Leadership & Staff
Jonathan Ferry
Major Project Manager at St. Louis Development Corporation
Dale Ruthsatz
SLDC Director of Commercial Development
David Meyer
attorney at St. Louis Development Corporation
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attorney
Otis Williams
Executive Director, St. Louis Development Corporation
Stephen P. Mullin
President of Econsult Solutions, an economic consulting firm based in Philadelphia
Michele Duffe
ND & S Management
Board Members
Gregory Shapiro
Currently Wash U consultant. formerly VP of PSC Metals, which is owned by activist investor Carl Icahn
Matthew S McBride
Lawyer at Lashly & Baer
Loura Glibert
Banker at Commerce Bank and Chair of (St. Louis Local Development Company) LDC subcommittee
Chris Goodson
Principal of Gilded Age
Wendy Timm
Senior VP, Colliers International
Joseph D. Roddy
St. Louis Alderman for Ward 17
Stephen Conway
St. Louis Ward 8 Alderman
Mark Levison
Attorney at Law, Lashly & Baer, P.C.
Child Organizations
Port Authority of St. Louis
Oversees mooring leases, district admin and riverboat gaming
Land Reutilization Authority (LRA)
LRA is the city's "land bank."
St. Louis Local Development Company (LDC)
Oversees small business lending and business district programs
Planned Industrial Expansion Authority (PIEA)
Focused on tax abatements, bond issuance, site acquisition/sales, recommends blighting and development area designation
Operation Impact
Blight-focused board made up of SLDC, PA, LCRA, LRA, and PIEA chairs.
Enhanced Enterprise Zone (EEZ)
EEZ recommends tax abatements to the BOA for EEZ (central corridor and riverfront) projects
Land Clearance for Redevelopment Authority (LCRA)
Approves Tax Abatements, assembles land for major developments, approves bonds, recommends "blighting" designations.
Industrial Development Authority (IDA)
Does bond financing and large scale commercial and residential development deals.
Clean Energy Development Board (CEDB)
Subcommittee of SLDC
Services & Transactions
Mark Spykerman
lawyer at Gilmore & Bell
Miscellaneous Relationships
St. Louis TIF Commission
Recommends TIF projects to BOA
St. Louis Preservation Board
Reviews Demo permits and nominations to National Register
St. Louis Planning Commission
Acts as city's zoning commission. Officially adopts development plans for St. Louis.
Wendy Timm
Senior VP, Colliers International