Board of Directors
Steven H. Akre
Chairman of the Board, Wings of Hope
Attorney
Travis Brown
Partner, Pelopidas, LLC
Civic Volunteer
Steven Busch
Chairman, President, Krey Distributing Co.
Civic Volunteer
Louis G. Chiodini
Principal, Chiodini Associates
Civic Volunteer
Roger Debenport
Deputy Chair, Wings of Hope
Founder & President, MasterPac Corp., retired
Civic Volunteer
A.C. “Butch” Giessman
CEO & Founder, AVMATS
Parks College of St. Louis University, U.S. Bank, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Professional Aviation
Maintenance Assoc. (PAMA)
David Huhn
Manager, Lucent Technologies, retired
Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, West County Assembly of God, Teen Challenge
Samuel C. Hutchinson
CEO & Owner, Interface Construction Corporation
Donald T. Kukla
Partner, Moneta Group
Fred Meyland-Smith
Managing Partner, Executive Workforce Consultants
Ralston Purina, retired
Alderman, City of Town and Country; President, Colgate University Alumni Club
James D. Moffat
National Product Specialist, Marketing, Graybar, Inc., retired
Civic Volunteer
Richard Vincent Ropp, III
President, Jet Linx
Lucia Rosenbloom
Owner, Partner, Chair of Community Outreach, Los Angeles Rams
Board Member, Variety the Children’s Charity of St. Louis
Michael J. Ross
Chairman, Jefferson Bank & Trust
Board Member, Christian Brothers College High School
John Schmidt
Volunteer and Former CFO, Wings of Hope
Program Manager Information Systems, McDonnell Douglas, retired
Civic Volunteer
Patrick T. Wittenbrink
Associate, Carmody MacDonald
Senior Staff
Bret Heinrich
President & CEO
Elizabeth Campbell
Chief Financial Officer
Laura Helling
Vice-President &
Director of Development
Steve Long
Director of Hangar Operations
Bernie Schmidt
Director of Human Resources
Angela Walleman
Director of Administration