Trustees & Volunteers

The Mission of the Danforth Center would not be possible without the commitment of our loyal supporters. Our Trustees and volunteers give of their time, their treasure, and their great talent to further the Center’s efforts to improve the human condition through plant science. Ever involved in our work, you will see many of them around the Center both attending and assisting with our many events. To (meet/view) members of our Board of Trustees and two volunteer leadership groups, the Friends Committee and Danforth Leadership Council, click on the links below.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES | DANFORTH LEADERSHIP COUNCIL | FRIENDS COMMITTEE

Board of Trustees

William H. Danforth, M.D.
Chancellor Emeritus, Washington University in St. Louis

John F. McDonnell
Retired Chairman of the Board of McDonnell Douglas Corporation

Roger N. Beachy, Ph.D.
Founding President Emeritus, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center

Dan Burkhardt
Partner, Oakwood Medical Investors

Brady J. Deaton, Ph.D.
Chancellor, University of Missouri-Columbia

Arnold W. Donald
Former President & CEO, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation

Robert A. Easter, Ph.D.
Chancellor & Provost (Interim) University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Alfonso Romo Garza
Chairman & CEO, SAVIA, S.A. de CV., Mexico

Hugh Grant, Chairman
President & CEO, Monsanto Company

David W. Kemper
Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer of Commerce Bancshares Inc.

Alex F. McCalla, Ph.D.
Director, Rural Development, The World Bank, (Retired), and Professor of Agricultural Economics Emeritus, University of California, Davis

Philip Needleman, Ph.D.
President (Interim) Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, Former Chief Scientist, Pharmacia and Monsanto/Searle, Former Professor and Head, Department of Pharmacology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis

Peter H. Raven, Ph.D.
Director, Missouri Botanical Garden

P. Roy Vagelos, M.D.
Retired Chairman & CEO, Merck & Co., Inc.

Robert L. Virgil, D.B.A.
Retired Partner, Edward Jones

Mark S. Wrighton, Ph.D.
Chancellor, Washington University in St. Louis

Usha Barwale Zehr, Ph.D.
Joint Director of Research, Maharashtra Hybrid Seeds Company

Participants

Robyn Frankel
President, Frankel Public Relations

James L. Johnson
Senior Vice President - Investments, Stifel Nicolaus & Co., Inc.