Key Players

Co-Directors

Wolfgang Althof, Ph.D.
Teresa M. Fischer Endowed Professor of Citizenship Education, UMSL 

Marvin W. Berkowitz, Ph.D.
Sanford N. McDonnell Endowed Professor of Character Education, UMSL 

Associate Director

Melinda C. Bier, Ph.D.
Research Scientist of Educational Psychology, UMSL 

Center Staff

Beatrice Shivers, M.B.A.
Program/Project Support Coordinator

Mary Anne Hoppe, M.Ed.
Associate Director, Leadership Academy in Character Education 

Deborah Sanders O'Reilly, M.B.A.
Center Coordinator

Sandra I. Diamond, M.Ed.
Kids Voting Missouri (CECH)

Henry C. Waterford Jr.
Media Producer/Graphic Design

J. Travis Schmidt
Project Administrator