management profiles
RICK PALANK
President & CEO
ST. LOUIS COUNTY ECONOMIC COUNCIL 1981-Present
   Senior Vice President, Business Finance Division

Serves as President and CEO of the Business Finance Corporation of St. Louis County and of the Industrial Development Authority of St. Louis County.

Founded the Saint Louis Business Development Fund in 1994

B.S. Marketing. Saint Louis University
MBA, Saint Louis University

 
JIM O'DONNELL
Chief Investment Officer
O'DONNELL CAPITAL COMPANY LLC 2007-Present
   Senior Partner

O’Donnell Capital is a private equity and advisory firm that counsels middle market businesses on capital strategy and business succession; advises private equity fund managers; and invests in and purchases growing businesses.

CAPITAL FOR BUSINESS (CFB) 1987-2007

   Chairman & CEO

CFB specializes in venture capital, mezzanine, and leveraged buyout investments. Established in 1959, it is one of the oldest private equity firms and Small Business Investment Companies (SBIC’s) in the United States.

MBA, University Of Chicago Graduate School Of Business
BA, University of Minnesota
CPA

 
DANA BACICH, CPA
Chief of Portfolio Management
HARCOURT CAPITAL, L.P., St. Louis, MO 2004-2006
Chief Financial Officer

Harcourt Capital, LP is a multi-strategy fund of hedge funds with an investment objective to achieve attractive risk-adjusted returns while controlling the downside risk associated with adverse market conditions.  The fund involved very sophisticated partnership accounting and income tax allocations.

SWINK, FIEHLER & COMPANY, P.C., St. Louis, MO 1994-2004

 Senior Tax Manager

Swink, Fiehler & Company is a full service CPA and consulting firm specializing in privately owned businesses, their principals and individuals of significant net worth.

Worked as a consultant to a diverse group of small businesses and did extensive work in the real estate development field.

B.S. in Accounting, University of Missouri - Columbia

 
VINCE VOLPE, JD, CPA
Business Development Liason
SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY, John Cook School of Business  
Asst. Professor of Management
ARBIRIS CONSULTING; Managing Director  

PPC INTERNATIONAL; CEO of global behaviorial healthcare co.

PAULI & COMPANY; Investment banker with NASD broker-dealer
KPMG; Head of M&A Group in St. Louis. Coordinator of National Quality Group
GUILFOIL PETZALL & SHOEMAKE; Corporate Attorney
CITY OF ST. LOUIS; Chief aide and counsel to Mayor Vincent Schoemehl
LEWIS, RICE & FINGERSH; Corporate Attorney
BARRY WEHMILLER COMPANIES; Financial systems development

DELOITTE & TOUCHE; Auditor

JD, Saint Louis University
MBA, Saint Louis University
M.Ed, William Paterson University
BA, Indiana University

 
 
Saint Louis Business Development Fund
121 S. Meramec Ave., 9th Floor St. Louis, MO 63105 (314) 615-7667