St. Louis Children's Hospital Administration
and Board of Trustees
Hospital Administration
Nikki Stafford, President
Kenneth Gray, Vice President, Operations & Support Services, Academic Campus
Tesh Jewell, Vice President, Ambulatory & Clinical Support Services
Carrie Lee, DNP, MBA/HCM, RN, NE-BC, Vice President Patient Care Services & Chief Nursing Officer
Michele McKee, Vice President, Finance, BJC East Region
Tanya Waskiewicz, Chief Development Officer
Patrick Reich, MD, interim Chief Medical Officer
Melissa Lynch, Executive Director, Human Resources
Sarah Becker, VP Administrator, St. Louis Children’s at CoxHealth
2026 Board of Trustees
Tracey Aegerter
Lashanda Barnes
James Clayborne
Rodney Crim
Nancy A. Diemer
Keir Gumbs
Christopher J. Hagedorn
Tracy E. Hart
Robert R. Hermann, Jr.
R. Christopher Imbs
Bethany Johnson-Javois
Meg Lane
Rich Ledbetter
Bruce Levy, MD (Ex-Officio)
Steve Lindsey
Trish Lollo (Ex-Officio)
Mark Lowe, MD (Ex-Officio)
Colin Martin, MD (Ex-Officio)
Pam Meanes
Rich McClure
Art McCoy, PhD
Robert Mueller
Karlos Ramirez
Gabriela Ramirez-Arellano
Eric C. Rhone
Rick A. Short
John Stupp
James (Jimmy) Williams
Lifetime Trustees
James S. McDonnell, III
Donald M. Suggs
