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Volume 34, Number 6, January 2008

Cheryl Walker, Bo Fraser elected board officers for 2008

The University of Missouri Board of Curators elected new officers at its Nov. 29 meeting in Kansas City. Cheryl D.S. Walker of St. Louis was unanimously elected as chair; Bo Fraser of Columbia was unanimously elected as vice chair.

The one-year leadership terms for Walker and Fraser begin Jan. 1. Walker, who served for the last year as the Board´s vice chair, succeeds Chairman Don Walsworth of Marceline.

Walker has chaired the Finance and Human Resources Committee and the Physical Facilities and Management Services Committee. Among her priorities for the Board of Curators will be working with the University´s newly appointed president, Gary D. Forsee.

Walker received her bachelor´s degree in electrical engineering from the University of Missouri-Rolla and a law degree from Washington University. She is president and general counsel of Obasi Enterprises LLC.

She also has served as counsel in the St. Louis office of Bryan Cave LLP, an 850- attorney international law firm specializing in commercial law, as well as Deutsche Financial Services Corp., now GE Distri-bution Services.

She is a member of the Tower Grove Park Board of Commissioners and is a member of the boards of The Newberry Group, St. Louis Social Ventures Partners and the United Way of Greater St. Louis.

Fraser received his bachelor´s degree in business from Benedictine College and is a graduate of the Southwestern School of Banking at Southern Methodist University.

He is chairman of the board of Boone County National Bank in Columbia and previously served as the bank´s chairman and CEO for more than 20 years.

Fraser serves on the board of directors for Benedictine College and is a founding member of the Community Development Cooperative, which was formed to address housing issues in the Columbia area.

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