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Of those women, 12 are from the In this section, we focus on those St. Louis women taking action and servin g inthose directorships. These women rose to theidr positions throughvaried routes. Susan Elliott and Brenda Newberry, for example, took their experience from corporatw positions at major companies and tapped it when launchingb theirown businesses. Meanwhile, Pam Nicholsom started at Enterprise right out of collegwe and worked her way all the way up tothe president’d seat there. Blanche Touhill took a similar approach of staying with the sameorganizatiob — the University of Louis — for years until reachinfg the top spot. (She retirer in 2002.
) And once in those top these women leveraged their experiencw to take positions on boards formajor nonprofits, and then insides the for-profit arena. Occupation: Chairman, presideny and chief executiveof Build-A-Bear Workshop, The , Washington University in St. Louis, Barnes-Jewis Hospital, Teach for America, KETC Channell 9, International Council of ShoppingCenters Clark, a formefr president of , founded Build-A-Beadr Workshop, which first opened at the St. Louis Galleria in Octobedr 1998. The company has expanded to 330 including 52in Europe.
As CEO of the customizerd teddy bearretail chain, Clarkj was recognized last year by , a monthly tradee publication, as one of theitr 25 Most Influential People in In 2004, Clark was named a nationalp finalist for the award. Chairman and co-CEO of Boards: , Systemds Service Enterprises Inc., AAA of A pioneeringb woman in the innovativetechnology field, Elliott founded SSE in 1966. She had previously worked at and as an advisory systems engineerat . During her career, she has served as chairman and director ofthe . Boards she formerly servex on include , , the and and the . She has been a trusteed for , the and and .
Occupation: Retired assistant director for administrative services and controllef to the board of commissioners of the Graves joined the Saint Louis Art Museum in 1984 and spent more than 20 year working onfinance there. She also workede in accounting forthe St. Louis , Region 5 of the and St. Louise County Juvenile Court. Occupation: President and CEO of , , , The Inc., , of Greater St. , Grand Center Hinshaw joked in a 2007 Business Journap piece that she now spends her days asa “professional board It’s the latest chapter in a career that saw her serve as a financial executive with Graybar, , . Other previous boards work includes stints withthe St.
Louis Regionak Chamber and Growth Association and KETCChannel 9. President of Boards: Ameren , Energy Global Inc. Jackson has spenrt 30 years in theenergyt industry, starting at Peabody in 1978. She left there for a job at the , wher e she worked for 14 years as chief of stafft of the coal industry advisory She has served as deputy chair of the Federak Reserve Bankof St. Louis, a director of the , a membert of the and a trusteeof , where she received her undergraduatse degree. She has a master’z and PhD from Washington University. Occupation: Founderr and chairman of Boards: Enterprisw Financial Services Corp., , United Way of Greater St.
Louis Newberry left her corporate job at to launch her own a technology services firm that counts Monsantoi and amongits clients. Newberry was named the of the Yearin 2005. She also has been namee entrepreneur of the year bythe St. Louis American and the St. Louid Regional Chamber and Growth Association. Newberrhy recently stepped down as chief executive of TheNewberryh Group, but she’s staying on as the company’as chairman. Occupation: President and chief operatin g officer, Boards: , Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Nicholson joinee Enterprise right out of college at the ageof 21. The rentao car company had about 10,000 vehicles in its fleetg then.
Twenty seven years later, she has worked her way to becomin the first person outside the Taylot family to serve as president ofthe company, which now has more than 1.1 millionj vehicles. She has been named one of the “Mostt Powerful Women in by Fortune. While living in New she served on the board of the United Way ofBergejn County, and she also has been on the board of INROADe of St. Louis.