Charli Cooksey, founder and CEO of WEPOWER, is one of four new members appointed to the Legal Services of Eastern Missouri board of directors.

Cooksey previously served as interim executive director of Forward Through Ferguson, advancing the Ferguson Commission Report and promoting racial equity as a regional priority.

She earned a bachelor’s degree in political science from Prairie View A&M University and a master’s degree in education from the University of Missouri-St. Louis.

Also appointed to the board are Sharron Prather, a certified community health worker; Edward Tjaden, an estate planning and fiduciary litigation attorney at Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP; and Paul Woodruff, vice president of strategic initiatives at the St. Louis Community Credit Union.

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