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Jessica Bass Bolander, ’05 ΚΚΓ
Partner and Senior Vice President, Lockton Companies
Dallas, Texas

Jessica Bass Bolander is a wife, mother, and executive at Lockton Companies. In her role as partner and senior vice president at Lockton, Bolander brings nearly two decades of experience in the insurance industry to providing focused solutions that meet the unique needs of large, complex, and multilocation employers. She reviews, develops, improves, and manages employee benefits strategies.

Bolander is active in the Dallas community. She serves on the boards of directors of The Family Place, Executive Women of Dallas, the CFO Leadership Council, and her husband’s YPO chapter. She is also involved with Klyde Warren Park’s President’s Circle and the Latino Leadership community.

She is the mother of two sons, James, 11, and Sammy, 8. Bolander enjoys traveling with her family, playing golf with her sons, and networking in the community.

Anthony Laramore, ’07 ΔΤΔ
Attorney, Page Law
St. Louis, Missouri

Anthony Laramore grew up in Montgomery City. Today, he is a seasoned trial lawyer with nearly 16 years of experience specializing in complex personal injury, medical malpractice, wrongful death, and catastrophic injury trials. Throughout his career, he has secured millions of dollars in recoveries for his clients, demonstrating an unwavering commitment to justice.

Among his notable achievements, Laramore obtained the record-breaking highest judgment in Lincoln County, Missouri, at $28 million. He also represented a coalition of state legislators and taxpayers in a high-stakes case involving more than $1 billion in controversy. Additionally, in the landmark case of Clark v. SSM Health, he helped define the element of causation in suicide-related litigation. Recently, Laramore was featured on the podcast Just Verdicts related to a $1.5 million verdict he obtained in a medical malpractice case in St. Charles, Missouri.

Laramore has advocated for clients in courts nationwide, including appellate courts and the U.S. Supreme Court. His exceptional advocacy has earned recognition from prestigious organizations such as Super Lawyers and The National Trial Lawyers.

A former instructor of Criminal Law and Mock Trial at ÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥, Laramore currently serves on the faculty of the Missouri Bar Association and is a frequent lecturer and guest speaker. A member of the Delta Tau Delta fraternity, Laramore graduated in 2007 from the College with a degree in philosophy and political science. He is married to Westminster alumna Kelly Hossenlopp Laramore ’08, and together they have six children: Noah (16), Grace (14), Avery (9), Jackson (7), Millie (5), and Emmy (3). The family resides in Moscow Mills, Missouri.

Deeply committed to his community, Laramore volunteers and provides counsel for several local organizations. In his free time, he enjoys coaching youth baseball and football and is an active member of his church.

The Hon. Glenn Norton, ’82 KA
Chief Judge of the Court, Missouri Court of Appeals (Retired)
St. Louis, Missouri

The Hon. Glenn Norton received his bachelor’s degree from ÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥ and his law degree from the University of Missouri. During his successful career, he practiced law with the Briscoe and Norton law firm and was twice elected associate circuit judge.

Norton served as chief legal counsel to Gov. Bob Holden until he was appointed as a judge on the Missouri Court of Appeals, where he later served as chief judge. He is a past president of the Missouri Association of Probate and Associate Circuit Judges.

Additionally, Norton served on the faculty of the National Judicial College and was chair of the Missouri Supreme Court’s Trial Judge Education Committee. Since leaving the bench, Norton has worked primarily in mediation and special master appointments. He serves as a special master in thousands of mass tort cases, handling both discovery and settlement allocations.

He was recently appointed settlement special master in the national class-action lawsuit against Monsanto involving Roundup claims, with oversight of a proposed multibillion-dollar settlement. He is a past president of the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis.

Norton served on the Disproportionate Minority Confinement Governing Board, the Missouri Statewide Legal Services Commission for Low-Income Missourians, and was vice chair of the State Commission on Children’s Justice. He also served as the first chair of the board of directors of Action for Autism.

