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 Cara Spencer.
Our Staff
Meet the Leadership Team
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
Suzanne Sierra
St. Louis Mosaic Project
Tim Nowak
World Trade Center St. Louis
Toni Fox
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Board of Directors
Edward Dehner
Managing Director
CIBC
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
Becky Malloy
CPA
SFW Partners, LLC
Francis “Butch” Miller
Vice-Chair
Shareholder
Capes Sokol
Nick Overkamp
VP, Relationship Manager
Enterprise Bank & Trust
Brian Philips
Vice President SBA Lending
U.S. Bank
Michael Pulliam
Senior Vice President
Commerce Bank
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
Allen Klippel
Retired Commercial Real Estate Broker
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
Rodney Crim
Executive Director
CEO & President
St. Louis Economic Development Partnership
Mary Campbell
Asst. Vice Chanc. for Real Estate
Washington Univ. in St. Louis
Thomas Madden
Tesson Ferry Democratic
Committeeman, Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 562
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 3
Amy Hunter
St. Louis County Port Authority Secretary
Port District 1
Mike Roemerman
Port District 7
Ruth Lee
St. Louis County Port Authority
Vice Chair
Port District 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
Matthew Chellis
Port District 6
Howl Bean II
St. Louis Economic Development Partnership
In House Counsel
Port Assistant Secretary
John Maupin
Board Chair
Port Board Representative
Port District 2
Dara Eskridge
Vice Chairperson
Executive Director
Invest STL
Charles Hinderliter
Board Secretary
SVP of Government Affairs
St. Louis REALTORS
Dr. Claudio Abreu
President
TriGlobal LLC
Howl Bean
Assistant Board Secretary
General Counsel
St. Louis Economic Development Partnership
Kristine Callis-Duehl
Dreiemeyer Executive Director of Education
Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
Rodney Crim
CEO & President
St. Louis Economic Development Partnership
Michelle Harris
ZMD Board Chair
Metropolitan Zoological Park & Museum District Board
Casey Millburg
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
Justin Raymundo
BioSTL
Will Ross
Associate Dean for Diversity Programs and Professor of Medicine
Washington University School of Medicine
Dana Sandweiss
Retired
Charles Stewart
Executive Director
Metro Transit
Rickey Whittington
Vice President Corporate Accounts
Plaza Motors - Mercedes-Benz
Otis Williams
President and CEO
St. Louis Development Corporation
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 De Gregorio
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
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 & CEO
St. Louis Equity Fund, Inc.
Abdul-Kaba Abdullah
Executive Director
Park Central Development Corporation
Fred Bartelsmeyer
Partner
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP
Maria De Gregorio
Manager, Strategy
Greater St. Louis, Inc.
Susanne Evens
President & CEO
AAA Translation, Inc.
Renee Franklin
Community & Public Programs Director
Saint Louis Art Museum
Sean Furman
Senior Program Director
BioMérieux
James Grady
Dir. of Trading Systems & Ctrls.
Edward Jones
Jeffrey Hurst
Dir. of Int'l Strategic Part.
The Boeing Company
David LaValle
Senior Counsel, Senior VP, & Senior Partner
FleishmanHillard
Nick Niknejadi
President
United Technologies Corporation
David Nogales
Chief Information Officer Life Science
MilliporeSigma
Susan Powers
President
St. Louis-Lyon Sister Cities Committee
Cartan Sumner
Associate General Counsel
Copeland
Martin S. (Marty) Tendler
Retired
Nestle Purina PetCare Company
Frank Terhorst
Executive VP Strategy & Sustainability
Bayer U.S. LLC
Dennis Wilmsmeyer
Executive Director
America’s Central Port
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