Leadership
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Matthew LeDuc
Chief Impact Officer
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” – Margaret Mead.
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Kirsten Brauch
Senior Director of Development
“You must be the change you want to see in the world.” – Mahatma Gandhi
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Zenique Gardner-Perry
Senior Director of Programs
“I think it is healing behavior, to look at something so broken and see the possibility and wholeness in it.” – Adrienne Maree Brown, Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds
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Gyvonne Dawkins
Senior Director of Operations
“Human, not financial capital, must be the starting point and ongoing foundation of a successful business strategy. For you can have the best strategy, but if you don’t have the right people to initiate that plan, you just end up with a dream.”
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Venita Oatis
Senior Director of Early Childhood Education
“It always seems impossible until it’s done.” – Nelson Mandela
Board Members
![Amanda McClerren](https://gasastl.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Amanda-McClerren.jpeg)
Amanda McClerren
Board Chair
Chief Information Officer, Bayer
![Headshot Ayanna Pierce](https://gasastl.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Headshot-Ayanna-Pierce-scaled.jpg)
Ayanna Pierce
Vice Chair
Vice President, Benefits and Talent Relations, Mercy
![David Heger](https://gasastl.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/David-Heger.webp)
Dave Heger
Finance Chair
Equity Analyst, Edward Jones
![Bill Hinderer](https://gasastl.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Bill-Hinderer.jpg)
Bill Hinderer
Secretary
Retired
Yoli Alovor – Director of Civic Engagement, Focus St. Louis
Scott Carver – President/CEO, FirstSpear
Lynn Davis – Chief of Staff, RubinBrown
Steve Degnan – Advisor. CHRO. CPG Executive. Board Member
Sr. Mary Catherine Dunn – Daughters of Charity
Warren Holmes – Principal, COO & CCO, Conway Investment Research
Jimmie Howlett – Impact Capital Manager, AVP, US Bankcorp Community
Edward Hussman – Vice President, Finance, Emerson Hermetic Motor Division
Anwar Lee – Commercial Credit Analyst II, People’s National Bank
Jessica Leonard – Director of Undergraduate Programs – Assistant Professor, Saint Louis University
Mary Beth Portuese – Senior Director, Communications, Ascension
Br. Bill Rehg – Professor of Philosophy, Saint Louis University
Joe Solari – Vice President, Customer Experience, Ameren