Karen Carroll assumed the role of president/CEO of KCI Enterprises Inc. in March 2003. She brings to the position a wide range of executive leadership experience as well as valuable community and regional perspectives on economic issues.



Prior to forming KCI, Carroll served as vice president/general manager of KMOX Radio, the Voice of St. Louis. While she was at KMOX, the station achieved national prominence for coverage of the Pope's visit, the election of 2000, plus numerous special news programs. KMOX won the Edward R. Murrow award for best news coverage.



Carroll was recognized by law enforcement community leaders for bringing the AMBER program to Missouri and for bringing the region together by producing the 9/11 Together We Stand, an Interfaith Prayer Gathering.



During her tenure at KMOX, she expanded the station's collaborative partnerships to include the Weather Channel, Post–Dispatch Business Reports, RCGA President's Report, St. Louis American CEO's Report, and the Edward Jones Stock Market Report. Special programming added included evening specials, "live" overnights. and Showdown with Saddam. Business operations expanded, advertising revenues reached record heights, and the station maintained its rating dominance of No. 1.



In addition to the five years as GM/VP of KMOX, Carroll spent 20-plus years crafting the No. 1 radio group in the St. Louis region — pioneering the operational design for the changes brought about by the Telecom ACT of 1996. Starting her years as general manager of KYKY-Y98 FM, she then added the GM responsibilities of KSD-AM 550 and KSD-FM 93.7. As consolidation continued, she also became GM of soft-rock KEZK-FM and 590 all-sports KFNS. Soon after, Rams football joined the fold as part of the group's special programming.



Carroll began her career in the mid-70s at one of St. Louis' first FM properties. The positions she held there included sales manager and then general manager. During this period she developed and was one of the founders of the St. Louis Radio Association and was chosen as its Woman of the Year in 1994.



Other past projects include service as a representative for EZ Communications on the National Radio Advertising Bureau. Working the president, she authored and implemented the company training program to all employees across the city in seven markets and 21 stations.



Carroll founded Outreach St. Louis, the charitable 501(c)(3) that was responsible for major awareness campaigns raising funds for the Bob Costas Cardinal Glennon Cancer Center, Edgewood Children's Home, Our Little Haven, the Saint Louis Zoo, and Forest Park Forever. Both chairman and founder, she ascertained the community needs, educating the region and raising funds to help fulfill various charities missions.



During her extensive career, Carroll has dedicated time to a number of boards. Currently, she serves on the boards of Junior Achievement, Forest Park Forever (executive committee), American Cancer Research Center (executive committee, former president), The Muny, and Red Cross Disaster Relief, as well as chair for the Red Cross Clara Barton Society 2003–2004. Carroll is also currently serving Barnes Jewish Children's Hospital, for the Siteman Cancer Research Foundation leadership giving initiative. Carroll is in her third year as the chairman of the University of Missouri–St. Louis Chancellor's Council.



Other special recognitions received during her career include National Radio Industry Woman of the Year in 1994, YWCA Leadership Award in 1999, Top 100 St. Louis Business Leaders in 2001, Top 25 Women Business Leaders in 2000, and the Woman of Achievement Award in 2003.



A born-and-bred St. Louisan and alumna of the University of Missouri–Columbia, Carroll has spent her entire professional career based in St. Louis. Carroll also serves as an investment partner in Platinum LLC d/b/a Byrd, a women's retail boutique, and Westmoor Investments LLC, a real estate investment company specializing in multifamily and commercial properties. New Heights International, owner and operator of Sylvan Learning Centers, which provides supplemental education, enrichment, and remediation for kindergarten through high school students, is her largest holding with plans for expansion.

Richard "Dick" Navarro is a senior lecturer in the University of Missouri–St. Louis College of Business Administration, where he teaches courses in process management and financial and project management. He retired from the Boeing Company in 2006 after 42 years, where his most recent assignment was director of Information Technology and Corporate Business Systems Architect, responsible for IT business systems technologies and directions for the corporation. His previous assignments included serving as director of Information Systems, director of Systems and Processes Integration/JSF, director of Quality Systems Integration, chief engineer–chief software technologist, and chief engineer–F/A-18 Ground Systems.



Navarro graduated from Purdue University with a bachelor’s degree in aeronautical engineering. He holds master’s of science degrees in mechanical engineering and computer sciences and a master’s of business administration. In 1996, he was awarded a professional degree in aerospace sciences by the University of Missouri–Rolla (now the Missouri University of Science and Technology). Navarro holds emeritus status on the UMSL MIS Board of Visitors, is an associate fellow of the AIAA, and is a member of the MUST Academy of Mechanical and Aeorspace Engineers.



In addition to his position with UMSL, Navarro is an adjunct professor in the Engineering Management Department of the College of Business at the Missouri University of Science and Technology. He is also an adjunct professor in the MBA departments at Washington University in St. Louis and at Webster University, where he teaches courses in IT technology evaluation and management and production operations, respectively.



He and his wife, Virginia, an associate professor of educational psychology at UMSL, have been married for 38 years and have four children: Paul, 35, an attorney in North Carolina; Kevin, 33, a middle school teacher and associate head of school in St. Louis; Jon, 27, clean air coordinator for the North Carolina Research Triangle; and Claire, 22, a publications editor in Chicago. When Navarro is not teaching, volunteering at the St. Louis Museum of Transportation, or reading his e-mail at home, he can often be found in the basement of their 90-plus-year-old home working on what will some day be the finest HO-scale model railroad in Glendale.

John W. Bachmann, senior partner of Edward Jones, grew up in Salem, Ill. He received a bachelor's degree in economics from Wabash College in Crawfordsville, Ind., and an MBA in finance from Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill. Bachmann is the recipient of an honorary Doctor of Laws from Wabash College and an honorary Doctor of Arts from the University of Missouri–St. Louis.

