PMI Metro St. Louis Monthly Newsletter for March 2026
Dear Chapter Members,
March is here! The weather is warming up, and your board is hard at work planning events for you for the year! On February 11, we held our Annual Membership Meeting at the Anheuser-Busch Lager Room. We had 71 members sign up for an evening of networking and sharing. We talked to our members about accomplishments for 2025 and our thoughts for 2026. Your board then listened to your ideas – what you, our members, would like to see in 2026. This was not your only opportunity to talk with the board; we welcome you reaching out at any time with questions and suggestions! One highlight of the evening was a photo ‘op’ with Bandit, one of the Clydesdales at the brewery!
Check out the PMIMSL 2025 ANNUAL REPORT on our website!
BOARD PLANNING
PMIMSL board held our Annual Board Planning Meeting on February 28. Originally scheduled for January, but the snowstorm had other ideas! 21 Board members were able to gather to review our accomplishments from last year and determine where our focus needs to be for 2026. Past President, Dr. Tonya S. Rivers, DBA, PCC, BCC, ASPC, DTM; helped to facilitate the day’s events. We came out energized and ready to work on events to add member value. Keep watch for more information – and we always welcome members who wish to become more engaged to help us help you!
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More Upcoming events from PMIMSL:
March 5 and March 19: Pivot Point Collective: Are you in a career transition? Thinking about a career change? Join this virtual conversation!
March 10, noon: Virtual ‘Lunch and Learn’ “Imagine the Possibilities: AI in Project Risk Management” with Rafael Vitorelli, MBA, MSc, PMP, ACP, PRINCE2
March 24, 5:30 PM: After Hours at Maplewood Schlafly Bottleworks “From Isolation to Inspiration: Unlocking Success in Distributed Project Teams” with Dan Dunsworth, PMP, CSM, CSPO
APRIL EVENTS:
April 7: Speed Mentoring at Helen Fitzgerald’s
April 11: Community Volunteer Day - Registration coming soon – watch pmimsl.org for info!
May/June: PMIMSL - United Way Virtual Learning series: Project Management for Mission Impact: Simple Tools and AI Prompts Nonprofits Can Use Today
PMIMSL/SLU Student Club Events!
If you are a student at SLU and are interested in Project Management, join us to find out what the buzz is all about! SLU Student Club meetings will be held March 5, April 2 and May 7. Contact Meegan Bell (
WELCOME NEW MEMBERS IN FEBRUARY:
Martrica Allumns, Antonio Artunduaga, Nicholas Bamvakais, Ashley Bradley, Antonio Brnjic, Kelsey Cook, Virginia Diehl, Matthew DuBois, NayChelle Harris, Renee Harris, David Henson, Michael Israel, Jason Jonas, Katherine Leriche, Sarah Long, Lawrence Mathis, Clayton McDaniel, Brittni Moorman, Jeremy Oesch, Kevin Quick, Samuel Skaggs, Joseph Smith, Jacqueline Walls, Tina Wetterau, Randall Witt, Erin Wright.
MILESTONE ANNIVERSARIES FOR FEBRUARY:
20-year: Angela Triplett
10-year: Sarah Hanson, Christopher Hull, Sheryl Mizwicki, Willie Rivers, David Rogers, Rachel Walker
5-year: David Clayton, C Payne, Dionne Townsend
3-year: Stephanie Hayes, Julie Padberg-White, Joel Silliman, Colby Stinebaugh, Tiffany Turner, Ryan Weber, Charceda Wiley
1-year: Robyn Achelpohl, Susmitha Bonagiri, Jim Butler, Chrystal Chesley, Kametria Cochran-Davis, Eric Dickerhoof, Coretta Elliott, Gbenro Falaye, Jason Frei, Damian Gatti, Meredith Gernigin, Jo Ann Giambalvo, Samantha Guliyev, Bevin Hernandez, Andrew James, Derwood Jennings Jr., Brittani Jones, Safurah Khan, Kodi MacLeod, Kathleen Mansker, Katie McKeon, Cristy Miller, Malvin Mubonani, Sunday Odekunle, Theophile Ossinga, Molly Pisani, Cecilia Prather, Bradley Schlemmer, Christine Seres, Tara Stanley, Melanie Stegeman, Amanda Stockwell, Aidan Strauss, Hugo Uchimura.
NEW CERTIFICATIONS IN FEBRUARY:
PMP: Carlos-Jule Acosta, Nicholas Bamvakais, Caleb Coston, Brendan Fink, Robert Hamilton, Sarah Long, Kimberley Pape, Marc Paulson, Trevor Schwendau, Denver Seay, Daniel Suda
PMI-RMP: Danelle Dobbins
MILESTONE ANNIVERSARIES FOR MARCH:
20-year: Kimberly Franke
15-year: Leonard DeMoor, Robert Gustafson
10-year: Eric Danielson, David Dolinar, Katherine Durham, Gene Magnus, Stalin Ramirez Valenzuela
5-year: Maria Muller, Stan Ponder
3-year: Helen Anderson, Brian Buchheit, Scott Busiek, Matthew Dawson, Danelle Dobbins, Carol Harris, DeMario Hilliard, Jessica Hubbard, Kathy Isaak, Catina Mahr, Edward Malusky, Kat Schroeder, Paul Stefanski, Patrick Travers, Nicholas Williams, Bradley Yount
1-year: Nissa Alvarado, Sydney Baker, Opeyemi Boluwade, Moh-An Bowen Teo, Pat Brennan, Phillip Brown, Carrie Burroughs, Havanna Bynum, Leenna Choudharry, Caleb Coston, Darreus Davis, Ryan Freund, Dottie Geddes, Stephen Graham, Carmen Gruchalla, Chase Johnson, Deyna Jones, Jamie Jordan, Kanika Kalra, Heather Kim, Todd Kuno, Matthew Lands, Darby Latham, Justin Leland, Elaine Love, Oyinkansola Makinde, Ladarious Malone, Sergio Munoz, Jeremiah Murphy, Tadessa Murray, Rachael Odhiambo, Christopher Ortiz, Ranicia Person, Kristen Peterson, Sara Rankins, Richard Rodrigues, Miline Roy, Jake Saxton, Kelsey Shade, David Thomas, Zak Turner, Eric Von Bokel, Phelisitie Voss, Greta Walton, Marissa Winslow.
CONGRATULATIONS ALL!!!
We appreciate all our 1,649 members and wish to take every opportunity to get to know you and learn how we can better serve you! Please reach out!
Theresa Luebcke, PMP
President Metro St. Louis PMI Chapter