Board of Trustees

List of 10 items.

• Henry Agbo '05

  After graduating from TJ, Henry went to Harvard, where he earned a degree in anthropology in 2009. He followed that with a year-long fellowship at the American University in Cairo in the Office of Communications and Marketing. Henry worked as a Global Sourcing Business Analyst at Target Corporation and currently works in London as the Inclusion & Diversity Community Advisor for Apple. Henry serves on the Board Governance Committee.

• Tom Ellis '83

  Tom graduated from TJ in 1983. He is a trial lawyer with Nolan Law Group in Chicago and primarily concentrates his practice on the representation of victims of aviation accidents, medical malpractice, and defective products. Tom has more than 15 years of experience serving on independent school boards. 

• David German '04

  David graduated from TJ in 2004. During his five years, he co-founded the all-school play and operated an unreliable dial-up ISP from the second floor of Main Building. His JV basketball career was almost as glorious as it was long.

  
  

  He earned a BA in Computer Science and BS in Engineering from Swarthmore College, which led to a series of software engineering jobs in Cambridge MA; he currently works on Google Search. Thanks to his TJ education, he uses all four sentence structures when writing his annual performance review.  

  
  

  He lives in the Boston suburbs with his wife and daughter, who tolerate spontaneous fragments of memory work.

• Tom Goldberg

  Tom rejoined the board after serving as a board member from 2006-2013 and as board chair from 2010 to 2013. Tom retired from a career in the financial services industry in 2019. He graduated from Trinity College and received his MBA from Washington University. Tom and his wife Trish have 2 adult children adopted from Russia.

• Chino Kim '85

  Chino grew up in a small mining town in southeast Missouri. He came to TJ in the eighth grade and as a five-day boarder, the experience of which made going off to college a breeze.  Chino started the School's newspaper, The Declaration, which still makes him smile every time a new edition is printed.  Chino went to Bowdoin College (BA History '89) and Boston University (MBA '93).  His professional experience is in Treasury Management and Shared Services.  He has been fortunate to work for pioneering global companies like Manufacturers Hanover Bank, Reuters, Limited Brands, and Peabody Energy, where he is currently Vice President of Business Services at its St. Louis headquarters.  Chino is Vice President of the Board and serves on the Finance and Head Support committees.

• Gregory Ponstingl '01

  After graduating from TJ in 2001, Greg earned a bachelor's degree in Media Studies from Pomona College. Greg has worked in the entertainment industry for almost 20 years as a video editor, videographer, and motion graphics artist. Greg works at AV Squad, designing and animating motion graphics for Film and Television marketing campaigns.

• Lucinda Santiago P'22

  A native of Seattle, Lucinda moved to St Louis with her husband almost 20 years ago. They have two sons, Ciaran (TJ 2022) and Josiah (Whitfield 2023). A former public relations, public affairs, and marketing director for the Downtown Seattle Association, Lucinda has also worked in the non-profit sector, serving in development, advancement, and Board structure. Lucinda’s husband Paul is a physician at Washington University, and Lucinda has stayed home the last several years to manage the home fires and provide volunteer assistance to the kids’ schools (New City School, Churchill, TJ, and Whitfield) and their interests (St Louis Rowing Club). She has also been very involved with fundraising and events at The College Church. Lucinda chairs the Board Advancement Committee.

• Laurie Shornick, Ph.D. P'17

  Dr. Laurie Shornick is Professor and Chair of the Department of Biology at Saint Louis University, where she teaches Principles of Virology and Foundations of Immunobiology. Her research focuses on the role of epithelial tissues in the immune response. Her laboratory studies the immune response during respiratory viral infection and diabetic wound healing. Laurie serves as President of the Board.

• Artit "Art" Vibulakaopun '87

  Art Vibulakaopun was in the first 7^th grade class at TJ and graduated in 1987. He served on the yearbook staff as participated in all sports offered at TJ. Graduating from the University of Chicago in 1991 with a BA in Psychology, his experiences include Bio-Medical Research Assistant at University of Chicago Pritzker Medical School researching Parkinson’s and Alzheimer disease. He also has had a career in the golf industry as an assistant golf professional at various clubs in the St. Louis area. Currently, Art is a realtor with Berkshire Hathaway Home Services Select Properties since 2005 in the Greater St. Louis area.

• Irving Williamson '61

  Irv served as Chairman of the United States International Trade Commission from 2006 until 2014 and has more than 40 years of experience in the international and trade policy fields. Prior to his appointment, he was for seven years President of Williamson International Trade Strategies, Ind., a New York-based consulting firm that advised clients on legal, policy, and regulatory issues affecting international trade and business. Irv holds a BA in history from Brown University, an MA in international relations with an emphasis on African studies and international economics from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, and a JD from the George Washington University Law School. He is married to Cheryl A. Parham, has two children, Patrick and Elizabeth, and resides in Washington D.C.