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MICDS International Board of Visitors

The MICDS International Board of Visitors was founded in 1998 – with Senator Jack Danforth ’54 serving as inaugural Chair – to educate its members about the strengths, advantages and values of the Mission, programs and future plans of MICDS in an effort to allow the Visitors the ability to offer counsel to the Head of School and support the work of MICDS.  The Board is composed of 25 – 35 prominent alumni who live outside the St. Louis region and is currently chaired by Mark Militello ’80.

On October 21 – 22, 2010, the International Board of Visitors tackled the topic:  Positioning MICDS as a Leader in a Competitive Marketplace.  The goal of the session was for the Visitors to provide Head of School Lisa Lyle with sound advice and counsel about marketing MICDS as it pertains to our admissions process, academics and community inclusiveness.  During the session Visitors met with administrators, faculty, parents and students.  Their recommendations have been presented to the MICDS Board of Trustees.

Other topics that have been studied by the Board of Visitors include:
  • The MICDS 2009 -2014 Strategic Plan
  • Preparing MICDS students to be compassionate global citizens
  • A comprehensive Library/Learning Center to enhance JK-12ness
  • Diversity
  • Parent Partnerships
  • The impact of Culture on Teaching and Learning
  • Learning about the Upper School
  • The Arts
  • Athletics
  • The 2000 – 2005 Strategic Plan
  • Finding a balance with new school/old schools, excellence/community, governance/management.
  • Connecting the ethical and the intellectual in the School’s Mission
If you would like additional information on the MICDS International Board of Visitors, or if you have questions, please contact Director of Development Kelly Dopman at 314-995-7374 or kdopman@micds.org

2011-12 Board Members
Mark Militello ’80, Co-Chair
Managing Partner, St. Louis Sports Center (MO)
 
Kathryn Elliott Love ’84, Co-Chair
Partner, Bryan Cave LLP (MO)
 
Stephen Achuff ’60
Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Hospital (MD)
 
Kirk Baldwin ’83
Vice President – FICC Sales,
Goldman Sachs (IL)
 
Les Bond ’75
Senior Managing Director, Attucks Asset Management (IL)
 
Susan Forney Boyd ’59
Executive Director, CONCERN, Inc.
(Washington, DC)
 
Wendy Brafman ’87
Foreign Service Officer, US Department of State
(Washington, DC)
 
Darryl Brunson ’80
Managing Partner, AMF Bowling Centers (NC)
 
Clay Calvert ’83
Professor & Brechner Eminent
Scholar in Mass Communication
Director, Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project
University of Florida (FL)
 
Bob Clamp ’76
CEO, Lakeshore Inc. & Seacliff Farms
 (Ontario, Canada)
 
James Croom ’90
Senior Analyst, Regiment Capital
Advisors (MA)
 
Susan Howe Dubin ’67
Dubin Investments Ltd. (CT)
 
David Elliott ’63
President and CEO, Depositors
Insurance Fund (MA)
 
Bob Ellis ’67
Senior Vice President, HDR Engineering, Inc. (CA)
 
Joe Grasso ’79
Partner, Wiggin and Dana LLP (PA)
 
Noel Messing Hefty ’66
Financial Management Volunteer
Consultant, Performing Arts
Organizations (CO)
 
Tom Hickey ’91
Partner, Quad-C Management, Inc. (NY)
 
Crystal Roberts Jezierski ’90
Chief Counsel for Oversight and
Investigations, Committee on the
Judiciary, US House of Representatives
(Washington DC)
 
Louise Knight ’62
Judge, Court of Common Pleas
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Union County Courthouse (PA)
 
Claude R. Maechling ’85
(IL)
 
Kitty McDonnell ’90
Trip Leader & Trip Consultant,
Backroads (CA)
 
Carol Jacobs Montag ’59
Retired Head of School (MD),
Certified Professional Coach (IL)
 
Talbot MacCarthy Payne ’80
Community Volunteer (MI)
 
Bob Pommer ’84
Partner, Kirkland and Ellis LP
(Washington DC)
 
Laurie Jacobson Provost ’71
Writer/producer/celebrity booking,
Living Legends, Ltd.  (CA)
 
Bill Pruellage ’91
Co-President, Castle Harlan, Inc. (NY)
 
Chris Sagovac ’80
President and CEO, Trust Technology Solutions (KS)
 
Elizabeth Smith ’61
Associate Professor of Art History,
Pennsylvania State University (PA)
 
Lucy McClellan Steiner ’84
Senior Consultant, Public Impact (NC)
 
Duff Stevenson ’85
(IL)
 
Bill Tucker ’59
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry,
Columbia College of Physicians &
Surgeons (NY)
 
Beatryx Epps Washington ’90
Senior Legal Counsel,
Energy Solutions LLC (UT)