Board of Directors
The Board of Directors provides direction, strategic planning, financial support, and leadership to ensure the success of the Club’s programs. These ladies and gentlemen are leading executives in the St. Louis area who contribute a wide array of expertise to the organization. In fact, four Board members are former club members themselves. Every Board member helps us to fulfill our mission of enabling youth in the St. Louis metropolitan area, especially those who need us most, to realize their physical, intellectual, and emotional potential.
*Former Gene Slay’s Girls & Boys Club of St. Louis members
Jill Slay Garlich – Chairwoman of the Board
Slay Industries
Andrew P. Blassie* – Board President
Bank of O’Fallon
Edward Finklelstein – Board Vice President
Labor Tribune
Anthony E. (Tony) Gordon – Board Vice President
Retired – Schnucks
Bill Schoenhard – Board Secretary
Retired – SSM Health
Ken Stein – Board Treasurer
Enterprise Holdings
MEMBER DIRECTORS
Trent Ball
Southeast Missouri State University
R. Hank Bellina
ARCO Construction
Jomo Castro
AT&T
Djuan Coleman
BJC Healthcare
Nancy Hawes
Hawes Law Firm
Charles Karam
Business Owner
Leona Lucas
Lucas Consulting, LLC
Lisa Monteleone
SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital
John R. Peter, MD
SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital
Adonis Smith
Horner & Shifrin, Inc.
Rhonda Thompson
KPMG
Margaret J. Walsh
Walsh LLC
Pat White
USW – Gas Workers Local #11-6
Carter H. Whitson
Retired – Mental Health Board
Michael Yates
Truck Centers, Inc.
ADVISORY COUNCIL
Joe Ambrose
John Fabick, IV
Raymond Mungenast
Max Nall
Ann Pace, CSJ
Rick Voytas, Esq.
Michael Weisbrod
VALE
Ken Berresheim
Honorable Paul J. Simon
HONORARY LIFE DIRECTORS
Col. Leonard L. Griggs, Jr.
Gary J. Prindiville
Gary Slay
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Robert Puricelli
YOUNG PROFESSIONAL LEADERSHIP COMMITTEE
Patrick Blassie – President
Anthony Johnson – Treasurer
Michael Blassie – Secretary
Jenna Baker
Bill Carmody
Jon Daniels
Khia Earl
Luke Elias
William Ferreri
Grace Fisher
Joey Fisher
Michael Frasca
Chris Gordon
Sam Hanger
Allison Heininger
Ali Humes
JP Johnson
Jackson Kern
JT Kratochvil
John Lee
Myles McDonnell
Dave Merrill
Anna Morrison
Anthony Munoz
Andrew Park
Erica Preiss
Chandler Poppen
Brian Randall
Shaun Roberts
Rich Rodemyer
Dani Schroeder
Justine Scott
Kayla Slay
Olivia Slay
Tarza Tawfiq
Jayne Ullstrom
Anna Vogt
Essence White