Miner Curtis Paddock, ’73 ΒΘΠ
Director, Will County Land Use Department
Joliet, Illinois

Miner Curtis Paddock, a 1973 graduate of ÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥ and a member of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, is a leader in public administration, urban planning, and community development. Throughout his career as a public official, professor, and consultant, his work has had national and international impact.

Paddock earned a bachelor’s degree with high honors in political science from Westminster, a master of public administration from the University of Missouri, and a master of arts in advanced leadership studies from Indiana Wesleyan University. He holds professional certifications from the American Institute of Certified Planners and the International Economic Development Council.

He served in Missouri state government on Gov. Kit Bond’s Council on Community Affairs, contributing to reforms in state and local government relations and business investment incentives. In 2005, he was appointed to lead a major agency in Will County, Illinois, focusing on growth, development, and preservation, earning recognition for ethics and integrity from the American Society for Public Administration.

Paddock has served as faculty and administrator at Drake University, Bradley University, and Indiana University of Pennsylvania. He participated in an Iowa trade delegation to South Korea, was a Fulbright senior scholar in India, and has consulted for local governments in Japan and China on economic development and environmental protection. He also secured U.S. Department of Energy support to implement a reuse plan for a decommissioned atomic energy facility, transitioning it for public and private use while reemploying much of the workforce.

Nominated by then-Sen. Barack Obama, Paddock was selected for a fellowship at Harvard University’s Kennedy School program for local government executives. He has served on numerous nonprofit and public sector boards and has returned to Westminster as a speaker for leadership workshops on personal values and career discernment.

Scott A. Richardson, ’99 ΔΤΔ
Chief Executive Officer and President, Celanese Corporation
Dallas, Texas

Scott A. Richardson is chief executive officer and president of Celanese Corporation, a Fortune 500 global chemical and specialty materials company based in Dallas. He was named CEO in January 2025 after two decades of increasing leadership at the company, including serving as chief operating officer, chief financial officer and head of Celanese’s two business units, Engineered Materials and Acetyl Chain.

Richardson’s expertise in the chemicals industry combines business management and financial and commercial skills with a focus on manufacturing operations. He has led both Celanese core businesses and spent six years living and working in Shanghai, China. Safety, environmental stewardship, and operational performance have guided his global career.

Before joining Celanese in 2005, Richardson held finance, operational, and leadership roles at American Airlines. He serves on the board of the United Way of Metropolitan Dallas.

Richardson earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting from ÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥ and an MBA from Texas Christian University. He and his wife, Anne, ’98 ΚΑΘ, have been married nearly 27 years and have five daughters: Juliet, Lillie, Mary Claire, Charlotte, and Eloise.

Louise Curchin Secker ’93 ΚΚΓ
Licensed Real Estate Agent, Keller Williams Realty, Inc.
Joplin, Missouri

Louise Curchin Secker is a community leader, nonprofit advocate, and real estate professional based in Joplin, Missouri. Since graduating from ÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥, she has been active in communications and marketing, civic engagement, charitable organizations and state-level service initiatives. She is a licensed real estate agent with Keller Williams Realty.

Secker has spent most of her career in nonprofit management. She has served in leadership roles on local nonprofit and civic boards and helped organizations build capacity. She is currently president of the Joplin Regional Community Foundation and serves on the boards of the Community Foundation for the Ozarks, Jasper County Court-Appointed Special Advocates (CASA), Children’s Haven, and Mount Hope Cemetery.

In 2025, Gov. Mike Kehoe appointed Secker to the Missouri Community Service Commission, which promotes volunteer and service opportunities throughout the state, including the AmeriCorps program. She is also a candidate for the Missouri House of Representatives to represent Joplin in District 161.

Secker cites her proudest accomplishment as being a mother to her three children, Annie, William, and Catie, and welcoming her new son-in-law, Spencer King.

Gerry Wait, ’78 IND
Archaeologist and Anthropologist, Independent Professional
Witney, England

Gerry Wait has more than 40 years of experience as an archaeologist, anthropologist, and heritage consultant. His career has focused on connecting the past to present communities, guided by the belief that successful communities have firm roots in their history.

