District Council Chair
Aaron Williams
Principal, Penn Services
Our Leaders
ULI St. Louis is led by the Management Committee — a team of committed volunteer members from a variety of disciplines.
Governance Chair
Kacey Cordes
Vice President, U.S. Bancorp Impact Finance
Treasurer
Sarah Davis
Attorney, Husch Blackwell LLP
Chair for Mission Advancement
Christie Brinkman
Director, Design-Build, Castle Contracting, LLC
Programs
Ben McCall
Deputy Director, America’s Central Port
Programs
Amy Murdock
Principal, Code Consultants, Inc.
Technical Advisory Panel (TAP)
Cristen Hardin
Project Manager, PGAV Planners
Technical Advisory Panel (TAP)
John Langa
Vice President, Economic Development, Bi-State Development
Communications
Steve Houston
Principal, Compass Communications
Membership & Sponsorship
Tom Gershman
Managing Director, Gershman Investment Corp.
Membership & Sponsorship
Michelle Biedermann
Managing Director, Gershman Investment Corp.
Women’s Leadership Initiative
Jen Boss
Senior Director, Hayat Brown
Women’s Leadership Initiative
Angie Eslinger
Associate Principal, Lawrence Group
Real Estate Diversity Initiative (REDI)
Andrew Bradley
UrbanPlan
Adam Stroud
Senior Project Manager, PGAV Planners
Young Leaders Group
Hallie Nolan
Urban Designer, Lamar Johnson Collaborative
Young Leaders Group
Susie Bonwich
Development Associate, New + Found
ULI St. Louis
Beth Letscher
ULI St. Louis
Kaitlyn Kettelkamp
Advisory Board
In addition to the Management Committee, ULI St. Louis draws upon the expertise of an Advisory Board made up of the following industry leaders:
- Yemi Akande-Bartsch, FOCUS St. Louis
- Andre Alexander, Tabernacle CDC
- Kelly Annis, Urban Land Institute**
- Steve Bannes, Washington University in St. Louis
- Andy Barnes*, Artisan Building Company
- Matt Bernstein, Washington University
- Sarah Coffin, St. Louis University
- Kacey Cordes, US Bancorp Impact Finance
- Chip Crawford*, LJC
- Rodney Crim*, St. Louis Economic Development Partnership
- Dara Eskridge, InvestSTL
- Erica Henderson, Key Strategic Group
- Jassen Johnson, Renaissance Development
- Miriam Keller, City of St. Louis
- Margaret McDonald, HOK
- John Nations, Mike Doster’s Law Firm
- David Noble, Paramount Bank
- Brian Pratt, Ballast CRE
- Doug Rasmussen, Steadfast City
- Neal Richardson, St. Louis Development Corporation
- Travis Sheridan, Wexford
- Jill Starrs, UHY Advisors
- Susan Trautman, Great Rivers Greenway
- Jacob Trimble, St. Louis County
- Henry Webber, Washington University
- Stephen Westbrooks, IFF
- Matt Wetli, Development Strategies
(*Past ULI Chair)
(**Past ULI Executive Director)