Board Members

Tower Grove Park is owned by the City of St. Louis and governed by a special Board of Commissioners appointed by the Missouri Supreme Court. The current commissioners are:

Board of Commissioners

Robert S. Holmes, President Emily Aschinger Martin, Vice President Allison Willibrand, Treasurer Stephen Westbrooks, Secretary
Dr. Kelvin R. Adams Frederick H. Atwood, III Patrick R. Brown
Robert F. Epperson, Jr. Robert J. Herleth
Jason R. Hall
Mike Konzen Lindsay McClure-Hartman
Debbie Monterrey
Cara Starke
Cheryl D. S. Walker

Emeritus Commissioners

Jane Gleason
John D. Haffenreffer
R. Crosby Kemper III Steve M. Kidwell
Susan R. Lammert
Thomas Purcell
Dr. Peter Raven
Anne C. Stupp Dr. Peter Wyse Jackson

Bill Reininger, Executive Director

The Past Superintendents / Directors of Tower Grove Park

During Henry Shaw's lifetime, he himself served as de facto superintendent of Tower Grove Park. Upon Shaw's death in 1889, James Gurney, the horticulturist he had brought to St. Louis from London, succeeded him, becoming the first official park superintendent. Gurney's son, James Gurney, Jr. assumed the position on his father's death in 1920. When James Gurney, Jr. died in 1943, his daughter Bernice E. Gurney returned to St. Louis to take on the position. On her retirement in 1976, Bernice Gurney was succeeded by Robert F. Denison. In 1987, John Karel became the fifth director of Tower Grove Park. John retired at the end of 2014.

See calendar below for scheduled Board of Commissioners and sub-committee meetings.