The Honorable John C. Danforth is a member of Cerner Corporation’s Board of Directors. He was a member of Cerner’s Board of Directors from May 1996 through June 2004, when he resigned to serve as Ambassador to the United Nations. He served as Ambassador to the United Nations from July 2004 through January 2005. He was re-appointed by the board as a director in February 2005.

Danforth represented the state of Missouri in the U.S. Senate for 18 years, until 1995, and served as a director of The Dow Chemical Company and MetLife, Inc., until June 2004. He is presently a partner in the law firm of Bryan Cave LLP; an advisory member of the board of trustees of Eisenhower Medical Center; serves on the Commission on Presidential Debates, and is a director of Greenhill & Co., Inc.

Danforth has received the St. Louis Award, the Harry S. Truman Good Neighbor Award and the St. Louis Man of the Year Award, among many others. He is ordained to the clergy of the Episcopal Church. Danforth received his secondary education at St. Louis Country Day School and graduated with honors from Princeton University. He then received a bachelor of divinity degree from Yale Divinity School and a bachelor of laws degree from Yale Law School. Before seeking public office, he practiced law in New York City and St. Louis.

Danforth and his wife, Sally Dobson Danforth, live in St. Louis County. They have five children and 13 grandchildren.