Erica Bailey
Department Manager –Enterprise Holdings EAN Services; Community Volunteer-100 Neediest Cases, Neighborhood Houses-Day of Caring, SPENSA, Dress for Success, Tour De Cure, Dine out for the Cure, Ready Readers volunteer reader.
Karen Berger
Second Vice President; Development Committee Ready Readers
CEO and President, Quality Medical Publishing, Inc.; author, editor and lecturer; former Editor-In-Chief, Medical Division, C.V. Mosby Publishing Company; former Special School District tutor; former high school teacher; former researcher, Washington University Urban and Regional Studies Program
Harvey Citerman, C.P.A.
Treasurer; Finance Committee Chair, Ready Readers
Principal, LarsonAllen, LLP; former Principal, Citerman & Tumbarello, P.C.; former Partner, Touche Ross & Co.; Treasurer and Board member, Missouri Coalition for the Environment; former Treasurer and Board member for the following agencies: Jewish Community Centers Association, Life Skills Foundation, and Missouri Arts & Education Council; Ready Readers volunteer reader
Derek Davenport
Head of Intermediate Education at the St. Louis Charter School; former school counselor at the St. Louis Charter School; former counselor and case manager at Therapeutic Interventions in Nashville, Tennessee
Ann Dillon
Community Volunteer; former Chair of the New City School auction, licensed attorney
Catherine Essner
Supervisor of the College Writing Center at St. Louis Community College at Meramec; former Lead Teacher, Urban Strategies; Teacher and Writing Specialist, St. Louis Community College-Meramec; former Development Associate and Volunteer Coordinator, Children's Home Society of Missouri; former Teach for America Corps Member, Sumner High School
Susan Kalishman Goldberg
President, Ready Readers; Development Committee member; volunteer reader, Ready Readers
Marketing Consultant; Board of Directors, The Scholarship Foundation of St. Louis; Vice-Chair and Board of Directors, Barnes-Jewish Hospital Foundation; Nominating Committee Chair and Board of Directors, The Magic House; former Marketing Director of the Regional Arts Commission - St. Louis; Holiday Inn Worldwide; Atlanta Olympic Committee; Turner Broadcasting and Ralston Purina; former first grade teacher; Ready Readers volunteer reader
Nahid Hashemi, Ph. D.
Executive Director of Early Childhood Education, St. Louis Public Schools; former Coordinator for Parents as Teachers Program, St. Louis Public Schools; former National Trainer and State Trainer, Parents as Teachers National Center; author of research project, "Attachment and Its Effect on Violence," with Dr. Constantino, published 2001 in The Journal of Child Abuse and Neglect; former instructor of Early Childhood Education at Maryville University and Washington University.
Elizabeth M. Kaplan Goldenberg
Certified Public Accountant and Vice President, The St. Louis Trust Company;15 years experience in tax and financial planning for businesses, investment management and tax planning for individuals, and family office services.
Paul Lints
Vice President, PNC Wealth Management; former Board member, Down Syndrome of St. Louis; former fundraiser, Asthma and Allergy Foundation, former Board member for South County Chamber of Commerce, Bachelor's Degree from South East Missouri State
Linda MacCarthy Finerty
Books Committee Chair; volunteer reader, Ready Readers
Certified Financial Planner; former bank officer; Board member, The Magic House Children's Museum; Board member, Missouri Botanical Gardens; Treasurer and board member, AIM High; former member, St. Louis Art Museum Friends' Board; former Board member, Moneta Foundation; former Board member, Junior League; former Board member, Eliot Chapel Nusery School
Lisa D. McLaughlin, Atty.
Governance Committee member; Development Committee member, Ready Readers
Shareholder (Partner), Polsinelli, Shalton, Flanigan, Suelthaus; Chancellor, Missouri Conference of the United Methodist Church; Trustee, Missouri United Methodist Foundation; Trustee, Kappa Alpha Theta Foundation; Board Member, Boys & Girls Town of Missouri; Chair, Planned Giving Cabinet, Barnes-Jewish Hospital Foundation; Board Member, Central Institute for the Deaf; Board Member and Executive Committee Member, Mary Institute & Saint Louis Country Day School; Past Treasurer, American Red Cross, Missouri Area Chapter; Past Board Member, Epworth Children's & Family Services; Past Board Member, Gifted Resource Council; Past Treasurer, Saint Louis University Library Associates; Past Board Member, St. Louis Planned Giving Council; Past Chair, Gift and Bequest Council, Saint Louis University; Past Member, Planned Giving Advisory Committee, Saint Louis Art Museum; Past President of the Board, Past Capital Campaign Chairman, Campbell House Museum.
