Leadership
Our organization is the economic development agency serving St. Louis City and County. We are led by a board of directors appointed by County Executive Dr. Sam Page and Mayor Tishaura O. Jones.
Our Staff
Meet the Leadership Team
Betsy Cohen
St. Louis Mosaic Project
Darrell Scott
Business Finance
Howl Bean
Jason Archer
Business Development
Jeanenne Harbison
Human Resources
Josh Ayers
Kevin Cahill
Strategic Initiatives
Kristin Lappin
Marketing, Government Relations and Community Investment
Michelle Stuckey
Business Development
Stella Sheehan
World Trade Center St. Louis
Tim Nowak
World Trade Center St. Louis
Toni Fox
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Board of Directors
Mark Greenley
Owner/President
Horizon Sign Company
Andrew Hogensen
Of Counsel
Lathrop & Gage
Melissa Jones
Vice President - Senior Business Banker
Enterprise Bank
Scott Larson
Regional President
Carrollton Bank
Francis “Butch” Miller
Vice-Chair
Shareholder
Capes Sokol
Brian Philips
Vice President SBA Lending
U.S. Bank
Michael Pulliam
Senior Vice President
Commerce Bank
Edward Dehner
Managing Director
CIBC
Nick Overkamp
VP, Relationship Manager
Enterprise Bank & Trust
Linda Behrmann
Vice President of Board
Howl Bean
In House Counsel
St. Louis Economic Development Partnership
Josh Ayers
CFO
St. Louis Economic Development Partnership
Darrell Scott
President/CEO of Board
Vice President
St. Louis Economic Development Partnership
Zack Folk
Assistant Secretary
Loan Officer
Loan Officer
Roger Schlueter
Assistant Secretary
Loan Officer
Loan Officer
Kellea Woods
Assistant Secretary
Rodney Crim
CEO & President
St. Louis Economic Development Partnership
Kristin Lappin
Vice President
Marketing and Government Relations
St. Louis Economic Development Partnership
Scott Drachnik
Executive Director
EDC Business & Community Partners
St. Charles County
Ashwin Dundoo
Senior Manager
Delmar Gardens Management Services
Anthony Lancia
Board Chair
Vice President of Labor Relations
Associated General Contractors of Missouri
Wendi Alper-Pressman
Partner
Lathrop GMP LLP
Reyna Spencer
Corporate Contributions & Community Initiatives Manager
Ameren
David Courtney Williams
United Food and Commercial Workers Local 655
Joel Samuels
Principal
Harness, Dickey & Pierce, PLC
Dr. Justine Blue
Manager
City of Kinloch
DeMarco Davidson
Metropolitan Congregations
United
Jason Hall
CEO
Greater St. Louis, Inc.
Paul Hampel
Regional Relation Manager
St. Louis County
John Hampton
Interim City Manager/Fire Chief
City of Ferguson
Art Jackson
Police Chief
City of Berkeley
James Linhardt
Fire Chief
City of Berkeley
Neal Richardson
Executive Director
St. Louis Development Corporation
Dr. Chris Spilling
Vice Chancellor of Research & Economic Community Development
University of Missouri - St. Louis
Fletcher Wells II
VP and Director
St. Johns Bank
Jami Dolby
Board Chair
KAZI
Mary Campbell
Asst. Vice Chanc. for Real Estate
Washington Univ. in St. Louis
Thomas Madden
Tesson Ferry Democratic
Committeeman, Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 562
Hon. Samuel L. Shannon
Councilman and Mayor Pro Tem
City of Wellston
Lynn Thompson Goessling
Partner with Armstrong
Teasdale
Dan Mehan
Board Chairman
President & CEO
Missouri Chamber of Commerce
Ed Monser
Board Vice Chair
Retired
Emerson Corporation
Rhonda Hamm-Niebruegge
Board Vice Chair
Director Lambert St. Louis
International Airport Airport Administration Office
Hung-Gay Fung, Ph.D.
