Dr. Wally Siewert, Ph.D.

Dr. Siewert was the Director of the Center for Ethics in Public Life (CEPL) at the University of Missouri St. Louis prior to joining FOCUS St. Louis. He holds a Ph.D. in political philosophy and ethics from the University of California Santa Barbara. Prior to earning his Ph.D., Dr. Siewert was a political organizer and lobbyist for a network of state-level grassroots consumer justice organizations, and was the Campaign Director for the Coalition for Consumer Justice of Rhode Island. FOCUS St. Louis is a leadership organization based in Saint Louis, Missouri, that offers experience-based leadership training, civic issue education and public engagement initiatives.