Board of Advisors

2020 Advisory Board Ambassadors

The Advisory Board Ambassadors of the Living Well Foundation has individuals who offer knowledge and experience in their specific area of expertise as needed for our mission. They act as a sounding board for new ideas and give expert advice when needed. They make recommendations to the staff and board of directors as necessary.

–Sarah Badahman — CEO HIPPATrek
–Christopher Bates — CEO Bates Electric
–John Beuerlein — General Partner Edward Jones
–Don Binz — Retired Ziegenhein & Sons Funeral Home
–Brenda and Brad Bradshaw — Owners Brad Bradshaw M.D., J.D., LC
–Bill and Tina Capraro — Founders Cap Capital
–Maria Cavallini — Senior Art Director Cartwheel (A Maritz Agency)
–Sessions Cole M.D. — Chief Medical Officer, St. Louis Children’s Hospital
–Kelly Eiden Ph.D., R.D., L.D., CNSD — Director Nutrition Services at Loyola University Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois
–Caldwell Esselstyn M.D. — Cleveland Clinic Wellness Institute, New Your Times Best-Selling Author and one of the doctors featured in the 2011 documentary, Forks Over Knives
–Joel Fuhrman M.D. – Director of Nutritional Research Foundation, New Your Times Best-Selling Author and PBS host on being a “Nutritarian”
–Oscar Goldberg CPA — Owner Massie, Fudemberg, Goldberg LLC
–Rebecca Green M.D., Ph.D. — Pediatric Endocrinologist Springfield Clinic in Springfield, Illinois
–Michael Greger M.D. — Physician, NutritionFacts.org
–Alice S. Handelman — President Emerita at Women of Achievement
–Craig Hollander D.D.S. — Dentist Sunset Pediatrics
–Samuel Klein M.D. — Director of the Center of Human Nutrition and Chief of the Division of Geriatrics and Nutritional Science at WashingtonUniversitySchool of Medicine
–Mike Lodes — Edward Jones Advisor
–Aaron Mottern — Founder and CEO of AGOGIE
–John Oeltjen CPA — Director of Corporate Renewal Services, Risk Advisory Services, and Manufacturing and Distribution Services
–Rev. Jerry Paul — Deaconess Foundation Emeritus (1949-2015)
–Richard N. Priest — VP New York Stock Exchange and VP of Richfield Oil (Retired)
–Rex Reed — YouthBridge Community Foundation (retired executive director)
–Mark Rust — Office Managing Partner at Barnes & Thornburg LLP
–Julia Schneider — Digital Marketing Director Talus Pay
–John Shea — Owner Shea Construction & Design
–Rick Stein Ph.D. — Associate Professor of Medicine and Behavioral Director for The Weight Management Program at Washington University School of Medicine
–Perry Ambrose Tovrea — Daugherty Business Solutions Consultant
–Jillon Vander Wal Ph.D. — Associate Professor Clinical Psychology St. Louis University
–Neil H. White M.D., C.D.E. — Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine and Co-Leader of Pediatric and Patient-Oriented Research Unit at Washington University School of Medicine and St. Louis Children’s Hospital