St. Louis, Missouri
Keith A. Willis, Sr.
Tel: 314-952-0738
Fax: 314-652-8122
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Veteran communications professional Keith Antone Willis Sr. joined the Who’s Who Publishing team to tell the story about the St. Louis African-American leadership. With his current focus and background in youth development, Willis has the heart to show the next generation of leaders what they can accomplish using the Who’s Who In Black St. Louis® publications.
Willis formerly served Mentor St. Louis as executive director. Mentor St. Louis is the largest volunteer organization working in the St. Louis Public School District to provide literacy-based mentoring sessions. The nonprofit organization currently offers mentoring at eight elementary schools to 700 students in the most challenged neighborhoods of St. Louis. More than 600 trained volunteers devote their time and energy to enhancing the lives of students academically and personally.
Previously, Willis blended his roles as principal and division manager for a charter high school in East St. Louis with that of associate publisher for Who’s Who In Black St. Louis® to show students the diverse role models right in their own community. He also served for 12 years as executive director of St. Paul Saturdays, a manhood leadership and development organization. Additionally, he and wife Ericca are partners in EKAW, Incorporated, an educational consulting and motivational speaking firm, which they began in 1992.
A family man with three daughters and two sons, Willis is dedicated to the St. Louis community. He has served on the boards of numerous community organizations, including the Community Women Against Hardship advisory board, The Salvation Army Hope Center, the Life Crises Services board of directors, the Governor’s 21st Century Youth and Development Task Force and the Governor’s Task Force on African American Males. He was also a member of 100 Black Men, the Frank J. Brown Lodge #80 and the local NAACP. Currently, Willis is on the board of NOPCAS (National Organization of People of Color Against Suicide) and the St. Louis Marriage Coalition. A member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. since 1979, he volunteers for the United Way Charmaine Chapman Leadership Circle.
Willis is the recipient of the Humanitarian of the Year award by the Lone Star Times, the Sons of Thunder award from the Fifth Episcopal District AME Church, the Role Model of the Year from the Stormin Stufflin School, and the Legacy Award from the Bertha Black Rhoda Section of the National Council of Negro Women. He has also received the Focus St. Louis What’s Right with the Region award and the 2001 Mental Health Board Advocacy Award for his work in the area of suicide prevention.
Willis is an alumnus of Saint Louis University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in organizational studies and a minor in psychology. He also attended Central State University in Wilberforce, Ohio, where he majored in communications.
