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Business Retention and Expansion Committee

St. Louis County Economic Council created the Business Retention and Expansion Committee to help improve its internal processes. The committee is made up of local representatives from the Economic Council, St. Louis County Executive's office and businesses and community representatives. The committee provides additional infrastructure to keep on track with St. Louis County's economic development success.

Staff Contact:
Doug Rasmussen
314.615.3956 phone
drasmussen@slcec.com

Board of Directors:

James Edgerton, Chairman
Vice President, Wealth Management Advisor
U.S. Bank

Jim Bogart
Manager - Development
St. Louis County Library

Jim Contratto
Vice President
McCarthy Building Companies, Inc.

June Fowler
Vice President Corporate & Public Communications
BJC Health Care

Barry L. Haith
Partner
Lathrop & Gage LLP

Allan D. Ivie, IV
President and CEO
Reliance Bank

Michael W. Jones
Senior Policy Advisor to the County Executive
St. Louis County

Christy Merdinian
Account Executive
Professional Office Environments

Kathleen Osborn
Executive Director
Regional Business Council

Mark A. Setlich
Capital Markets Advisors, LLC
Principal

David Schlafly
Owner
Schlafly Corporation of St. Louis

Sheila Sweeney
President
S.M. Sweeney & Company

Stewart Taylor
Murphy Company
Business Development Manager - Heavy Industrial

Please visit our calendar of events for board meeting details.