Staff
Meet our team. These passionate individuals facilitate efforts to enrich the arts and cultural landscape of St. Louis every day.
Vanessa Cooksey
President & CEO
Pacia Anderson
Community Arts Training Institute Program Lead*
Savannah Babington
Communications Associate
Nichole Belford
External Relations Senior Manager
Charlie Bosco
ARPA for the Arts Assistant
Rita Dillard
Business Operations Manager
Dr. Robert S. Harvey
Strategic Initiatives Lead*
Ann Haubrich
Grants and Programs Senior Manager
Monique Levy
Organizational Infrastructure Lead*
Gregory Maurice
ARPA for the Arts Assistant
Tracey Morgan
ARPA for the Arts Lead
Angie Peters
V.P. of Growth and Development
Jay Scherder
Senior Communications Manager
Jason Schipkowski
Communications Manager
Chloe Smith
Grants & Programs Manager
MK Stallings
Research and Evaluation Manager
Lea Sutherlin
Executive Assistant & Commission Administrator
Leigh Winter
Grants Operations Assistant*denotes consultant