Susan (Suzie) W. Nall
Program Oversight Committee member; Books Committee member, Ready Readers
Professor Emeritus, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIU); former Department Chair, Assistant Dean of the Graduate School, and Director of Early Childhood Education, SIU. Consultant to numerous early childhood programs with an emphasis in early literacy, program development, and all day kindergarten. Board member, Metro Theatre Co; Board member, Women of Achievement; Advisory Committee, Webster University Early Childhood Program; Advisory Committee, University City Children’s Center; Co-Founder, National All Day Kindergarten Network; Founder, Pre-K FORUM in Southern Illinois; Founder, the Leadership FORUM; Founder, Early Childhood Symposium; Woman of Achievement,2002; Outstanding Alumna, Webster University; Love of Children Award, St. Louis Association for the Education of Young Children; and Outstanding Service Award, Missouri Association for the Education of Young Children.
Carole K. Olsen
Teacher, King of Kings Lutheran Preschool; former President, Parents' Club Association, Rossman School; former Board Member, Rossman School; former Teacher, The Churchill School; former Tutorial Supervisor, The Churchill School Summer Program; former Supervisor and teacher, De La Salle High School, New Orleans, Louisiana; Volunteer, Girl Scouts of America; Volunteer, Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra.
Keisha I. Patrick
Attorney, Federal Reserve Bacnk of St. Louis; former Business Litigation Associate, Thompson Coburn LLP; former Law Clerk, the Hon. Carol E. Jackson, Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri; former Extern Law Clerk, the Hon. Ronnie L. White, Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Missouri; former Publications Assistant, Supreme Court of Missouri; Intellectual Property Intern, Blackwell Sanders Paper Martin LLP; former Intern Features Writer, St. Petersburg (Fla.)Times; former Co-Editor-In-Chief, Civil Rights Justice, Newsletter for the Civil Rights Law Section of the National Bar Association; former Allocations Panel Member, Charmaine Chapman Society Member of the United Way of Greater St. Louis; St. Louis Business Journal's 30 Under 30 (2009).
Suzanne Siteman Phillips
Development Committee member, Ready Readers
Author/Essayist; Assistant Director of Education, Boston Center for Adult Education (1990-1993); Host Family Program Coordinator, Washington University (1989-89); Distribution Committee, Siteman Family Foundation (2001-present); Zoofari (2007); Spirit of St. Louis Fund (2006-present)
Mary Riew
Parent volunteer, John Burroughs School; former Board member, Forsyth School; former President, Forsyth Family Organization; member, Wellesley College Club of St. Louis; member of the Harvard Club of St. Louis; former member of the Junior League of St. Louis; former banking associate at JP Morgan; former strategic planning analyst for Kaiser Permanente. Ready Readers volunteer reader.
Missy Slay
Principal, Slay Event Management and Consulting (SEMAC), which produced Live on the Levee, NCAAR Men’s and Women’s Final Four tournaments, the Saint Louis Convention and Visitor Commission’s Holiday Magic event and other community festivals, corporate and non-profit events, and intimate fundraisers; St. Louis Business Journal's “40 under 40" (2000) and a "St. Louis Influential" (2005); recipient of the Sam Muchnick Sportsman Award from the MS Society.
Laura Barlow Winter
Independent consultant to non-profit organizations including Center of Creative Arts (COCA) and Fair St. Louis/Celebrate St. Louis...LIVE on the Levee. Former Program Associate, Danforth Foundation; former Vice President of Communications and Executive Editor, St. Louis Commerce Magazine for the St. Louis Regional Commerce and Growth Association (RCGA). Advisory Board Member, Urban Studio Cafe; Member of the Daughters of Charity Foundation Program Committee; Member, Greater St. Louis Regional Empowerment Zone Community Council.
M. Lynn Yearwood
Governance Committee member; Development Committee member, Ready Readers
Consultant, Business and Non-Profit Management; former COO and VP of Information Technology, Healthlink; former VP Operations, General American Life Insurance Company/Great West Assurance Company; former English/Speech/Drama high school teacher and school administrator; former adjunct community college faculty; Board member, Saint Louis Charter School; Volunteer with Social Ventures Partners, United Way allocations committee, Springboard for Learning/Young Audiences of St. Louis and BoardLink.