Bachmann began his career at Edward Jones as a part-time college intern in 1959. Upon completion of his formal education, he joined the firm full time.

Beginning in 1963, Bachmann spent seven years as a retail investment representative in Columbia, Mo., and in 1970 returned to St. Louis as a partner with responsibility for fixed-income product marketing. He later gained experience in strategic planning, corporate finance, and technology.

In 1980, Bachmann succeeded Edward D. "Ted" Jones Jr. as managing partner of Edward Jones. Bachmann built upon Jones' philosophy of serving the needs of individual investors from one-investment-representative offices. This included using technology in a way that directly benefited, yet was transparent to, individual investors. During Bachmann's tenure, Edward Jones grew from 200 offices in 28 states to more than 9,000 offices throughout the United States, as well as its affiliates in Canada and the United Kingdom.

After 24 years in the role, he stepped down as managing partner and became senior partner in December 2003.

Bachmann served two terms as chairman of the Securities Industry Association, in 1987 and 1988, a time of great turbulence because of the October 1987 stock market crash.

Bachmann's past outside activities include: chairman, U.S. Chamber of Commerce (2004–2005); chairman, Executive Committee of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce (2005–2006); campaign chairman, United Way of Greater St. Louis (2002); chairman, St. Louis Regional Chamber and Growth Association (2000–2002); and chairman, Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra. His current outside activities include: Canadian Honorary Consul in Missouri; trustee of Wabash College; chairman of the Board of Visitors of the Peter F. Drucker Center and trustee of the Claremont Graduate University; trustee of Washington University in St. Louis; commissioner of the Saint Louis Science Center; director of AMR Corporation, American Airlines Inc.; director of The Monsanto Company; and director of the National Association of Security Dealers (NASD).

Stephen "Steve" J. Burrows was employed by Anheuser-Busch for 30 years, serving as a corporate officer for the past 15 years. Most recently he served as the chief executive officer and president of Asia Pacific Operations for Anheuser-Busch International Inc., the international beer subsidiary of Anheuser-Busch Companies Inc. He served as a member of the Anheuser-Busch Strategy Committee for the parent company, a board member of Anheuser-Busch International Inc., and on the boards of a number of Anheuser-Busch International subsidiaries. Burrows previously served as a board member of the Harbin Brewery Group Ltd. in China and Crown Beers India Ltd. in India and remains in service as the vice chairman of the board of directors of Tsingtao Brewery Co. Ltd. in Qingdao China.

Before moving to the international operation in September 1992, Burrows was vice president of brand management for Anheuser-Busch Inc., the company’s domestic brewing subsidiary. In that position, he directed national and regional advertising, sales promotion, merchandising, packaging, research, and other brand marketing activities for Budweiser and the company’s other beer brands.

Prior to these duties, Burrows spent two years as vice president of consumer awareness and education for Anheuser-Busch Companies Inc., directing the corporation’s alcohol awareness and education programs, as well as participating in numerous community and industry forums about responsible drinking. He also has been regional sales vice president for the southwestern region of the United States and has held a number of other sales and marketing management positions since joining Anheuser-Busch in 1979.

Burrows serves on the board for the Family Resource Center for Abused Children in St. Louis and the University of Missouri–St. Louis International Business Advisory Board. He also is co-chairman of the Harbin-Anheuser-Busch Civic Development Fund for Harbin, China.

A native of Albany, N.Y., Burrows holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology and geography from the University of Wisconsin at Whitewater and an MBA from Lindenwood College in St. Charles, Mo.

[Join Mr. Lee for Executive Fellows Mentoring this fall.]

Gary Lee graduated from Texas Christian University in Ft. Worth, Texas, in 1969 with a bachelor's in business administration. He currently lives in St. Louis but has lived in Pittsburgh, Pa., and Atlanta, with jobs ranging from sales and marketing for a large steel company to working for a family company and later for Newell Rubbermaid as a company president. Most recently he started two businesses: an Internet design company and an importer of building products selling to installers for new homes.

Lee has had numerous leadership roles in his church and served over 10 years on the board of Herbert Hoover Boys and Girls Club. He is currently an assistant basketball coach at Chaminade High School.

Lee’s father, Desmond Lee, is a well-known philanthropist who has given his time, talents, and money to help others in St. Louis. Lee has two children who have successful careers in North Carolina and New York.

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Tom Santel was formerly President and CEO of Anheuser-Busch International, Inc., and Vice President of Corporate Planning for Anheuser Busch Companies, Inc., which was a St. Louis-based global corporation that operated the largest U.S. brewing organization, the second-largest U.S. manufacturer of aluminum beverage containers and one of the largest theme park operations in the country.  He had overall responsibility for the company’s beer businesses in the United Kingdom, Europe, Mexico, Puerto Rico, the Caribbean, South America, Canada and Asia.  He also oversaw strategic and financial planning for Anheuser Busch. Under Santel’s leadership, Anheuser-Busch International, which had sales of $1.2 billion, increased profits by over 40% on a constant currency basis.

In 1996 he was named a member of the company’s Strategy Committee, which was the group of senior executives responsible for corporate policies and strategic direction.  From 1998 through 2008, he was a board member of Grupo Modelo, S.A.B. de C.V., Mexico’s leading brewer.  He currently serves on the boards of Boys Hope Girls Hope, St. Louis University High School and the St. Louis chapter of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.  He is a member of the Chancellor’s Council of the University of Missouri–St. Louis.

Prior to joining Anheuser-Busch in 1983, Santel worked as a CPA for Ernst & Whinney (now Ernst & Young), a major international accounting firm.

Santel graduated summa cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in business administration from St. Louis University in 1980 and received a master’s of business administration in finance from the University of Missouri–St. Louis in 1987.