Acknowledgements

Commissioners

Rev. Starsky Wilson (Co-Chair), President & CEO, Deaconess Foundation and Pastor, Saint John’s Church (The Beloved
Community) in St. Louis
Richard McClure (Co-Chair), Member, St. Louis Regional Board of Teach for America and Emeritus Member and former President, Civic Progress
Sgt. Kevin Ahlbrand, Detective Sergeant, St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, Deputy Commander, Major Case Squad of Greater St. Louis, and President, Missouri Fraternal Order of Police
Rasheen Aldridge, Jr., Director, Young Activists United STL
Rev. Traci D. Blackmon, Pastor, Christ the King United Church of Christ, and Coordinator, Healthy Mind, Body, Spirit, BJC HealthCare
T.R. Carr, retired Professor and former Chair, Department of Public Administration and Policy Analysis, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Urban Research, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, and former Mayor, City of Hazelwood
Gabriel E. Gore, Partner, Dowd Bennett LLP
Becky James-Hatter, President & CEO, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Eastern Missouri
Daniel Isom, E., Desmond Lee Professor of Policing and the Community, Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice,
University of Missouri-St. Louis
Bethany Johnson-Javois (ex officio), CEO, St. Louis Integrated Health Network (IHN)
Scott Negwer, President, Negwer Materials
Brittany N. Packnett, Activist, Executive Director, Teach for America in St. Louis
Felicia Pulliam, Development Director, FOCUS St. Louis
Grayling Tobias (December 1 – April 13), retired Superintendent, Hazelwood School District
Byron M. Watson, retired Sergeant, St. Louis County Police Department and current Officer, St. Louis Community College campus police
Patrick Sly, Executive Vice President, Emerson
Rose A. Windmiller, Associate Vice Chancellor, Government & Community Relations, Washington Universi

COMMISSION RESOURCES

Managing Director – Bethany Johnson-Javois (St. Louis Integrated Health Network, Loaned)
Assistant Director – Monique (Gilliam) Thomas (Centene Corporation, Loaned)
Media and Community Relations – Nicole Hudson (Because Really LLC, Contractor) General Counsel – Cheryl D.S. Walker, Esq.
General Counsel – Michael Lanahan, Esq.
Office Manager – Angela Dennis (State of Missouri, Loaned)
Strategic Planning – Karishma Furtado and Aaron Beswick (KSF Consulting, Contractor)
Strategic Planning – Tracey Jeffries (Capitol Consulting Services, Contractor)
Data and Policy Analysis – Institute of Public Policy, Harry S Truman School of Public Affairs, University of Missouri (Contractor)
Community Engagement – Vector Communications (Contractor)
Meeting Support – PSAV St. Louis Branch (Contractor), Midwest Litigation (Contractor)
Executive Editor – Eric Ratinoff (Contractor)
Public Affairs – Tony Wyche (Soapbox LLC, Contractor)
Racial Equity – Kira Banks (Saint Louis University, Loaned)
Racial Equity – Rudy Nickens (Missouri Department of Transportation, Loaned)
Eliminating Racism Training Facilitator – Midwest Consulting Partners
Eliminating Racism Training Facilitator – Timothy J. Crawley
Civic Engagement – Daniela Velázquez (Mavend Media, Contractor)
Engagement Content – Competitive Futures (Contractor)
Engagement Content – Elaine Cha (Contractor)
Engagement Content – Lindy Drew Photography (Contractor)
Engagement Content – Nathan Lucy, LLC (Contractor)
Public Relations – (AHC Consulting LLC), Allison Collinger
Youth Arts Speak Summit Facilitator – Andrea Purnell
Youth Arts Speak Summit Facilitator – Keith Tyrone-Williams
Youth Arts Speak Summit Facilitator – Dail Chambers
Youth Arts Speak Summit Facilitator – Muhammad Austin
Youth Arts Speak Summit Facilitator – Pacia Anderson

COMMISSION FUNDERS

Community Development Block Grant
Community Services Block Grant
Daughters of Charity Foundation
Deaconess Foundation
Greater St. Louis Community Foundation
Incarnate Word Foundation
Jewish Federation of St. Louis
Lutheran Foundation of St. Louis
Missouri Development Finance Board
Missouri Foundation for Health
MOHELA
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

