Advisory Council
PurposeThe overriding purpose of the Advisory Council is to assist the Institute for Women's and Gender Studies in fulfilling its mission of research, teaching, sponsoring events, and community networking.
Ms. Ann Ross (Chair)
ABC – Ann’s Business Consulting
Ms. Terri Arscott (Vice Chair)
Silk and Stone Jewlery Designs
Dr. Lynn Staley (Vice Chair)
English Department
University of Missouri- St. Louis
Ms. Kathleen Christ
President and Founder
St. Louis Aquatic Healing Center Corporation (nonprofit)
President and CEO
Ms. Laura Cohen
Project Manager – Confluence Greenway
The Honorable Rita Heard Days
Missouri Senate
Ms. Barbara Dressel
President & CEO
e MED International, Inc.
Dr. Sally Barr Ebest, (ex-officio)
English Department
University of Missouri- St. Louis
Dr. Kathy Gentile, (ex-officio)
Director
Institute for Women’s and Gender Studies
Dr. Barbara Harbach
Department of Music
University of Missouri- St. Louis
Dr. Malaika Horne
Director, Leadership Institute
College of Business Administration
University of Missouri- St. Louis
Ms. Fern Mreen
Administrative Associate I
Institute for Women and Gender Studies
University of Missouri- St. Louis
Dr. Janet Y. Murray
E. Desmond Lee for Developing Women Leaders
and Entrepreneurs in International Business
University of Missouri- St. Louis
Dr. Carol K. Peck
College of Optometry
University of Missouri- St. Louis
Dr. M. Jean Russell
Development Director, Wings of Hope
St. Louis, MO
Lecturer, Dept. of Education
University of Missouri- St. Louis
Ms. Michele B. Rutledge
Vice President for Resource Development
Center for Emerging Technologies
St. Louis, MO
Ms. Iris Salsman
Principal
Salsman Lundgren Public Relations, Inc.
Ms. Jan Scott
Publisher
St. Louis Women on the Move
Dr. Margaret Sherraden
Dept. of Social Work
University of Missouri- St. Louis
Dr. Nanora Sweet (ex-officio)
Chair of IWGS Development Committee
English Department
University of Missouri- St. Louis
Author and Attorney at Law
Law Offices of Arlene Zarembka
St. Louis, MO

