St. Louis Mosaic Project hits goal of having St. Louis metro region be the #1 fastest growing metro for foreign-born, growing 23% in 2023 vs 2022! This resulted from regional collaboration and hitting own organization metrics such as: Over 50 Mosaic Ambassador Companies, 400+ Professional Connectors served, 150+ Ambassador Schools, Support to 16 Universities with over 10,000 international students in the metro, over 1,000 Mosaic Ambassadors, Immigrant Entrepreneurship Support and Social Programs for international family members. Regional work on immigration for STL economic benefit led to authoring new book 2021 "Welcome to the U.S.A.-You're Hired! www.welcomeyouarehired.com STL Mosaic wins 2019 International Institute top Anna Crosslin Award St. Louis Mosaic Wins FOCUS-STL What's Right with the Region award for Promoting Stronger Communities. Judge entrepreneurship and business plans, mentor businesses. Mentoring and coaching of international people for their business and personal goals.

This is a new initiative for the St. Louis region, with the goal of growing our St. Louis metropolitan population of 2+ million people by attracting more foreign born talent at all skill levels. The Initiative has sponsorship from St. Louis CIty Economic Development Corporation, St. Louis County Economic Council and the St. Louis Regional Chamber. There is a high level Steering committee and task forces already formed. As Executive Director, we will work with our current diverse population to understand how to make our region more productive and welcoming for them. And, we will work with the Steering Committee, task forces, many regional stakeholder organizations/businesses and interested people to attract more talent to grow our region. Those in the region can sign up to be involved at the St. Louis Mosaic Project website at www.stlmosaicproject.org under Learn More. In 2015, St. Louis Mosaic Project won the Regional Chamber's Arcus Award for Inclusion and Talent Attraction for programs directed toward International Student/Corporate Global Hiring and the Professional Connector Program.

As Vice President, Marketing,Sustainability, Betsy led the team's work on strategy and operational pillars to improve both internal operations and upstream/downstream metrics She also was the leader across the Nestle operating companies in the US to align common goals for energy, water, waste and packaging initiatives. She was the company's lead US executive to work with Nestle S.A. in Switzerland on global sustainability initiatives including agriculture and industry coalitions. And, she was the executive to meet with sales teams on sustainability with key US retailers for common benefit.As part of her role for Nestle Purina, Betsy founded the St. Louis Petlover Coalition.Betsy brought 20+ pet welfare organizations together to develop improved community metrics and outcomes.Five year goals included reduction of euthanasia 50% and adoption increases of 20%,with the help of a local Advisory Board of 30+ Community Influentials.This also included work with the St. Louis City and County Departments of Health.A key outcome was her creation of the No Unwanted Litters campaign, its branding, website, donor materials and solicitations,resulting in the opening of a subsidized spay/neuter clinic in 2012.

P&L responsibility for team of 100 marketing/sales/veterinary professionals.Led marketing new product launches for the pet health industry.Revamped sales and marketing responsibilities to meet veterinary needs.Bottom line improvement of over 30%.Requested role to leverage sustainability across Nestle operating groups in the US and with Nestle in Switzerland to meet needs of top retailers who had developed sustainability programs and index metrics.

Customization, Retail Innovation Center, Trade Partnering

Marketing Assistant through Marketing Group Director