Board Members

Showing 15 active board members (maximum 15)

Name	Role	End Date
Dara Eskridge	Member	08/01/2027
Neal Richardson	Member	08/01/2025
Travis Sheridan	Member	08/01/2025
Jared Boyd	Member	08/01/2024
Nahuel Fefer	Member	08/01/2024
Kevin O'Malley Esq.	Member	12/22/2023 Serving Beyond Term
Jeanne Dee	Treasurer	08/01/2022 Serving Beyond Term
Tracy Hart	Chairperson	08/01/2022 Serving Beyond Term
Will Ross M.D.	Secretary	08/01/2022 Serving Beyond Term
Pat White	Member	08/01/2022 Serving Beyond Term
John Maupin	Member	05/23/2022 Serving Beyond Term
Karlos Ramirez	Member	08/01/2021 Serving Beyond Term
Dave Spence	Member	12/19/2020 Serving Beyond Term
Missy Kelley	Vice Chairperson	08/01/2020 Serving Beyond Term
Mary Campbell	Member	08/01/2017 Serving Beyond Term

Authorizing Legislation

Ordinance 69454 (2013). Rev Mo. Stat. 70.210 - 70.325.

Board Duties and Purpose

SLEDP shall perform the following core business development, entrepreneurship, international trade, business finance and other related services as necessary to enhance job creation and investment in both the City and the County:

Business Attraction,
Retention and Expansion Services;
Enhanced Entrepreneurial Support Services;
Other Business Development Services (General Business Assistance);
Coordinated Strategic Planning;
Export and Foreign Trade Assistance (through World Trade Center);
Foreign Trade Zone development;
Enhanced Enterprise Zones;
Immigration Support Services;
Fixed-Asset Loans: SBA 504 Loans and related Loans;
Tax-Exempt and Taxable Bonds (through City and County Industrial Development Authorities and other similar City and County authorities); Revolving Load Fun;
Specialty Business Loans;
Private Equity Investments;
New Markets Tax Credits (through SLDC and Heartland Regional Investment Fund); and Interface with St. Louis Regional Chamber on Business Attraction and Site Selection Activities.

Member Requirements

In general relation to the ratio of total anticipated public funding of the SLEDP, the size of SLEDP's Board of Directors shall be expanded to fifteen (15) members, and the city (through the office of the Mayor) will have the right to nominate four (4) members of the Board, and the County (through the office of the County Executive) will have the right to nominate the remaining eleven (11) members of the Board.

In addition, the Chairperson of the Board shall be an appointee of the County Executive, and the Vice-Chairperson of the Board shall be an appointee of the Mayor.

Per SLEDP By-Laws,

One (1) member of the Board of Directors shall be a commissioner of the St. Louis County Port Authority designated by said Authority;

One (1) shall be a director of The Industrial Development Authority of the County of St. Louis, Missouri designated by the said Authority; and

One (1) shall be a commissioner of the Land Clearance for Redevelopment Authority of the County of St. Louis designated by the said Authority, each of which shall count as an appointee of the County Executive.

Each director shall be appointed to serve for a three (3) year term, which term may be renewed; provided that, in the event a director ceases to be director or commissioner of his or her respective authority or entity, then such director shall be deemed disqualified to be and shall automatically cease to be a member of the Board of Directors of this corporation, unless such director shall be reappointed by the County Executive of the Mayor (as applicable) to fill one of the positions designated for appointment by them as set forth above. Notwithstanding the above, no elected official of any city, county or state government shall be eligible to be a member of the Board of Directors.