District Council Chair
Kacey Cordes Mahrt
Vice President, US Bancorp Community Development Corporation
Our Leaders
ULI St. Louis is led by the Management Committee — a team of committed volunteer members from a variety of disciplines.
Governance Chair
Chip Crawford
Managing Principal, Lamar Johnson Collaborative
Treasurer
Jill Starrs
Managing Director, UHY Advisory MO, Inc.
Programs
Allison Gray
Vice President, Steadfast City Economic & Community Partners
Programs
Kyle Wilson
Director of Project Development, KADEAN
Co-Chair, Membership & Sponsorship
Sarah Davis
Attorney, Stock Legal LLC
Technical Advisory Panel (TAP)
Cristen Hardin
Associate Planner, City of Collinsville
Technical Advisory Panel (TAP)
John Langa
Vice President, Economic Development, Bi-State Development
Candid Conversations
Brian Randazzo
Business Development Manager, CI Select
Candid Conversations
Ken Crabiel
Vice President, Architecture, Cannon Design
Communications
Steve Houston
Principal, Compass Communications
Women’s Leadership Initiative
Bonnie Roy
Partner, SWT Design
Women’s Leadership Initiative
Aimee Rowbottom
Director Architecture & Interiors, St. Louis, Jacobs
Real Estate Diversity Initiative (REDI)
Jerry Crylen
Senior Vice President – Investment & Development at Green Street St. Louis
UrbanPlan
Colleen McNitt-Ruiz
Attorney, Lathrop & Gage
UrbanPlan
Traci Pupillo
Shareholder, Capes Sokol
UrbanPlan
Aaron Williams
Principal, Penn Services
Young Leaders Group
Rich Conyers
Registered Architect / Project Manager, Fox Architects
ULI St. Louis
Kelly Annis
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
- Ann Althoff*, Client Relations Executive
- Steve Bannes, Washington University in St. Louis
- Andy Barnes*, Artisan Building Company
- Sarah Coffin, St. Louis University
- Rodney Crim*, St. Louis Economic Development Partnership
- Dara Eskridge, Executive Director, InvestSTL
- Richard C.D. Fleming, Community Development Ventures, Inc.
- Ron Johnson*, Professional Office Environments
- Mike Kearney, Ameren Services
- Missy Kelley, Downtown STL, Inc.
- Michael Kennedy, KAI Design & Build
- Lewis Levey*, EVS Realty Advisors, Inc.
- Jack Reis*, Consultant
- Dick Shepard*, Real Estate Strategies
- Susan Trautman, Great Rivers Greenway
- Richard Ward*, Ward Development Counsel
- Hank Webber, Washington University in St. Louis
(*Past ULI Chair)