2010 EVENT COMMITEE MEMBERS
Willem Bakker Executive Director IT Coalition |
David Butler President Heartland Innovations, LLC |
Lawrence Casey Senior Manager Ralcorp Holdings, Inc. |
Jay Delong VP, New Ventures & Capital Formation RCGA |
Elizabeth Desrosiers IT Portfolio Management Lead Monsanto |
Chris Deweese Microsoft MVP, Solutions Architect Daugherty Group |
Johnnie Foster Director CAIT |
Eric Gorham Director of IT REJIS Commission Gateway to Innovation Committee Chair |
David Kocs Principal TDK Technologies |
Jonathan Leggs Network Engineer Arch Coal, Inc. |
Marc Meschke Systems Manager REJIS Commission |
Pat Mueth, RN Director, PMO Barnes-Jewish Hospital President, HIMSS Gateway Chapter |
Fred Niederman Professor St. Louis University |
Kim Paxton Branch Manager Kelly Mitchell Group |
![]() Lendell Phelps Vice President, Marketing AT&T |
Robert Rouse Professor Emeritus, Computer Science Washington University |
David Strom President David Strom, Inc. |
Meredith Turk Project Manager - New Ventures & Capital Formation RCGA |
Tamara Wilgers Director of Technology Transfer University of Missouri-St. Louis |
2010 HONORARY ADVISORS
Ameren Services Mary P. Heger VP IT & Ameren Services Center |
Ameren Services Charles Bremer Former VP, IT |
![]() ABInBev, North America Odilon Queiroz VP IBS |
BJC Healthcare Jerry Vuchak VP IS |
Brown Shoe Company Joe Caro SVP & CIO |
Centene Corporation Donald Imholz SVP & CIO |
Cequel III Robert Putnam SVP & CIO |
Edward Jones Vinny Ferrari CIO |
Emerson Kathy McElligott VP & CIO |
![]() Enterprise Holdings Craig Kennedy SVP & CIO |
Express Scripts Gary M. Wimberly SVP, CIO |
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Vicki Kosydor VP of IT Services |
Maritz Gilbert Hoffman Corporate SVP & CIO |
MasterCard Worldwide Michael Manchisi CTO |
METRO Debbie Erickson VP & CIO |
Metropolitan Sewer District Barbara Mohn Director of Information Systems |
Monsanto Shirley Cunningham CIO |
MoDOT Information Systems Mike Miller Director |
![]() NESTLE Purina PetCare Michael Palmer VP & CIO |
Pfizer Pete Hubert Worldwide Technology Site Head |
REJIS Commission Dr. William R. Powell, Jr. General Manager |
RGA Reinsurance Company Mark E. Showers SVP, CIO |
Scottrade Ian Patterson CIO |
![]() Sigma-Aldrich Carl Turza CIO |
Spartech Robert Byrne CIO |
SSM Michael Paasch CIO |
St. Louis County Government Robert Bence CIO |
St. Louis Metropolitan Police Dept. Dele Oredugba CIO |
State of Missouri Doug Young CIO |
The Boeing Company Don Winter CIO |
The Boeing Company Ellen Jackson Director of Information Technology |
The Doe Run Company Sharon Gietl VP of IT & CIO |
UniGroup, Inc. Randall Poppell CIO |













