Innovate St. Louis Board of Directors

F. Gilbert Bickell, III
Senior Vice President
Morgan Stanley

CEO
Barbara A. Brinkman
Innovate St. Louis

Maxine Clark
Chief Executive
Build-A-Bear Workshop

William A. Danforth, M.D.
Chancellor Emeritus
Washington University

Richard C. D. Fleming
President & CEO
St. Louis RCGA

Sam Fox
Chairman & CEO
Harbour Group

Thomas F. George, Ph.D.
Chancellor
University of Missouri-St. Louis

Henry Givens, Jr., Ph.D.
Chancellor
Harris-Stowe State University

Tom Hillman
Founder
FTL Capital Partners

Treasurer
Doug King
President
Saint Louis Science Center

Michael R. Loynd
Dunn & Miller PC

Brenda Newberry
Chairman
The Newberry Group

Chairman
William A. Peck, M.D.
Director
Center for Health Policy
Washington University

Heschel Raskas, Ph.D.
Raskas Consulting, L.L.C.

Robert Reynolds
Chairman, President & CEO
Graybar Electric, Co.

Joe Schlafly
Senior Vice President
Stifel Nicolaus & Co.

Scott Schnuck
President & CEO
Schnuck Markets, Inc.

Mark Showers
Chief Information Officer
Reinsurance Corporation of America

Frank Stokes
Former CEO
Innovate St. Louis

Donald Suggs, D.D.S.
President & Publisher
St. Louis American Newspaper

Kenneth Teasdale
Chairman of the Firm
Armstrong Teasdale, LLP

Vaughn Vandegrift, Ph.D.
Chancellor
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

George Herbert Walker, III
Former Ambassador to Hungary

Donna Wilkinson
President
The Wilkinson Group

Mark S. Wrighton, Ph.D.
Chancellor
Washington University

Doug Yaeger
Chairman, President & CEO
The Laclede Group, Inc.

Innovate St. Louis Staff

Barbara Brinkman
CEO, Innovate St. Louis
barbara.a.brinkman@innovatestl.org
314-444-1159

Susan Sampson
Special Projects, Innovate St. Louis
susan@innovatestl.org
314-444-1154

Pete Peters, Ph.D.
Director
Innovate Venture Mentoring Service
petepeters@innovatevms.org
314-862-IVMS (4867)

Phyllis Ellison
Operations Manager
Innovate Venture Mentoring Service
pellison@innovatevms.org
314-862-4869

Jim Brasunas
Director
ITEN
jbrasunas@itenstl.org
(314) 409-2533