ABOUT US
Leadership
Executive Staff
Lewis C. Chartock, Ph.D., President / Chief Executive Officer
David Kutchback, Assistant Chief Executive Officer / Chief of Staff
Dawayne Barnett, Chief Financial Officer
Mark Arens, Executive Vice President/Chief of Program Services
Hilary Wagner, Vice President
Deann Briggs, Vice President
Beneva Brooks, Vice President
Jeff Cartnal, Vice President/Program Development
Shirley Johnson, Executive Vice President/Retail
Mark Kahrs, Senior Vice President/Retail
Kristy Lance, Vice President/Retail
Barbara Levy, Vice President/Retail
John McBride, Vice President/Loss Prevention
Kevin Shaw, Vice President/Retail
Marvin Washington, Vice President/Contracts
Philesa White, Vice President/Human Resources
Lewis Chartock, President/Chief Executive Officer of MERS Goodwill, has over 40 years of experience in the social service arena. He was granted his Ph.D. in Social Work from Bryn Mawr in 1974, and has held positions as a Professor of social work at Yeshiva University, Director of the Wiener Educational Center, Executive Director of Community Services with the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies in New York, CEO of the Lexington Center for the Deaf, Executive Vice President of the Jewish Center for Aged in St. Louis, and President of Metropolitan Employment and Rehabilitation Service (MERS) since 1994. He remains as President/CEO of the new organization formed when MERS merged with Missouri Goodwill Industries in August of 2001.
Dr. Chartock also serves the community through volunteer work on, the Missouri Governor's Economic Stimulus Coordination Council , the Mildred Simon Foundation steering committee, the Executive Directors Council of the International Association of Jewish Vocational Services, the Board of Directors of the St. Louis County Workforce Development Board. Dr. Chartock is a member of the St. Charles County Workforce Investment Board, member of the St. Louis City Workforce Investment Board, The Goodwill Industries International Board of Directors, a member of the Board of Directors of the Jewish Light and serves as Vice Chair of the "Friends of KWMU" Board and is Board Treasurer of IAJVS. Dr. Chartock also is a past member of the CARF Board of Directors and the Missouri Training and Employment Council.
Board Officers:
Kraig Kreikemeier, Chairperson
Jay Summerville, 1st Vice Chairperson
Paul Kravitz, 2nd Vice Chairperson
Barry Pessin, Treasurer
Christopher Tabourne, Secretary
Tani Wolff, Assistant Secretary
Directors:
Errin Braddock
Scott Brooks
Arturo Corral
Susanna Creely
Mary Domahidy
Laura Ellenhorn
Judith Gall
Elizabeth Green
Ted Isaacs
Michael Iskiwitch
Diana Kander
Shanti Khinduka
Robert Lefton
Louis Loebner
Lucy Lopata
Pamela Meanes
Jack Minner
Harry Moppins, Jr.
David Naunheim
George Newman
Joan Newman
Edwin Olschansky
Ilene Ordower
George Philips
David Roberts
David Rosenberg
Julie Heller Rosenfeld
Barry Sharon
Elliot Zucker