Wait has conducted heritage assessments for environmental- and social-impact studies and performed due diligence for international financial institutions, sponsors, and lenders on projects in more than 35 countries. He has also developed expertise in conservation management planning, working with local communities to protect heritage sites while ensuring their significance endures. His recent work includes the World Heritage Site at Butrint, Albania, and excavations at the Silk Road city of Uzgen, Kyrgyzstan.

He has served the profession in multiple capacities, including treasurer and honorary chair of the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists and as a board member. Wait was accredited by the Register of Professional Archaeologists and serves on the editorial board of the Heritage Environment Policy and Practice journal. He is a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London and other professional associations.

Wait earned a bachelor’s degree from ÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥, where he was mentored by Professors John Page and Chris Hauer, a master’s degree from the University of Missouri under Professor Ralph Rowlett, and a D.Phil. from the University of Oxford with Professor Barry Cunliffe.

The Rev. Michael J. Schulte ’14 ΦΔΘ
Founding Pastor, The Collective
Atlanta, Georgia

The Rev. Michael J. Schulte is the founding pastor of The Collective in Atlanta, Georgia, an inclusive church focused on love and justice that seeks to provide a sense of belonging for new generations, especially those disillusioned with organized religion.

Schulte earned a bachelor’s degree in middle school education and Spanish from ÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥, where he served on the Student Judiciary Board and as president of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity. He earned a master’s degree in urban education from the Memphis Teacher Residency and taught for five years in high-needs, Title I schools in Memphis and St. Louis.

He discerned a call to ministry and earned a master of divinity from Vanderbilt University before being ordained as a minister of word and sacrament in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Schulte also serves as Phi Delta Theta’s national chaplain, where he co-wrote and co-facilitated the fraternity’s first mental health-centered leadership retreat, engaging 200 undergraduate leaders across the United States and Canada.

Schulte credits former Westminster faculty Dr. John Langton and the Rev. Jamie Lynn Haskins with shaping his moral imagination and challenging him to think deeply about work that cultivates human flourishing.

Kathryn Ayers Wickenhauser, ’11 ΚΑΘ
Chief Strategy Officer, Direct Trust
Chesterfield, Missouri

Kathryn Ayers Wickenhauser, MBA, FACHDM, CHPC, serves as chief strategy officer at DirectTrust, a national nonprofit that sets standards and technical trust to enable secure, verified health information exchange across the U.S. health care system, a field that did not exist when she graduated.

With extensive experience spanning health technology, privacy, compliance, and interoperability, Wickenhauser shapes national policy and technical standards while leading strategic partnerships, communications, and overall organizational strategy. Her current work includes collaborating with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on a vetted health app library and with the Department of Veterans Affairs to ensure veterans and caregivers have timely access to their health records.

Recognized among Women We Admire’s Top 50 Women Chief Strategy Officers and Becker’s 100 Women in Health IT to Know, Wickenhauser is a sought-after speaker and thought leader whose work has been published in peer-reviewed journals, including Applied Clinical Informatics. She serves on the board of the Zorya Foundation and has given years of volunteer service to Westminster as Alumni Council president and as a member of the Board of Trustees, and to her community through the Junior League and Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri.

A proud member of Kappa Alpha Theta and part of a family with eight Westminster diplomas, Wickenhauser lives in Chesterfield, Missouri, with her husband, Keith, ’10 KA; daughter, Elise; son, Brock; and pets, Winston and Audrey.

William E. Reller, ’56 ΦΔΘ
President, EWS Real Estate Investments
Palo Alto, California

William E. Reller is a lifetime trustee of ÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥ and a leader in real estate and community service. He grew up in Chicago, Illinois, and Lake Ozark, Missouri, and earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from Westminster, where he was a member of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity, the Skulls of Seven, the Student Government Association, and the ROTC Battalion Staff. After serving in the U.S. Army, he earned an MBA from Stanford University in 1960.

