East-West Gateway Council of Governments
Maureen McCarthy is an experienced Environmental Services Planner II at the East-West Gateway Council of Governments since March 2018. Prior to this role, Maureen gained valuable experience as an intern for the Division of Public Water Supplies at the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency from August 2015 to May 2017 and as an Operations and Management Intern at Great Rivers Greenway District in the summer of 2015. Maureen's background also includes serving as a Peer Advisor at the Office of International Studies and Programs at the University of Missouri - St. Louis from June 2014 to May 2015 and as a Senior Resident Advisor at the University of Missouri - St. Louis from July 2012 to May 2013. Maureen holds a Master of Arts in Environmental Studies from the University of Illinois Springfield and a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology and Philosophy from the University of Missouri-Saint Louis, with additional studies at the University of Galway during the 2013-2014 academic year.
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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.