Dara spends her days advancing our work into new areas, connecting our regional dots to neighborhood transformation, growing our coalition of partners and investors, and dreaming very big.
Lorin is a lively and compassionate community advocate whose mission is creating access to new paradigms for better life. She stimulates imagination to help people envision stronger, safer, more vibrant communities.
Marilyn knows anything one would want to know about supporting a team’s smooth operations. She is a grammar wiz and our go-to copy editor.
Michael crafts and shapes our storytelling, working closely with the team to listen for, weave together and raise up the experiences of our neighborhood partners and the people they serve.
Michelle designs projects that will influence future policymaking with an emphasis on investing in people, not just place.
Shannon serves as the primary liaison and “guide on the side” to our Sustaining Neighborhood Investment Partners in the Dutchtown Neighborhood.
Vontriece McDowell serves as the primary liaison and “guide on the side” to our Sustaining Neighborhood Investment Partners in the West End and Visitation Park Neighborhoods.
As our role in the region evolves, our team continues to grow. While there are currently no open positions, we invite you to check back about team openings here.
President and Chief Executive Officer
St. Louis Community Foundation
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
U.S. Bancorp Community Development Corporation
Research & Data Catalyst
Forward through Ferguson
Former Vice President of Community Development
Commerce Bank
Assistant Vice-Chancellor
Academy for Diversity & Inclusion, Washington University
Executive Director & Assistant Vice Chancellor
Washington University Medical Center Redevelopment Corporation
Senior Project Officer, CEO Initiatives
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Executive Director
Arch City Defenders
Executive Vice Chancellor, Administration
Professor of Practice, George Warren Brown School of Social Work and Sam Fox School of Art & Architecture
Washington University