University of Missouri St. Louis
Representing St. Louis County
Rodney Crim
CEO & President
St. Louis Economic Development Partnership
Tim Nowak
Executive Director
World Trade Center
Scott Drachnik
Executive Director
EDC Business & Community Partners
St. Charles County
Tom Irwin
Non-Voting Advisor
Executive Director
Civic Progress
John Maupin
Port Board Representative
Port District 2
Mike Hejna
Port District 7
Amy Hunter
St. Louis County Port Authority Secretary
Port District 1
Gil Kleinknecht
St. Louis County Port Authority Treasurer
Port District 3
Ruth Lee
St. Louis County Port Authority
Vice Chair
Port 4
Ambassador Kevin O'Malley
St. Louis County Port Authority Chairperson, Ambassador-in-Residence and Professor of Practice
St. Louis University School of Law
Port District 5
Marianne Ojile
Port District 6
Howl Bean II
St. Louis Economic Development Partnership
In House Counsel
Port Assistant Secretary
Dr. Claudio Abreu
President
TriGlobal LLC
Tracy Hart
Board Chair
President and CEO
Tarlton Corporation
Travis Sheridan
Board Vice Chair
Chief Community Officer
Wexford Science & Technology, LLC
Will Ross
Board Secretary
Associate Dean for Diversity Programs and Professor of Medicine
Washington University School of Medicine
Jared Boyd
Chief of Staff
City of St. Louis
Ambassador Kevin O'Malley
St. Louis County Port Authority Chairperson
Ambassador-in-Residence and Professor of Practice
St. Louis University School of Law, Port District 5
Beth Orwick
Chief of Staff
St. Louis County Government
Charles Hinderliter
SVP of Government Affairs
St. Louis REALTORS
Dana Sandweiss
Retired
Dara Eskridge
Executive Director
Invest STL
John Maupin
Port Board Representative
Port District 2
Kristine Callis-Duehl
Dreiemeyer Executive Director of Education
Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
Michelle Schwerin
Attorney
Certified Public Accountant
Shareholder at Neill Schwerin Boxerman, PC.
Neal Richardson
President & CEO
St. Louis Development Corporation
Rickey Whittington
Vice President Corporate Accounts
Plaza Motors - Mercedes-Benz
Rodney Crim
CEO & President
St. Louis Economic Development Partnership
William Gilbert
Gabriela Ramirez-Arellano
Board Vice President, Director of Entrepreneurship, Cortex
Executive Director Center for Emerging Technologies
Brian Hurd
Board Secretary
Technical Assistance Program Manager
Rice Community Development, Inc.
James Seitz
Board Treasurer
Executive Vice President
Lindell Bank
Rodney Crim
CEO & President
St. Louis Economic Development Partnership
Shawna Collier
Chief Partnership Officer
Justine Petersen
Maria Degregorio
Manager, Strategy (Supply STL)
Greater St. Louis, Inc.
Stacey Fowler
Interim Director of Strategic Workforce & Compliance Inclusion
St. Louis Development Corporation
Matthew Gieseking
Partner
Forsyth Advisors
Kraig Kreikemeier
President
Kreikemeier Group
Matt Menietti
Executive Director
TechArtista Foundation
Peggy Northcott
Managing Member
Capital Performance, LLC
Gilberto Pinela
Director Office of New Americans
City of St. Louis
Bryan Rogers
Director of Long-Range Planning
Bi-State Development/Metro Transit
Dr. Patricia Suess
Professor
St. Louis Community College
Rickey Whittington
Vice President Corporate Accounts
Plaza Motors - Mercedes-Benz
Andrew Walshaw
Board President
Senior Vice President
St. Louis Equity Fund, Inc.
Ron Jones
Board Treasurer
Senior Principal
CLAYCO / Lamar Johnson Collaborative
Renee Brummell-Franklin
Chief Diversity Officer
Saint Louis Art Museum
Fred Bartelsmeyer
Partner
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP
Maria Degregorio
Manager, Strategy (Supply STL)
Greater St. Louis, Inc.
Susanne Evens
President & CEO
AAA Translation
Sean Furman
Senior Program Director
VITEK BioMérieux
James Grady
Dir. of Trading Systems & Ctrls.
Edward Jones
Jeffrey Hurst
Dir. of Int'l Strategic Part.
Boeing Def., Space & Security
David LaValle
Senior Vice President & Sr. Partner
FleishmanHillard
Nick Niknejadi
President
United Technologies
David Nogales
President
United Technologies
Susan Powers
Chair Emeritus, Sister Cities
Lyon Sister Cities Committee
Cartan Sumner
Associate General Counsel
Emerson - Copeland Division
Martin S. (Marty) Tendler
Retired
Nestle Purina PetCare Company
Dennis Wilmsmeyer
Executive Director
America’s Central Port
Frank Terhorst
Head of Crop Strategy and Portfolio Management
Bayer U.S. LLC
Jim Conway
President & CEO
ACI Plastics
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