Jessica Bueler
Executive Director
Jessica Bueler is building bridges to a better St. Louis.
“When I was 8 years old, my mother walked out on our family and left me and my three little sisters to be raised by my father,” Bueler says. “I promised myself when I grew up, I would do everything in my power to help other people who had also been abandoned because I didn’t want others to hurt in the same ways I did.”
To be this pillar of strength for the vulnerable, Bueler founded Welcome Neighbor STL, an organization assisting immigrants and refugees. “When I learned about the situation with the Syrian refugee families being dumped in filthy apartments with cockroaches, mice and bedbugs, along with a plethora of other problems, I snapped into action to do everything I could to help connect our new American friends with the resources and tools to build a better life,” Bueler says.
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Susan Werremeyer Board President
President, Carlton Werremeyer
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M. Nicole Kreisel Secretary
Senior Right of Way Specialist, Missouri Department of Transportation
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Laura Bordner Treasurer
Director-Tax, MetLife
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Durra Helwani Board Member
Syrian Refugee and Community Leader, works at House of Goods
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Abdul Shabana Board Member
Engineer, The Boeing Company
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Jillayna Adamson Board Member
Psychotherapist, Bright Tribe Therapy and Wellness
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Amy Cohen Board Member
Retired High School Science Teacher
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Sana Habib Board Member
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Karen Winn Board Member
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Evelyn Duffin Board Member
Archdiocese of St. Louis
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Mawda Mohi Aldeen Board Member
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Kim Waller Board Member
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Anne Ross-Weldy Board Member
Principal, Spotlight Development Consultant
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Kris Maly Board Member
McCarthy, Leonard & Kaemmerer, LC/Attorney
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Beatrice Bouda Board Member
African Immigrant, Meridian Medical Company / Pfizer