Meet Our Team


Staff & Volunteer Leads

  • Michael Ruwitch

    Michael Ruwitch
    Chief Operating Officer, Celebrate Saint Louis

  • Nicole Foley

    Director of Operations Celebrate Saint Louis

  • Jessica Fox

    Chair, Celebrate Saint Louis l Senior Leader, Strategy & Business Transformation Hussmann Corporation

  • Adrian “Tripp” Kahle III

    Chair, America’s Birthday Parade l Senior Vice President - Relationship Manager at U.S. Bank


Board of Directors

  • Jeff Fox

    Board Chair, Celebrate Saint Louis | Chairman & CEO, Harbour Group Investments LP

  • Matt Aplington

    Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer

  • James C. Boldt

    VP, Boldt Brothers Companies

  • Beau Brauer

    President, Hunter Engineering Company

  • Cynthia Brinkley

    Board Director & Former President/COO, Centene Corporation

  • Alonzo Byrd, Jr.

  • Craig R. Campbell

    Partner, Anders CPAs + Advisor

  • Robert J. Ciapciak

  • Parker Condie, Jr.

    Retired CEO of Helicopters Inc.

  • Chris Danforth

    President and CEO – Kennelwood Pet Resorts

  • Bill DeWitt, III

    Bill DeWitt, III

    President, St. Louis Cardinals

  • Arnold W. Donald

  • James D. Eckhoff

    Vice President & General Counsel at Lindbergh-Warson Properties, Inc., d/b/a Baur Properties

  • Jimmie Edwards

  • Marty Neville Hereford

    Partner, Armstrong Teasdale

  • Robert Holmes

    Executive Vice President, Commerce Bancshares, Inc. l Chairman and CEO, Commerce Bank of St. Louis

  • Jim Howe

    Broker , The Daniel and Henry Company

  • James L. Johnson III

    Co-Founder and Partner, Johnson Bender Asset Management

  • Jackie Joyner Kersee

    Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Olympic Gold Medalist & Founder, Jackie Joyner-Kersee Foundation

  • Kathleen Martin

    Business Consultant and Community Volunteer

  • Richard L. Nix, Jr.

    President & CEO, Butler’s Pantry

  • Steven F. Schankman

    President, Contemporary Productions

  • Steven E. Pozaric

    Partner, Corporate Services Group, Armstrong Teasdale LLP

  • Winthrop B. Reed III

    Member, Lewis Rice, LLC 

  • John P. Stupp, Jr.

  • Michelle Tucker

  • James Williams

  • Lynn Wittels

    Partner, EMD Consulting