Chapter Officers
Here are the current members of the St Louis IIBA Board of Directors. Board members are elected at the Annual General Meeting or appointed in between meetings to fill vacancies. Serving as a chapter officer is a voluntary two year commitment to the governance of our local chapter of the IIBA and represents a significant investment in time and skill. If you have an interest in serving as a chapter officer, either as a board member or a deputy to an existing board member, please contact the current board president at president@stlouis.iiba.org
President
Liz Soldwish-Zoole RN
Liz Soldwish-Zoole, RN, M.Ed., CSC, NCC, ECBA is the Director of Health Services for Willows Way, a not-for-profit providing independent living services to developmentally disabled adults in the St. Louis metro area. In her time as a paralegal, administrator, trainer, staff coordinator, public school nurse, guidance counselor, and event planner, Liz has gathered requirements, analyzed needs, developed processes, and engaged in strategic planning - all without ever realizing she was actually a BA.
Treasurer - VP Finance
Siu Chu
Siu Chu, CBAP, SAFe POPM, ICP-APO, LSSGB, started with the St Louis Chapter as a Business Analysis Development Day (BADD) Committee member. Prior to her business analyst/product owner role, she was a bank operations manager, insurance underwriter, insurance operations manager and continuous process improvement practitioner.
treasurer@stlouis.iiba.org
VP of Social Media
Lavanya Ganesan
Lavanya Ganesan has recently completed her Masters of Science degree in Information Technology - Project Management at Saint louis University and acquired her PMP certification. Lavanya is taking on the newly-defined role of VP of Social Media and will be responsible for our social media and marketing efforts. Lavanya freelances in IT Systems Design through Nexperad and received her Bachelors of Commerce degree from J.N.N Arts & Science Women's College in Tamil Nadu, India.
VP of Administration
Adam Soldwish-Zoole
Adam Soldwish-Zoole is a recent honors graduate of Missouri University of Science and Technology with a BS in Engineering Management - Management of Technology and is now serving as a Field Service Agent for Charter Communications. Adam grew up in the IIBA, volunteering as event staff for STL BADDs, Gateway Partners Project, and monthly meetings since 2016. He has expanded his duties on the Board with our newly-defined roles to VP of Administration after first joining as VP of Technology during our chapter platform migration.
VP of Outreach
Nadine Matesowicz SAFe POPM
Nadine Matesowicz is a Salesforce Certified Service Cloud Consultant and Product Manager at AmerisourceBergen, Nadine holds a Master of Arts in Technical Writing and has a particular interest in welcoming the Pre-BA into the professional environment. Her expanded role under our new Bylaws will place her in the forefront at our local events, meeting and greeting when you walk in the door, and assisting all members to find their best experience within the organization.
Past President
Trent Soldwish-Zoole CBAP
Trent Soldwish-Zoole, CBAP, SAFe® 5 Program Consultant/Instructor (SPC), Scrum Master (SSM), Product Owner/Product Manager (POPM), Lean Portfolio Manager (LPM) has served the organization on the Board of Directors and chaired various committees since 2010.
In his 'day job' role as a Senior Consultant, Trent has been part of SAFe® 5 Transformation Leadership Teams facilitating Lean-Agile Practice adoption. He was previously with Charter Communications, leading Data Analytics and Business Analysis teams and in past roles, he has been responsible for establishing Organizational Change, Process Improvement, Product Management/Ownership and Business Analysis Best Practices in several small and large organizations in the St. Louis region.
In January of 2024, Trent took on the role of Director for the Americas Central Region for the IIBA Global Chapter Council.