INTERNS

Heidi Chiu, Student, Washington University in St. Louis
David Dwight IV, Alumnus, Washington University in St. Louis
Kevyana Moore, Student, Southeast Missouri State
Zachary Panter, Student, Washington University in St. Louis
Mark Timmerman, Student, Saint Louis University School of Law

THE FOLLOWING ORGANIZATIONS AND PEOPLE SUPPORTED THE COMMISSION EITHER THROUGH IN-KIND SERVICES, VOLUNTEERING OR PARTNERSHIP:

AHC Consulting LLC, Allison Collinger
Yemi Akande-Bartsch, Executive Director, FOCUS St. Louis
Will Armon, Doctoral Student, University of Missouri – St. Louis
Kim Austin, Doctoral Student, University of Missouri – St. Louis
Tim Beecher, Senior Vice President & Senior Partner, Fleishman Hillard St. Louis
Rebeccah Bennett, Emerging Wisdom LLC
BJC HealthCare, Jane Schaefer
Cecilia Boyers, Volunteer for Child Well-Being Working Group
Diamond Brown, Youth Summit Volunteer
Jayde Brown, Youth Summit Volunteer
Brown School of Social Work, Washington University in St. Louis
Michael Castro, Poet Laureate, St. Louis
Bryan Cave, Cheryl Walker and Michael Lanahan
John Chasnoff, Member, Don’t Shoot Coalition
Ariela Chavez, Arts Speak Commission Meeting Performer
Civic Progress St. Louis
Elizabeth Collinger, Arts Speak Commission Meeting Performer
Coro Leadership Fellows
Cultural Leadership Youth Volunteers
Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
Adrienne Denson, Youth Summit Volunteer
Riisa Easley, Volunteer, Commission Meeting Group Breakout Facilitator
East-West Gateway Council of Governments
Emerson
Executive Bridge Inc.
Steven Fazzari, Bert A. and Jeanette L. Lynch Distinguished Professor of Economics, Washington University in St. Louis
Dionne Ferguson, Youth Summit Volunteer
Mary Ferguson, Volunteer, Commission Meeting Group Breakout Facilitator
Ferguson Youth Initiative
Brittany Ferrell, Millennial Activists United
Connie Fischer, Volunteer, Commission Meeting Group Breakout Facilitator
Mary Lee Hardy, Doctoral Student, University of Missouri – St. Louis
Clifton Kinnie, Arts Speak Commission Meeting Performer
Oni Marrison IV, Youth Summit volunteer
Cindy Li, Arts Speak Commission Meeting Performer
Cheryl Hermann, Doctoral Student, University of Missouri – St. Louis
Jessica Holmes, Volunteer, Commission Meeting Group Breakout Facilitator
Atul Kamra, Wells Fargo Advisors
Lawrence Lewis, Youth Summit Volunteer
Linda Locke, Standing Partnership
MarketVolt
Kevin Martin, Doctoral Student, University of Missouri – St. Louis
Millennial Activists United
Melba Moore, Acting Health Director, City of St. Louis
John Moten, Consultant
Serena Muhammad, St. Louis Mental Health Board
Paris Nathan, Youth Summit volunteer
De Nichols, Connected for Justice, Contemporary Arts Museum
Nine LAB Media
Parents as Teachers
Steve Parish, Member, Don’t Shoot Coalition
Cynthia Prost, President, Arts & Education Council
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Joyce Pugh-Walker, Doctoral Student, University of Missouri – St. Louis
Quest Management Consultants
Katie Rahn, Doctoral Student, University of Missouri – St. Louis
Regional Arts Commission of St. Louis
Chris Renteria, Volunteer, Youth Art Speak Summit
Ryan Rippel, Adjunct Professor, Washington University in St. Louis
Beth Damsgaard Rodriguez, Consultant, Interfaith Consulting
ROI Business Solutions
Dalychia Saah, Alumna, Brown School of Social Work, Washington University in St. Louis
Anna Shabsin, Senior Lecturer, George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Washington University in St. Louis
Felicia Shaw, Executive Director, Regional Arts Commission
Michael Smith, Commission Meeting Volunteer
Will Smith, Commission Meeting Volunteer
Judy Sodey, Doctoral Student, University of Missouri – St. Louis
Peter Sortino, Assistant Vice Chancellor, Washington University in St. Louis
St. Louis Regional Health Commission, Alive and Well STL
Jewel Stafford, Volunteer, Commission Meeting Group Breakout Facilitator
State of Missouri
Emily Stuart, Volunteer, Research Support
Alexis Templeton, Millennial Activists United
Beverly Thompson, Doctoral Student, University of Missouri – St. Louis
Jessica Triplett, Youth Summit Volunteer
United Way of Greater St. Louis
University of Missouri – St. Louis
Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis
Luis M. Velázquez, Commission Meeting Volunteer
Venture Café-St. Louis
Kathleen Vierod, Doctoral Student, University of Missouri – St. Louis
Washington University in St. Louis
Stephen Watkins, Retired Officer, Washington DC Metropolitan & Chief of Fairmount Heights
Colin Wellenkamp, Washington Adventist University
Jessica Wernli, United Congregations of Metro-East
Cynthia Williams, Assistant Dean, Field Education and Community Partnerships, George Warren
Pete Winfrey, Actor, St. Louis
Joe Yancey, Places for People Inc.

