Board & Staff

Board President, Shannon Duffy has spent his life in the labor and social justice movement. He is from North County...

Mary Barber, a SLU graduate, has focused her volunteer efforts toward voter registration and turnout. Other focuses include arts organizations...

Workers’ Theater Artistic Director Kathryn Bentley, MFA,  is an associate professor of theater performance, and artistic director of Southern Illinois...

José Guadalupe Garza was born along the US/Mexico border. He is a conceptual artist and educator working in a variety...

Sherrie Hall is the owner of Workers Rights Law Firm, LLC., a firm specializing in union-side labor law, employee benefits...

Ann Haubrich is an adjunct faculty at Webster University’s Arts Management MFA program and teaches cultural policy. She has co-produced...

Incoming Executive Director, Elyse Mack is a curator, an environmental justice activist, and comedy podcast enthusiast. Mack’s past work includes...

Associate Artistic Director, Colin McLaughlin, is a playwright, musician, clown and social worker. He received his Bachelors in Social Work...

Gwen Moore is the Curator of Urban Landscape and Community Identity at the Missouri History Museum focusing on race, ethnicity...

Laura Stefacek is employed at Rosenthal, Packman & Co. as a certified public accountant with 20+ years of experience. Laura...

Founding Executive Director, Joan Suarez, is a life-long activist and organizer. She began working as an Education Director for the...

Roseann Weiss is a creative advisor and strategist about the intersections of art and community, working independently as ART+. She...

Chris Worth is the Organizing Team Manager at Paraquad. He has more than fifteen years of experience in community organizing....

Bronwen Zwirner worked as a labor educator and union representative for more than twenty years, in St. Louis, Chicago and...