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Board of Directors

Dr. William R. Keel, Chairperson

  • Retired Executive Director
    Mid-East Area Agency on Aging, Belleville, IL
  • Former President
    Belleville Area College
  • Former President
    St. Paul’s College and St. Paul’s College High School
  • Past Board Service:
    Director, Memorial Hospital, Belleville, IL

Lewis Fruend, Vice-Chairperson

  • Business Owner
    Fruend Insurance Agency, St. Louis

Dan Brown, Secretary/Treasurer

  • Sr. Vice President & Sr. Lender
    Reliance Bank, St. Louis
  • Former Sr. Vice President/Senior Client Manager
    Bank of America/NationsBank/Boatman’s Bank
  • Former Vice President/Commercial Lending
    Commerce Bank

Dave Binder

  • Retired Business Owner
    Enterprise Computer Systems, Inc., St. Louis

William Bunte

  • Retired Business Owner
    Crawford, Bunte & Brammeier Traffic & Transportation Engineers
  • Member Institute of Transportation Engineers
  • Member Traffic Engineering Association of Metropolitan St. Louis

Karen Cunningham

  • Business Owner
    South County Dodge Chrysler Jeep

Robert Ensor

  • Director of Investments for Argos Partners
  • Community Service: Lutheran Foundation of St. Louis Board of Directors, Past President of St. Louis Society of Financial Analysts, Mentor St. Louis, Lutheran Family and Children’s Services, Special Olympics, Habitat for Humanity

John W. Gerber

  • Retired President and CEO
    Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis
  • Retired President
    Ralston Purina, Inc., St. Louis
  • Chairman of the Board of Directors
    Tenet Hospital Association’s Lutheran Hospital, St. Louis
  • Chairman of Investment Committee
    Lutheran Charities Foundation – Board of Directors, St. Louis
  • Captain, U.S. Air Force
    Fighter Pilot
  • Eagle Scout

Paul N. Himmelsbach

  • Financial Consultant
    Thrivent Financial for Lutherans
  • Member of Million Dollar Roundtable
  • Member of Financial Planning Association

Ron Komlos

  • Business Owner
    Flooring Systems, Inc.
  • Lutheran High School Association Board Member

Dr. Gene Lehr

  • Business Owner
    Lehr Insurance Agency, St. Louis

Rev. John Schmidtke

  • Pastor
    Bethlehem Lutheran Church, St. Louis
 
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