Congratulations to Tamara Sheffield (Class of 2015) on being elected as a Director for the Board of the St. Louis Muny, America’s oldest and largest outdoor musical theatre. Tamara is active in the St. Louis community and currently serves as the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Forest Park Forever, a nonprofit conservancy that works to restore, maintain, and sustain Forest Park in partnership with the City of St. Louis.

Prior to joining Forest Park Forever in April 2011, she had both financial and operational leadership roles spanning various sectors including biotechnology, retail and financial services. In this capacity, she has managed complex projects and organizational growth for multi-billion-dollar public and private international companies.
 
Tamara is a native of St. Louis, but has traveled throughout her career. She received her BS from Saint Louis University. She is a certified public accountant and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and the Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM). Sheffield has served on several nonprofit Boards for arts and social organizations. In 2015, she was named a CFO of the Year by the St. Louis Business Journal, a ‘Challenger’ in the 2015 class of the Greater Missouri Leadership Challenge and the Non-Profit Executive of the Year by the St. Louis American Foundation. 

 Great job Tamara! Read more here.