IISTL Board of Directors
The International Institute is led by community and business leaders who 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
Alice Tharenos
VP Investor Relations & Communications
Peabody Energy
Vice Chair
Jennifer Schwesig
Partner, International Practice Group Leader
Armstrong Teasdale LLP
Secretary
LaShana Lewis
CEO
L.M. Lewis Consulting
Treasurer
Eric Hansen
Controller
CarShield
Imm. Past Chair
Arindam Kar
Shareholder
Polsinelli PC
Board of Directors
W. Todd Ackerman
Executive Vice President Head of Risk Transformation
US Bank
Charles Allen
Independent Translator, Scholar, and Communication Strategist
Cullen Andrews
VP – Sales & Marketing
Dot Foods, Inc.
Susan Bergen
Executive VP of Corporate Marketing
Commerce Bank
Nergis Cavitt
Sr. Learning & Development Consultant
BJC Healthcare
Ken Fields
Sr. Vice President and Sr. Partner
Fleishman Hillard
Karyn Fowler
Women’s & Neonatal Clinical Program Medical Director
SSM Health
David M Hagee
Sr. Vice President & Chief Investment Officer
Commerce Trust Company
Ruth Kim
General Counsel & Senior Partner
Fleishman Hillard
Javad Khazaeli
Founding Member
KW Law, LLC
Christina Mayadas Lawrence
Chief Strategy Officer, Zone Americas
Nestle Purina Petcare
Mark Lee
President-Residential North America
MiTek Inc.
Adnan Omeragić
Partner
Fox Architects
Fran Geyer Pestello, PhD
Professor of Sociology
St. Louis University
Shawn Schukar
Chairman & President
Ameren Transmission
Sarah Swatosh
Partner
Sedey Harper Westhoff PC
Lorie White
Principal Consultant
Both-And-Consulting, LLC