Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) Advisory Committee
2012-2013

The CEDS committee is a volunteer group of public-private business leaders, representing government, private enterprise, workforse development, chambers and higher education. The committee is charged with providing input and oversight on MRPC's Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy, a planning document that qualifies Meramec counties and cities for EDA funding.


Crawford County

Norm DeLeo
J.T. Hardy
Mardy Leathers
Robert Schaffer

Dent County

Earl Brown
Tony Floyd
Clayton Lucas
Sharon Tubbs
Ray Walden

Gasconade County

Nick Baxter
John Tracy

Maries County

Richard Huse
Bruce Sassmann
Ray Schwartze

Osage County

Byron Baker
Mark Boyer
Dianna Moore
Russell Scheulen


Phelps County

Jeff Davis
Ted Day
Alan Galindo
Cyndra Lorey
Bill Marshall
Nancy Montgomery
Paul Smith
Marla Stevenson
Keith Strassner
Butch Tucker
Cheri Tune
Janet Walker

Pulaski County

Carol Carson
John Greenlee
Wayne Morgan
Rosalind Pride

State Agencies

Luke Holtschneider

Ex-Officio

Bob Baldwin, Kathy Byrd, Thomas Leasor, Kathy McCann, Terry Palmer, Shannon Grus, Carl Stephens, Dr. Donald Claycomb, Chris Dickneite, James Wright, Mike Distler, Dave Dudenhoeffer, John Butz, John Petersen, Travis Schwarz, Randy Verkamp, Dennis Wilson, James Morgan, Luge Hardman, Ben Copeland, John Casey Robert Vinyard, Robin Huskey, T.R. Dudley




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