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Champions of Hope Gala
Presented By:
"HOPE Behind the Mask"
Saturday, November 9, 2019
Masquerade at The Chase Park Plaza
VIP Guest: Award-Winning Actor and Producer
Sterling K. Brown
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2019 Event Chair
Peter Blumeyer
The American Cancer Society is proud to recognize Peter Blumeyer. Peter is the President / St. Louis Region of UMB Bank. This event will help support the Society’s mission to save lives, celebrate lives, and LEAD the fight for a world without cancer.
The American Cancer Society is pleased to announce the fourth Annual Champions of Hope Gala, led by the CEOs Against Cancer of Missouri – St. Louis Chapter Members. We are honored to have UMB Bank as our 2019 Presenting Sponsor.
The American Cancer Society is the nationwide, community-based, voluntary health organization dedicated to eliminating cancer as a major health problem by preventing cancer, saving lives, and diminishing suffering from cancer, through research, education, advocacy, and service.
CEOs Against Cancer is a powerful group of executives committed to saving lives and improving their company’s bottom line. CEOs from the world’s top companies are uniting to change the course of cancer to leverage the collective knowledge, power, and resources of the American Cancer Society.
The Champions of Hope Gala is led by some of the most distinguished leaders in the St. Louis Area, our CEO's Against Cancer of Missouri - St. Louis Chapter.
CEOs Against Cancer Chairs
Chair
Steve O’Loughlin
Lodging Hospitality Management
Vice Chair
Jim Kavanaugh
World Wide Technology
Vice Chair
Dave Peacock
Schnucks
CEOs Against Cancer Members
Andy Taylor, Enterprise Holdings
Bill De Witt III, St. Louis Cardinals
Candace Jennings, SSM Health
Eric Johnson, Deloitte
Fred Pestello, Saint Louis University
Joe Leahy, HLK
Bob Clark, Clayco
Penny Pennington, Edward Jones
John Sheehan, CBRE
Robert Bobroff, St. Louis Business Journal
John Tvrdik, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Karen Vangyia, KPMG
Kathleen Mazzarella, Graybar
Larry Otto, US Bank
Steve Mackin, Mercy
Joe McKee, PARIC
Ron Kruszewski, Stifel
Rob Vitale, Post Holdings, Inc.
Michael Neidorff, Centene
Peter Blumeyer, UMB Bank
Rich Liekweg, BJC Healthcare
Ruth Saphian, Ernst & Young
Sharon John, Build-A-Bear
Steve Gross, Northwestern Mutual
Steve Hamilton, CSI Leasing
Steve Maritz, Maritz
Suzanne Sitherwood, Spire Inc.
Thomas George, UMSL
Tom Minogue, Thompson Coburn
Tom Stillman, St. Louis Blues
Trish Lollo, Barnes-Jewish West County
Trish Miller, Business Journal
Warner Baxter, Ameren
David Stokes, Grey Eagle
Glenn Kellow, Peabody
2019 Champions of Hope Gala
Executive Planning Committee
Income Chair
Merima Omerovic
UMB
Experience Chair
Ebony Chambers
Just Balloons
Auction Chair
Jill Pagano
J Hilburn
Marketing Chair
Haley Spencer
Haley Spencer Realtor
Amy Winkler, St. Louis University
Andrew Blackwell, Asynchrony Labs
Brooke Bohnert, Haley Spencer Realtor
Chad Treacy, UMB Bank
Corey Jorman, Boeing
Daryl Kersting, Regions Bank
Diana Greco, KPMG
Ebony Chambers, Just Balloons
Haley Spencer, Haley Spencer Realty
Heather Highland, Fredman & Fredman, P.C.
Jeannette Smith, Express Scripts
Jill Pagano, J. Hilburn
Johanna Kennelly, UMB Bank
Lauren Vandegriffe, UMB Bank
Megan Lovell, UMB Bank
Merima Omerovic, UMB Bank
Nichol Gordon, Reveal
Samara Winbush, Missouri Commission on Human Rights
Stacey Hutchens, Saint Louis University
Sveta Akhmedova, UMB Bank
Wendy Schlesinger, Saint Louis University