MEETING LOCATIONS

Center for Workforce Innovation, St. Louis Community College – Florissant Valley
Clayton High School
Cortex CIC@CET
Cortex Innovation Center
Creve Coeur Government Center
Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
Emerson Family YMCA
Ferguson Community Center
Florissant Valley Campus, St. Louis Community College
Friendly Temple Missionary Baptist Church St. Louis, Youth Worship Center
Grand Center Arts Academy
Il Monastero Banquet Center, Saint Louis University
Meramec Campus, St. Louis Community College
Metropolitan Education and Training Center (MET Center)
Missouri History Museum
Mullanphy-Botanical Garden Investigative Learning Center
Parents as Teachers
Prosperity Connection Excel Center
Sheet Metal Workers Local Union 36 Grand Hall on Chouteau
Saint Louis University Center for Global Citizenship
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Saint Louis University School of Law
St. Charles High School, City of St. Charles School District
St. Louis Gateway Classic Sports Foundation
University of Missouri – St. Louis, Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Jim Short Conference Room
University of Missouri – St. Louis, J.C. Penney Conference Center
Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis Head Start, Jennings Center
Venture Café, @4240 Building, Cortex Innovation District
Vision for Children at Risk
Westview Middle School, Riverview Gardens School District
YMCA of Greater St. Louis, Carondelet Park Recreation Complex

EDITORIAL AND RESEARCH SUPPORT

Patrick Adams, President, St. Louis Community Credit Union
Kelly Ahern, Volunteer Fact Checker
Matthew Ampleman, Student, Yale Law School Legislative Advocacy Clinic, Yale Law School
Jacob Blanton, Student, Washington University School of Law
Rosemarie Blase, Counsel, Dowd Bennett LLP
Derrick Dailey, Summer Intern, Dowd Bennet LLP
Lisa Hoppenjans, Associate, Dowd Bennett LLP
Greg Laposa, Project Manager, St. Louis Regional Chamber
Alexandra Maixner, Student, Saint Louis University
Jimmy Martin, Summer Associate, Dowd Bennett LLP
Caitlin O’Connell, Associate, Dowd Bennett LLP
Adam Simon, Summer Associates, Dowd Bennet LLP
Kendall Simmons, Volunteer Fact Checker
Sam Stragand, Student, Washington University School of Law
Jenny Terrell, Student, Washington University School of Law
David M. Timmerman, Volunteer Fact Checker

REPORT DESIGN

Digital Content Development, Distribution – Influence & Co./Kaoh Media (Contractor)
Digital Platform Development and Design – BigWideSky (Contractor)
Logo Design – Karl Eggers (Contractor)
PDF Design and Layout – Trisha Mistler (State of Missouri)