UMR graduate Cheryl Walker, counsel with the firm of Bryan Cave LLP in St. Louis, has been named to the UM System Board of Curators. Missouri Gov. Bob Holden announced Walker’s appointment today.
Walker earned a bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering from UMR in 1986. She is a former board member and two-term president of the St. Louis City Mental Health Board of Trustees and a commissioner of the Tower Grove Park Board of Commissioners. She is a board member of the Salvation Army and Haven of Grace.
Walker also was one of the alumni featured in the recent "40 under 40" issue of the MSM-UMR Alumnus magazine.