Director Since: 2015
Mr. Schmieder has experience in corporate finance, public accounting, and investment banking, and is now the owner of multiple holistic health clinics in St. Louis, Missouri, opening the first in 2005. Between 2006 and 2010, Mr. Schmieder also served as the President and Treasurer of the Acupuncture Association of Missouri. He worked at George K. Baum & Co. and Citizens Funds (which became Sentinel Investments) from 1998 to 2003. From 1995 to 2002, Mr. Schmieder served as an equity and financial analyst at May Department Stores (now Macy’s Corporation). From 1990 to 1993, Mr. Schmieder served in various positions, including senior auditor, at Arthur Andersen & Co. He received a Bachelor of Administration in Business degree from the University of San Diego in 1990, a Master of Business Administration with emphasis in finance and corporate strategy from the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in 1995 and a Master of Oriental Medicine Degree from the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Science (formerly New England School of Acupuncture) in 2005.