Board Members

Showing 17 active board members (maximum 19)

Name	Role	End Date
Timothy (Tim) Nowak	Non-Voting	01/01/2045
Renee Brummell-Franklin	Member	12/31/2022 Serving Beyond Term
James (Jim) Conway	Member	12/31/2022 Serving Beyond Term
Susanne Evens	Member	12/31/2022 Serving Beyond Term
Sean Furman	Member	12/31/2022 Serving Beyond Term
Jeffrey (Jeff) Hurst	Member	12/31/2022 Serving Beyond Term
David LaValle	Member	12/31/2022 Serving Beyond Term
Susan Powers	Member	12/31/2022 Serving Beyond Term
Fred Bartelsmeyer Esq.	Member	12/31/2021 Serving Beyond Term
Martin (Marty) Tendler	Member	12/31/2021 Serving Beyond Term
James Grady	Member	12/31/2019 Serving Beyond Term
William (Will) James	Member	12/31/2019 Serving Beyond Term
Ronald (Ron) Jones	Member	12/31/2019 Serving Beyond Term
Nick Niknejadi	Member	12/31/2019 Serving Beyond Term
Lawrence (Cartan) Sumner Jr.	Member	12/31/2019 Serving Beyond Term
Andrew Walshaw	Chairperson	12/31/2019 Serving Beyond Term
Dennis Wilmsmeyer	Member	12/31/2019 Serving Beyond Term

Authorizing Legislation

No authorizing legislation. Governed by by-laws.

Board Duties and Purpose

The purpose of the organization shall be those purposes stated in the State of Missouri Articles of Incorporation, signed by the Secretary of State, July 13, 1988, and as thereafter amended, to which express reference is hereby made ("Articles of Incorporation"). To the extent consistent with the purposes stated in the Articles of incorporation.

Member Requirements

The Board of Directors consists of nineteen (19) total members including the Executive Director of the corporation who shall be a non-voting director.

The St. Louis County Executive shall appointment eight (8) directors and name the President of the Board. The Mayor of the City of St. Louis shall appoint four (4) directors. The County Executive and the Mayor shall coordinate their appointments to ensure that not less than seven (7) of the referenced twelve (12) directors shall be representative of corporations or other business entities actively involved in international trade.

Term limits: (apply to directors appointed to the executive committee) Directors are limited to serving no more than 2 consecutive terms, except for directors determined jointly by the County Executive and Mayor.

The County Executive and the Mayor shall appointment the remaining six (6) directors, five (5) of whom shall be representatives of the various Sister City organizations, and one (1) of whom shall be a representative of a corporation or business entity actively involved in international trade.