Meet your 2024 Leadership Team! A group of Charlotte leaders who are dedicated to the mission and mentoring the next group of Student Visionaries and their parent(s)/guardian(s)!
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Jill Shadden
Parent of the 2022 STL Student Visionary of the Year
Jill Shadden is a co-chair of our Leadership Team for Student Visionaries of the Year and has been involved with LLS since 2020. Jill has a passion for guiding young adults in leadership roles and providing opportunities for teens to make a difference. She has experienced the parent role in two SVOY campaigns with her daughter, Aubrey, who was awarded our Student Visionary winner in 2022. Her son, Jack, has also been involved as an active team member in the campaign. Jill and her family are proud to support the mission of LLS and strive to do what they can to create a world without cancer.
Jill is a graduate of Truman State University where she earned a Master of Arts in Education. Through her photography business, In The Moment Photography, Jill specializes in photographing babies, children, families, and pets. She also enjoys teaching dance classes at St Peters Academy of Dance.
Stephanie Arnold
Past STL Woman of the Year Candidate, LLS Board Member, and Long Time Volunteer
Hi! I’m Stephanie Arnold and have been volunteering with and fundraising with LLS for over 20 years in a wide variety of capacities! I’m currently a member of the Board of Trustees for the Lower Plains Region and have spent my last few years focused on supporting the Student Visionaries campaign. My passion for helping fund blood cancer research and patient assistance is very personal for me. I lost my dad to leukemia in 2005 after a courageous 20 year fight. My grandfather also died of leukemia in the 1940s. Most recently, I lost a dear friend and colleague in 2022 to an aggressive form of leukemia that “outsmarted” the current chemotherapy drugs available. It’s important to me to keep fighting for all those we’ve lost and those who continue the fight each day!
I’m a proud dog mom to an adorable Zuchon pup named Molly and a proud aunt to my amazing 17 year old niece, Lily, who recently participated as a team member in the LLS Student Visionaries campaign. In my spare time, I love hosting get-togethers on my patio for friends, family and neighbors, riding my Peloton with my “power posse,” and taking my pup for walks around the neighborhood.
I’m a graduate of Saint Louis University and love continuing to give back to the school community each year as part of the Presidential Scholarship interview team and guest lecturing. I’ve used my business degree from SLU in a variety of roles that have taken me from St. Louis to San Francisco, to Los Angeles and, eventually, back home to St. Louis again. I currently work as a consultant and board member for a variety of consumer brands, helping them develop and execute their commercial strategies and grow their businesses through venture capital and private equity investment periods. I’ve been fortunate over the past 25 years of my career to have been able to travel to many places in the world and meet incredible people along the way.
Susan Saenger
Parent of the 2023 STL Student Visionary of the Year
Susan received her BA in Economics from Rollins College and MBA from Boston University. She spent 12 years as a Financial and Decision Support consultant in the healthcare industry where she implemented cost accounting and reimbursement management systems and eventually managed the 250+ hospital client account among many others. For the last 17 years, Susan has focused her efforts as a stay-at-home mom as well as in philanthropic endeavors she’s passionate about.
Susan’s passion for the mission of LLS is incredibly close to her heart. At 2 months old, her daughter was diagnosed with leukemia. Upon diagnosis, Susan learned there was only one – just one - protocol for treatment. After 8 months working with multiple doctors and complications, Susan’s daughter lost her battle. Fast forward 13 years, and Susan’s oldest daughter, Audrey, embraced her passion and irrevocable impact made by leukemia to her life and participated in the LLS St. Louis Student Visionaries of the Year campaign. With the help of her family and team, Lydia’s Angels, Audrey raised an astounding $113,000, won the Patient Support Mission Award, and was named the 2023 St. Louis Student Visionary Award.
Sarah Eaker
Parent of 2023 Student Visionary of the Year Candidate
Sarah became involved with LSS during the process of Megan being a Student Visionary Candidate. Seeing Megan get excited about LLS and run her campaign, gave Sarah the drive to get involved. In the past, Sarah has helped the American Diabetes Association and the Girl Scouts of of America. Sarah is a 4th Grade Teacher at Christian Elementary. Sarah and her husband, Terry, have been married for 24 years and have two daughters - Madelynn and Megan.
Tim Sartori
Team Chaminade Advisor
I am a graduate of Chaminade '98. I have been teaching at Chaminade since 2002 and in Catholic Education since 2001. I am currently the high school counselor for the Mauclerc and Meyer Houses. I also teach AP/ACC Psychology to juniors and seniors in the second semester. My extra curricular activities include the Asst. Varsity Soccer and Asst. Varsity Baseball Coach. I am currently married to my wife, Christie. Together we have three children Cooper and twins Cole and Mia Kate. As part of my Marianist background, I believe and try everyday to live the Five Characteristics of Marianist Education, they include: Providing a Quality Integral Education, Educating for Formation in Faith, Educating in the Family Spirit, Educating for Adaptation and Change, Educating for Service Justice and Peace
Terry Eaker
Parent of 2023 Student Visionary of the Year Candidate
Hello, My name is Terry Eaker. I was born and raised in Southeast Missouri in a small country town of about 2,000 people, Campbell Mo. I was raised by my parents Earnest (Rudie) and Shirley Eaker. I went to Campbell High School and graduated in 1991. Form there I went to Southeast Missouri State University and majored in Business, and received my BSBA in Dec 1996. While in school I met my now wife Sarah. We were married in June of 1999. We have 2 daughters, Madelynn and Megan. Madelynn is the oldest and soon will graduate from the University of Missouri and Megan, will be a senior this upcoming year at Fort Zumwalt East High School.
My family and I still live in St. Peters Missouri. I work for Spectrum and am a Senior Project Manager for one of our internal applications. My wife, Sarah, is an Elementary School Teacher for a private school in O’Fallon Missouri.
I consider myself an outdoor type of person as I like outdoor activities. Hunting, Fishing, Bike Riding, and especially Eagle watching. I am a huge fan of Bald Eagles.
Mia Ganninger Mura
Parent of the 2021 STL Student Visionary of the Year
Grace Lee
SVOY Supporter and Community Leader
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