Betsy Heller Cohen is the executive director for the St. Louis Mosaic Project, a regional Immigration & Innovation Initiative involving the joint collaboration of the St. Louis Economic Development Partnership, the Regional Chamber, and leaders of more than 20 other organizations on the Steering Committee. Previously, she was vice president at Nestle Purina, where she launched and led a St. Louis regional coalition. Cohen is on the board of the St. Louis United Way, the advisory board of the St. Louis University Cook School of Business, the St. Louis Crisis Nursery Advisory Board and the Washington University Council for Sustainability. She has been recognized by the St. Louis Business Journal as one of the most influential women in St. Louis, and she has been recognized by the YWCA as a regional corporate leader. Cohen received her bachelor’s degree from Wellesley College and her MBA from the Harvard Business School.