IISTL Board of Directors
The International Institute is led by community and business leaders bring their expertise to help achieve our mission to build a more connected and productive society to benefit immigrants, their families, and the wider community.
Officers
Chair

Arindam Kar
Partner, Antitrust
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP
Vice Chair

Alice Tharenos
VP of Financial Strategies
Peabody Energy
Secretary

Cullen Andrews
VP – Sales & Marketing
Dot Foods, Inc.
Treasurer

Eric Hansen
Sr. Manager, Audit & Assurance
Deloitte & Touche LLP
Imm. Past Chair

Anh Pham-Nguyen
Managing Director, Strategy & Innovation
Wells Fargo Advisors
Board of Directors

W. Todd Ackerman
Executive Vice President Head of Risk Transformation
US Bank

Charles Allen
Independent Translator, Scholar, and Communication Strategist

Susan Bergen
Executive Vice-President, Corporate Marketing
Commerce Bank

Nergis Cavitt
Sr. Learning & Development Consultant
BJC Healthcare

Arvan Chan
Regional Vice President, Corporate Operations
Centene

Ken Fields
Senior Vice President and Senior Partner
Fleishman Hillard St. Louis

Ruth Kim
General Counsel, SVP and Senior Partner
Fleishman Hillard St. Louis

Christina Mayadas Lawrence
Chief Strategy Officer, Zone Americas
Nestle Purina Petcare

Mark Lee
President-Residential North America
MiTek Inc.

LaShana Lewis
CEO
L.M. Lewis Consulting

Adnan Omeragić
Partner
Fox Architects

Fran Geyer Pestello, PhD
Professor of Sociology
St. Louis University

Shawn Schukar
Chairman & President
Ameren Transmission

Jennifer Schwesig
Partner, International Practice Group Leader
Armstrong Teasdale LLP

Amit Shah
VP & Deputy General Counsel
MiTek Industries, Inc.

Sanjit Singh
Sr. VP, Head of Strategy
Wells Fargo Advisers

Sarah Swatosh
Partner
Sedey Harper Westhoff PC

Lorie White
Community Volunteer