Impact Report
Meet our team
The People Powering Innovation
Meet the Team
Staff
Mike Bozovich
CFO
Maggie Crane
SVP Public Affairs
Ben Daugherty
Operations and Sustainability Manager
Marlon Donald
Controller
Sam Fiorello
President & CEO
Rachel Floro
Senior Executive Assistant and Assistant Board Secretary
Jacob Hillen
Financial Analyst
Tameka Jones
Public Affairs Manager
Wendy McKethan
Team Capacity Manager
Ben Molina
Entrepreneurship Programs Manager
Gabriela Ramirez-Arellano
VP Entrepreneurship
Brian Russell
VP Development
Natalie Self
SVP Equitable Economic Impact
Robert Soete
VP District Operations
Joel VanHazinga
Accounting Associate
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Board of Directors
June McAllister Fowler | Board Chair | Retired, Senior Vice President, Communications, Marketing, and Public Affairs, BJC HealthCare
Robert W. Cannon | Vice-Chairman | President East Region, BJC Health System
Donn Rubin | Secretary | Founding President & CEO, BioSTL
Nick Barto | President & CEO, BJC Health System
Ellen Barnidge | Interim VP for Research, Saint Louis University
Steven Berberich, Ph.D. | Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, The University of Missouri–St. Louis
Aaron F. Bobick, Ph.D. | Dean, James McKelvey School of Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis
Rodney Crim, CEcD | CEO and President, St. Louis Economic Development Partnership
Edward Feser, Ph.D. | President, Saint Louis University
Doug Frantz, Ph.D. | Vice Chancellor for Innovation and Commercialization, Washington University in St. Louis
Jan Holloway | Retired Senior Vice President and Chief of Staff, Monsanto Company
Lúcia Lohmann, Ph.D. | President, Missouri Botanical Garden
Nichol Luoma, Ph.D. | Executive Vice Chancellor and CAO, Washington University in St. Louis
Andrew D. Martin, Ph.D. | Chancellor, Washington University in St. Louis
Bob Olwig | Executive Vice President of Global Alliances, World Wide Technology
Nick Piazza | Senior Vice President and Chief People Officer, Emerson
Jason Q. Purnell, Ph.D. | President, James S. McDonnell Foundation
Derek Rapp | Managing Director, RiverVest Venture Partners
Kristin Sobolik, Ph.D. | Chancellor, University of Missouri–St. Louis
Christopher D. Spilling, Ph.D., CChem, FRSC | Vice-Chancellor for Research and Economic & Community Development, University of Missouri-St. Louis
Gregory Triplett, Jr., Ph.D. | Dean, School of Science & Engineering, Saint Louis University
Sean J. Walsh | Managing Director and Co-Founder, Turnberry Solutions
EX-OFFICIO DIRECTORS
Michael Browning | 9th Ward Alderman, City of St. Louis Board of Aldermen
Kevin Cahill | Vice President of Strategic Initiatives, St. Louis Economic Development Partnership
Sam Fiorello | President and CEO, Cortex Innovation District
Otis Williams | Interim President and Executive Director, St. Louis Economic Development Corporation
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Founding Partners
