D., Bayer, Seeds and Traits Safety Lead

Rick Holton, Jr., Holton Capital, Partner

Quinn Long, Ph.D., Missouri Botanical Garden, Director, Shaw Nature Reserve

Mabel Purkerson, M.D., Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Professor Emerita

Vasit Sagan, Ph.D., Taylor Geospatial Institute, Acting Director | Saint Louis University, Associate Professor, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences

Jerry Steiner, Covercress, CEO

Freddie E. Wills, Ph.D., Harris Stowe State University, Vice President for STEM Initiatives & Research Partnerships

Philip O. Alderson, M.D., Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Dean Emeritus

Charles R. Granger, Ph.D., University of Missouri – St. Louis, Curators’ Distinguished Teaching Professor, Departments of Biology and Teaching & Learning

Charles Hoessle, Saint Louis Zoological Park, Director Emeritus

David Isserman, Isserman Consulting, LLC, President

Paul S. Markovits, Ph.D., Washington University in St. Louis Institute for School Partnership, Science Educator

Charles W. Oertli, P.E., Guarantee Electrical, Chairman Emeritus

Ralph S. Quatrano, Ph.D., Washington University in St. Louis School of Engineering and Applied Science, Emeritus Dean, Spencer T. Olin Professor Emeritus of Biology

Peter H. Raven, Ph.D., Missouri Botanical Garden, President Emeritus

Barbara Schaal, Ph.D., Washington University in St. Louis, Mary-Dell Chilton Distinguished Professor of Biology, and National Academies of Science, Vice President

William S. Sly, M.D., Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Professor Emeritus, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

James A. Stemmler, J.D., Attorney at Law

Janey S. Symington, Ph.D., Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Associate Research Professor Emerita

Todd Bastean, St. Louis Science Center, President and CEO

Dwight Scott, Saint Louis Zoological Park, Dana Brown President and CEO

Jody Sowell, Ph.D., Missouri Historical Society, President

Thomas A. Woolsey, M.D., Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Professor

Peter Wyse Jackson, Ph.D., Missouri Botanical Garden, President