Deaconess Foundation is proud to work with the following administrative partners in support of our work:

Board of Trustees

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Executive Committee

Elizabeth Noonan, Chairperson
Principal
Elizabeth Noonan Consulting, LLC

Tamara Vaughn-Walker, Member at Large
Community Volunteer

Rev. Bethany Johnson-Javois
President & CEO, Deaconess Foundation
Pastor, Monument of Faith

Dale Fiedler, Financial Stewardship Committee Chair
Director of Planning and Development (Retired)
Southern Illinois Healthcare Foundation

Caroline Pelot Battles, Secretary
Community Volunteer 

Patrick Brown, Vice Chairperson and Racial Equity Committee Chair
Chief of Staff, Strategic Initiatives, & External Affairs
Ameren Missouri



Trustees

Karissa Anderson
Community Organizer & Entrepreneur

Caroline Pelot Battles
Community Volunteer

Patrick R. Brown
Chief of Staff, Strategic Initiatives, & External Affairs
Ameren Missouri

Dale Fiedler 
Director of Planning and Development (Retired)
Southern Illinois Healthcare Foundation

Dolores J. Gunn, MD
Emergency Medicine, Union County Hospital
Family Medicine, Southern Illinois Health Care Foundation

Rev. Bethany Johnson-Javois
President & CEO, Deaconess Foundation
Pastor, Monument of Faith

Margie Lindhorst
Justice and Mission Team, Hunger Action Team
Illinois South Conference UCC

Rev. Laura Mignerone
Pastor
St. John UCC - St. Clair

Elizabeth Noonan
Principal
Elizabeth Noonan Consulting, LLC

Rev. Norma J. Patterson 
Pastor
Good Shepard of Faith United Church of Christ

Tamara Vaughn-Walker 
Community Volunteer

Ciearra (CJ) Walker
President & CEO
St. Louis Community Health Worker Coalition

Rev. Jay Wiesner 
Senior Pastor
Zion United Church of Christ

Senator Brian Williams
14th Senatorial District
Missouri State Senate