Board of Directors

Board members are charged with presenting programs that promote the arts, sciences and humanities to the public in novel, engaging and affordable ways. The goals for any event must be to edify the public, showcase artistic expression, promote empathy and strengthen St. Louis’s intellectual community.

Brian Elsesser, Ph.D

President

Tim Hirzel, Ph.D

Treasurer

Scott Intagliata

Secretary

Scott Intagliata is a native of St. Louis, MO, who graduated from Tulane University in 1983 with a degree in Philosophy, and then taught at and attended graduate school at the University of Missouri St. Louis. Mr. Intagliata has worked as a freelance journalist and spent 11 years consulting on political campaigns. For the past 25 years, he has been an owner and operator of Unico, Inc., a manufacturer of heating and air conditioning equipment. He also owns stakes in five other businesses as well as serving as an investor and board observer for the SixThirty venture capital fund. He and his family live in the Central West End.

Jeffrey Bishop, Ph.D

Board Member

Jonathan Meyer

Board Member

Bill Seibert

Board Member

Kurt Wolfgram, JD

Board Member

Kurt Wolfgram is a plaintiff’s personal injury attorney with offices in the Central West End of St. Louis. Kurt attended Wartburg College in Waverly, Iowa graduating with a degree in Economics and a minor in Political Science. Thereafter, Kurt graduated cum laude from Drake University Law School, Des Moines, Iowa. Kurt has served on the boards of various charitable organizations including President of Compton Heights Neighborhood Association and St. Stephens Lutheran Church. Kurt and his wife Robin live in South St. Louis and have three children that currently live in Chicago, New York, and St. Louis.

Frances Dickey, Ph.D

Board Member

Jonathan Allen

Board Member

Jessie Gillam

Board Member