Education:

• Master of Community Development, University of Missouri – Columbia
  
  
• Bachelor of Science, Administration of Parks, Recreation and Tourism University of Missouri – Columbia

Experience:

Ms. Zacher has worked in the development of communities in Missouri , Illinois , and Virginia . Her experience includes community-wide goal setting, economic restructuring, tourism infrastructure development and neighborhood revitalization. She has also worked extensively with community-based planning initiatives to bring about improvements to business and industrial parks, riverfront mixed-use properties, affordable and market-rate housing development, and campus-style multi-use properties.

While working for the Missouri Department of Economic Development, Ms. Zacher trained elected officials and interested citizens in a variety of development strategies such as community assessment, “ Main Street ” revitalization and tax incentive programs. While with the City of St. Louis , Ms. Zacher managed several major revitalization projects, including the long-term redevelopment of the 1,000-acre Riverfront Business Corridor, and coordinated the City's role in the financing and construction of the St. Louis Renaissance Grand Hotel and Suites, the metro area's convention headquarters hotel.