2008 EVENT COMMITEE MEMBERS
 Willem Bakker Executive Director IT Coalition |
 Mike Behr Chief Strategist Behr Strategies |
 Karlos Bledsoe General Chair Gateway to Innovation Conference |
 Jay DeLong VP, New Ventures & Capital Formation RCGA |
 Ben Johnson Project Specialist Coalition of Plant & Life Sciences |
 Tamara Wilgers Director of Technology Transfer University of Missouri-St. Louis |
HONORARY ADVISORS
 Dr. Roger Beachy President Donald Danforth Plant Science Center |
 Lawrence Biondi, S.J. President Saint Louis University |
 Cindy Brinkley President AT&T Missouri |
 Clark Davis Vice Chairman HOK |
 Bryan Doerr CTO Savvis |
 Richard Fleming President & CEO St. Louis RCGA |
 Thomas F. George Chancellor University of Missouri St. Louis |
 Eric Gorham Chapter President Society for Information Management (SIM) |
 Zelema Harris, Ed.D. Interim Chancellor St. Louis Community College |
 Steve Hassell VP & CIO Emerson |
 Gill Hoffman SVP & CIO Maritz |
 Douglas King President & CEO St. Louis Science Center |
 Richard S. Meyers President Webster University |
 Brenda Newberry Chariman & CEO The Newberry Group |
 Dr. William Peck Director, Center for Health Policy Washington University |
 Derek Rapp CEO Divergence |
 Dan Ross CIO State of Missouri |
 Donn Rubin Executive Director The Coalition for Plant & Life Sciences |
 Mark Showers CIO Monsanto |
 Frank Stokes CEO Innovate St. Louis |
 Vaughn Vandegrift Chancellor Southern Illinois University Edwardsville |
 Mark White CIO Swank Audio Visuals |
 Don Winter VP Engineering & IT The Boeing Company |
 Mark Wrighton Chancellor Washington University |