Reller built his career in real estate brokerage, investment, and development and now is president of EWS Real Estate Investments. With his late wife, Carolyn, he helped create Palo Alto Commons, an assisted living facility, in 1990. In 1972, he was named Palo Alto Realtor of the Year.

A resident of Palo Alto since 1958, Reller has served as president of the Palo Alto Jaycees, YMCA, Chamber of Commerce, Community Fund, and Peninsula Open Space Trust. He has also served on the boards of the Palo Alto Housing Corporation, Ecumenical Hunger Program, Museum of American Heritage, Stanford University Cantor Museum of Art, and Yosemite Conservancy. His service has been recognized with the YMCA Red Triangle Award, the Palo Alto Tall Trees Award, the John Gardner Volunteer Leadership Award, and the Boy Scouts of America Distinguished Citizen Award.

An active alumnus of Westminster and Stanford, Reller served on the Westminster Board of Trustees from 1981 to 2001 and the Stanford Business School Alumni Association board. He is a Churchill Fellow, was nominated for the Westminster Alumni Award of Merit in 2007, and has generously endowed multiple scholarships and the Davidson Leadership Plaza.

Dr. Natasia Sexton
Associate Professor of Music, Division of Humanities Chairperson, and Vice Marshal of ÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥
Jefferson City, Missouri

Since 2009, Dr. Natasia Sexton has shared her love of music with ÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥ students. Whether conducting the Churchill Singers, teaching voice lessons, or introducing the fundamentals of music with classroom ukuleles, Sexton emphasizes the way music reminds us of our shared humanity. She particularly values teaching opportunities that allow students who are not musicians to play an instrument and sing together.

Sexton has published articles in The Choral Journal, the premier publication of the American Choral Directors Association, and has presented research at state and regional conferences.

In 2017, Gov. Jay Nixon appointed her to the Missouri Arts Council, where she chaired a task force on arts integration in public schools.

Sexton currently serves as chair of the Division of Humanities at Westminster and vice marshal of the college.

Young Alumni Achievement Award

(2 awards presented each year)

Awarded to alumni who demonstrate the ÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥ mission through outstanding achievements early in their chosen career or through dedicated leadership and service to their community.

Eligibility:

• Graduate of ÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥ between 5 and 15 years prior to nomination
• Not a current member of the Alumni Council

Alumni Achievement Award

(3-6 awards presented each year)

Awarded to alumni whose accomplishments reflect the ÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥ mission and who have distinguished themselves through personal or professional achievements or significant contributions to society.

Eligibility:

• Graduate of ÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥ 15 years or more prior to being nominated
• Not a current member of the Alumni Council

Jack Marshall Alumni Loyalty Award

(1 award presented each year)

Awarded to alumni who have demonstrated exceptional loyalty, commitment, and dedication to ÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥ through contributions of time, talent, and treasure.

Eligibility:

• Graduate of ÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥
• No minimum age requirement, but sufficient time should have passed since graduation to demonstrate on-going commitment to the college
• Not a current member of the Alumni Council

Remley Award

(1 award presented each year)

Awarded to a woman who has shown exceptional passion and support for the women of ÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥, emulating the spirit of Dr. Audrey Remley, the first full-time female professor at Westminster and the award’s namesake.

Eligibility:

• Female graduate of ÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥, no minimum age requirement
• Not a current member of the Alumni Council

*Completed nominations must be submitted via the ÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥ website, and should include a support letter with a detailed description of the nominee’s accomplishments and contributions to the college. Other supporting documentation, such as a resume, LinkedIn profile, press releases, or media articles, may also be submitted.

*The Alumni Council reviews all nominations and selects recipients; all nominees remain in the “pool” of nominations for up to three years or until they have been selected for an award.

*Recipients are strongly encouraged to attend the Alumni Weekend Awards Ceremony IN PERSON, however arrangements may be made for remote attendance in cases of extenuating circumstances. Recipients are asked to give a 5-7 minute speech during the ceremony.