Board of Trustees
Executive Committee
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
Trustees
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
Advisory Trustees
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
Ex-Officio
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