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COCA’s highly trained teaching artists and staff members work tirelessly to provide students with the nurturing environment they need to grow as artists.

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Executive Leadership

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Board Officers

Bill Carson, President – Vice President, US Bank Community Development Corporation
Rhonda Carter Adams, VP – Corporate Diversity Lead, Illinois American Water
Hunter Brown, VP Co-Chair Development – Partner, Moneta Group
Shereen Fischer, VP Programs – Community Volunteer
Carolyn Gold, Secretary – Community Volunteer
Diedre Gray, VP Chair Human Resources – EVP, General Counsel and CAO, Post Holdings
Kristin Johnson, VP – Chief Human Resources Officer, Edward Jones
Suzanne Johnson, VP Co-Chair Development – Community Volunteer
Ray Kalinowski, Treasurer, Chair of Finance Committee – Community Volunteer
Kim Kuehner, VP – Community Volunteer
Elizabeth Mannen, VP Board Nominating – Managing Director – Investment Officer, Wells Fargo Advisors
Tom Minogue, VP – Chairman, Thompson Coburn
Brian Thomas, VP Organizational Design & Strategy – Assistant Head of School, MICDS
Elizabeth Tucker, VP Organizational Design & Strategy – President, Novel
Kent Turner, VP Chair of Facility Planning – K Turner Advisory

Board Members

Tina Anderson, Market Head of Community Activation, Vice Chair, African-American Employee Resource Group, AETNA
Nancy Barnes-Ault, VP & Community Relations Officer, Regions Bank
Bill Bradley, Chief Marketing & Communications Officer, Schnucks Markets
Claudia Brodie, Senior Vice President, McCormack Baron Salazar, Inc.
Lauren Herring, CEO, IMPACT Group
Jesse Hunter, EVP, Mergers & Acquisitions and Chief Strategy Officer, Centene
Pauline Kim, Daniel Noyes Kirby Professor of Law, Washington University School of Law
Sarah Kramer, Director, Corporate Contributions & Community Initiatives, Ameren
Melissa Merlin, Litigation Partner, Husch Blackwell LLP
Ricky Nix, Jr., President, Butler’s Pantry
Ken Olliff, Vice President for Research, Saint Louis University
Kanika Pandey, Performing Artist / Indian Classical Vocalist
Jane Peacock, Community Volunteer
Dana Redwing, Attorney/Partner, Fox Galvin, LLC
Rachel Seward, Vice President, Enterprise Communications & Philanthropy, MiTek
Sherri Tichenor, Reporting and Advisory Lead, Bayer U.S. – Crop Science
Lisa Tuteur, Community Volunteer
Todd Weaver, Chief Executive Officer, TW Constructors
Susan Werner, Designer and Consultant, Whimsy Rose
Beth Kovaly Willis, Vice President, Executive Compensation, Emerson

Life Members

Barbara Archer, Managing Director & Partner, HighTower St. Louis Wealth Advisors
Richard D. Baron, Chairman and CEO, McCormack Baron Salazar, Inc.
Tom Hillman, FTL Capital Partners, LLC.
Steven Hochberg, Icon Industries LLC
Cheryl Holman, Community Volunteer
Cynthia J. Kohlbry, Managing Director, Conley & Company
Karey Witty, Executive Vice President & CFO, Valitas Health Services

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Katie Van Allen, President – Missouri History Museum
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