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Executive Office
Richard Fleming, President & CEO
314/444-1100/rfleming@stlrcga.org
Karen Butchko, Executive Assistant to the President
314/444-1109/kbutchko@stlrcga.org
Ellen Hicks, Administrative Assistant
314/444-1178/ehicks@stlrcga.org
Beverly A. Estes, Executive Vice President & COO
314/444-1110/bestes@stlrcga.org
Mary Barbeau, Administrative Manager
314/444-1103/mbarbeau@stlrcga.org
Finance and
Administrative Staff
Ron Cunitz, Comptroller
314/444-1106/rcunitz@stlrcga.org
Laura Taylor, Accounting Manager
314/444-1174/ltaylor@stlrcga.org
Donald Grotjan, Accounting Specialist
314/444-1129/dgrotjan@stlrcga.org
Michael Kern, Network Administrator
314/444-1169/mkern@stlrcga.org
Randy Baehr, Information Systems Manager
314/444-1168/rbaehr@stlrcga.org
Mary Perez, Membership Database Specialist
314/444-1181/mperez@stlrcga.org
Toni Thomas, Receptionist
314/444-1120/tthomas@stlrcga.org
Communications
Gary Broome, Associate Vice President-Communications
314/444-1171/gbroome@stlrcga.org
Sandy Herring, Associate Vice President-Marketing
314/444-1102/sherring@stlrcga.org
Yu-Yuan Lei, Webmaster
314/444-1173/dlei@stlrcga.org
Sarah Dashner, Information Store Manager
314/444-1127/sdashner@stlrcga.org
Carol Schwab, Managing Editor, St. Louis Commerce Magazine
314/444-1104/cschwab@stlrcga.org
Gloria Jarvis, Advertising Manager, St. Louis Commerce Magazine
314/444-1164/gjarvis@stlrcga.org
Membership and
Membership Services
Colin Stahlhut, Associate Vice President-Membership Services
314/444-1145/cstahlhut@stlrcga.org
John Diefenbach, Associate Vice President-Membership Sales
314/444-1184/jdief@stlrcga.org
Valerie Webb, Administrative Assistant
314/444-1147/vwebb@stlrcga.org
John Allhoff, Account Executive
314/206-3284/jallhoff@stlrcga.org
Mary Britt, Account Executive
314/206-3282/mbrit@stlrcga.org
Janice Rimbey, Account Executive
314/206-3281/jrimbey@stlrcga.org
Stuart Schelp, Account Executive
314/206-3280/schlep@stlrcga.org
Jim Setchfield, Account Executive
314/206-3286/jsetchfield@stlrcga.org
Dick Tate, Account Executive
314/206-3287/dtate@stlrcga.org
Public Policy/Forward
Metro St. Louis
Tom Irwin, Senior Vice President-Public Policy
314/444-1107/tirwin2stlrcga.org
Jim Farrell, Senior Vice President-Government Affairs
314/444-1191/jfarrell@stlrcga.org
Denise Hasty, Executive Assistant
314/444-1134/dhasty@stlrcga.org
John Valenti, Director-Illinois Governmental Affairs
314/444-1108/jvalenti@stlrcga.org
Eric Schneider, Director-Public Policy Research
341/444-1148/eschneider@stlrcga.org
Mike Alesandrini, Director-Environment
314/444-1144/drini@stlrcga.org
Trent Watson, Environmental Council Coordinator
314/444-1162/twatson@stslrcga.org
Freeman McCullah, Vice President-Infrastructure
314/444-1155/fmccullah@stlrcga.org
Lori Meier, Administrative Assistant
314/444-1154/lmeier@stlrcga.org
Economic Development
Robert Coy, Senior Vice President-Economic Development
314/444-1130/rcoy@stlrcga.org
Felicia Holyfield, Executive Secretary
314/444-1118/fdarden@stlrcga.org
Linda Leonard, CED, Vice President-Economic Development
314/444-1138/lleonard@stlrcga.org
Julie Rainbolt, Administrative Assistant
314/444-1179/jrainbolt@stlrcga.org
Bryan Bezold, Director-Economic Policy, Analysis and Chief Economist
314/444-1125/bbezold@stlrcga.org
Patrick Hanlon, Manager-Research and Analysis
314/444-1146/phanlon@stlrcga.org
Patrick McKeehan, CED, Vice President-Business Development
314/444-1135/pmckeehan@stlrcga.org
Monica Peterson, Business Development Coordinator
314/444-1113/mpeterson@stlrcga.org
