WHAT CEO BOARD MEMBERS DO
Board members are active, engaged community leaders who volunteer their time and expertise to the operational oversight of our local CEO Program.
Facilitator Support: Board members provide ongoing support to the CEO Facilitator.
Event Planning: Board members plan and execute key CEO events, including investor and mentor socials, and the student trade show.
Student Recruitment & Selection: Board members organize recruitment efforts, engage with local schools, and oversee the selection of CEO students.
Mentorship Coordination: Board members recruit mentors, manage mentor-student pairings, and ensure mentor program success.
School Liaison: Board members maintain communication with school administrators to coordinate student participation and scheduling.
Investor Recruitment & Care: Board members recruit and maintain relationships with local investors, ensuring the program's financial sustainability.
Who is a board member?
Meet the local leaders who make up our CEO Board.
Wendy Symer
OwnerBoard Chair Committees: Event Coordinator, Media, Facilitator Review / Hire, Investor Recruitment & Care
Marc Voegele
OwnerBoard Chair Committees: Facilitator Review / Hire, Investor Recruitment & Care
Teresa Reiniger
Grief Coach and SpecialistVice Chair Committees: Event Coordinator, Facilitator Review / HireTeresa Reiniger is first and foremost a wife to her husband Tom of almost 45 years. Proud mother to three beautiful daughters and a grandma to 3 strong willed grandchildren that are going to make a mark in this world. She is the CEO and founder of Living After Grief, a mindset and transformational grief coach and podcast host for Resilient Moms: Hope, Healing and Living After Loss, formerly Labor Pains Podcast.. She holds multiple grief certification, is a certified master practitioner and trainer of Neuro Linguistics Programming and Integrated Time-line Therapy and has worked for over 15 years in the funeral home industry. Teresa holds space for women that are grieving the child they will never hold in their arms and those that have left this earth way too soon. Between Teresa’s lived experience, wisdom, and training, she very quickly understands and supports her clients that have endured tremendous trauma and loss. Those that are grieving want to feel heard, understood and to have a compassionate companion to guide them to living again with the love they feel amidst their grief and Teresa is that person for them. Email: teresa@livingaftergrief.com Facebook https://www.facebook.com/.livingaftergrief/. Instagram: @livingaftergrief Website: www.livingaftergrief.com
BRIAN JONES
Vice President - Commercial LenderTreasurer Committees: Investor Recruitment & CareBio
Monette Lawrence
Retirement Plan AdvisorSecretary Committees: Event CoordinatorMonette has been in the financial planning industry since 1995 and has successfully passed multiple securities exams. She joined Archford in 2016, as a Retirement Plan Advisor, and works closely with our business owners and their employees. Born and raised in Texas, she graduated from UTEP in 1994 with a bachelor's in Social Work. She moved frequently while her husband served in the Army and completed her master's degree in Education (School Counseling) at Northwestern University in 2000. She enjoys volunteering in her local community, spending time on the water (boating or sailing), traveling and hanging out with her boys Dave, Maximus, and Domiano
Kate Brendel
CounselorBoard Member Committees: School CoordinatorKate, Brendel School Counselor, Triad High School CEO Board Member
Ben Eberwein
Bank of HillsboroBoard Member Committees: Investor Recruitment & Care
Mary Jackson
School CounselorBoard Member Committees: Media, School CoordinatorMark Stuart
Maryville ChristianBoard Member Committees: School Coordinator
Bobby Wright
AdministratorBoard Member Committees: School CoordinatorBobby Wright is an administrator at Collinsville High School in Collinsville, Illinois. He received his bachelor of music education from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2012. Upon graduation he accepted the position of band director at Collinsville High School. He worked in this position from 2012-2021. During this time he earned his masters in educational administration from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. In 2021 he accepted the position of assistant principal at Collinsville High School, which has allowed him to take on his current role as a board member within the Collinsville, Triad, Maryville, Highland CEO program. Currently, Mr. Wright is working towards his superintendent certification and doctorate. He is a lifelong resident of Collinsville, and currently lives there with his wife, Rachael, son Jensen, and his two dogs Oskee and Chief (the dogs were named after important aspects at the U of I).
Trevor Yates
Sales ExecutiveBoard Member Committees: Investor Recruitment & Care