Maggie Crane

Maggie Crane is a strategic planner, communicator, and public speaker with 18 years of proven success developing communications for broadcast, print and social media, as well as internal and external branding and growth strategy. She leads communications for the innovation economy-builder BioSTL and its initiatives in investment, inclusion, and international company attraction.

She previously worked at the intersection of communication and change management as Communications Director and Deputy Operations Director for the City of St. Louis under Mayor Francis G. Slay, for whom she wrote speeches and press materials, served as spokesperson, advised on policy, and guided communications and operations for 22 operating departments. Prior to public affairs, Maggie was an Emmy-winning broadcast news journalist, most recently at KMOV in St. Louis.

Maggie graduated Summa Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies from Saint Louis University. She calls St. Louis home but travels every chance she gets. Fun fact: In an address to the nation, President Obama read from a speech she wrote.