Avis Darden, Administrative Assistant
314/444-1190/adarden@stlrcga.org
Lynda Andrews, Director-Business/International Development
314/444-1139/lkandrews@stlrcga.org
Subash Alias, Director-Business Development and Attraction
314/444-1193/salias@stlrcga.org
Gene Gorden, Director-Strategic Business Initiative
314/206-3290/ggorden@stlrcga.org
Joanne Ferrante, Manager-Business Development/Military Affairs
314/444-1137/jferrante@stlrcga.org
New Economy
and Workforce Development
Tammy Russell, Administrative Assistant
314/444-1112/trussell@stlrcga.org
Tamara Wilgers, Manager, Technology Gateway Alliance
314/444-1194/twilgers@stlrcga.org
Margaret Kenyon, Director-Workforce Development
314/444-1132/mkenyon@stlrcga.org
Karen Putman, Workforce Development Manager
314/444-1192/kputnam@stlrcga.org
Donn Rubin, Executive Director-The Coalition for Plant and Life
Sciences
314/206-3242/drubin@stlrcga.org
Melissa Harrison, Administrative Assistant-Industry Clusters
314/206-3234/mharrison@stlrcga.org
Christine Walsh, Events Director, InvestMidwest
314/444-1151/cwalsh@stlrcga.org
Business Diversity Initiative
Wilihemena Shackleford, Project Manager-St. Louis Business Diversity
Initiative
314/444-1121/wshackleford@stlrcga.org
Coy and Irwin Bring significant Economic Development and Public
Policy Expertise to the RCGA
Robert Coy, Jr., the new RCGA senior vice president for Economic
Development leads the RCGA’s economic development staff and directs
the St. Louis region’s existing business development, target marketing,
new business recruitment and new economy technology-based economic
development activities.

Robert Coy
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Coy has more
than 20 years of experience in the field of community and economic
development. He has worked under the governors of both Pennsylvania
(Governor Dick Thornburgh and Governor Bob Casey) and Delaware (Governor
Tom Carper) in leading key economic development roles in those states,
and most recently was Vice President of an international non-profit
association joining 40 nations in housing, community and economic
development ventures.
He has held leadership positions in the attraction and retention
of jobs, forging statewide labor/management partnerships in economic
development, the development of technology-based economic development
initiatives, and the creation of the national model for workforce
enhancement.
Tom Irwin is the RCGA’s new senior vice president of Public
Policy, a newly-created position on the RCGA senior staff. Irwin
brings to the RCGA more than 25 years of diverse public policy experience
and a strong enthusiasm for creating positive momentum in the St.
Louis region. In his new position, Irwin heads the RCGA Public Policy
staff and directs the St. Louis region’s legislative activities
in both Missouri and Illinois, as well as in the U.S. Congress,
on behalf of the region’s business community. He also oversees the
Forward Metro St. Louis initiative and the RCGA’s infrastructure
and environmental management programs.
Tom Irwin
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Irwin’s diverse
public policy experience includes serving in lead staff positions
to Mayor Kevin White in Boston, Mayor Vincent Schoemehl in St. Louis,
and to St. Louis County Executive Buzz Westfall, as well as serving
as deputy director of the city’s economic development agency, as
executive director of a statewide agency, and most recently as Executive
Director of the Bi-State Development Agency.
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