
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 Chair
President
Carlton Werremeyer -
M. Nicole Kreisel Secretary
Sr. Right of Way Specialist
Missouri Department of Transportation -
Laura Bordner Treasurer
Director-Tax
MetLife -
Madeleine Grucza Family Support Director
Retired Special Ed Instructor
Special School District -
Ryan Griffore Chief Technical Officer
President
Fusion Media Concepts -
Jen Saleh START Rep. & Special Project Chair
Scientist II, Process Development
ThermoFisher Scientific -
Zohra Zaimi Supper Club Coordinator
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Evan Hugge Board Member
President of START (St. Louis Teens Aid Refugees Today)
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Shelley Thomas-Benke Board Member
Director of FosterServe Volunteers
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Durra Helwani Board Member
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Jeanne Braby Board Member
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Abdul Shabana Board Member
Engineer, The Boeing Company