Rodney Crim

Biography: Rodney Crim is the CEO and President of the St. Louis Economic Development Partnership, a regional economic development organization for St. Louis City and St. Louis County. The organization provides business attraction, retention and expansion services, facilitates innovation and entrepreneurship and owns and manages four business incubators. The organization also sponsors a World Trade Center, develops and manages strategic real estate projects, facilitates the connection between businesses and workforce providers and leads a number of initiatives. These initiatives include the Mosaic Project, an effort designed to make the region more welcoming to foreign-born and the St. Louis Promise Zone, an initiative to address the most distressed areas of St. Louis City and St. Louis County. Rodney has enjoyed a career in the public and private sectors in Minneapolis, Chicago and St. Louis including Pillsbury, The Musicland Group, Ameriprise, Microtron, Shorebank and the St. Louis Development Corporation before joining the St. Louis Economic Development Partnership. Rodney has a passion for economic development and is involved on local and national boards that focus on improving quality of life and economic development. Rodney’s education includes a Bachelor’s in Accounting and a Master’s in Business Administration. He is a Certified Economic Developer, Certified Economic Development Finance Professional, Certified Public Accountant (Inactive) and a Harvard Senior Executive in their State and Local Government Program.