East-West Gateway Council of Governments
David Wilson has extensive experience in sustainability and environmental education, currently serving as an Adjunct Professor in Sustainability Studies at Webster University and as Chair of the Meramec River Recreation Association since 2017. With a long tenure as Senior Manager of Environment & Community Planning at the East-West Gateway Council of Governments, Wilson also contributed to St. Louis Earth Day as a board member and held various leadership roles at The College School and the Missouri Botanical Garden, where a successful environmental leadership program for youth was developed. Wilson's career spans over three decades, including significant roles in education at the St. Louis Science Center and EcoGroup, Inc. Academically, Wilson holds a Master of Arts from Washington University in St. Louis and a Bachelor's degree from Yale University.
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East-West Gateway Council of Governments
The East-West Gateway Council of Governments (EWG or Council) provides a forum for local governments of the bi-state St. Louis area to work together to solve problems that cross jurisdictional boundaries. The geographic region that East-West Gateway has served since 1965 is the 4,500 square miles encompassed by the City of St. Louis; Franklin, Jefferson, St. Charles, and St. Louis counties in Missouri; Madison, Monroe, and St. Clair counties in Illinois. East-West Gateway’s designation as a regional council of governments (COG) means that the agency has the civic responsibility to set the table for cooperative planning and problem-solving among and between any of its member local governments who believe that they can accomplish better things by working together than by acting separately. Although much of this cooperative planning takes place among the eight major jurisdictions of the region, it is not uncommon to find several small cities and towns clustered around a community betterment initiative at East-West Gateway. These initiatives address issues as diverse as tax policy, environmental quality, public safety, workforce development, access to jobs, economic development, community planning, and others that might be of interest to members of the Board of Directors.