Stephen Westbrooks
Executive Director - Southern Region
Stephen Westbrooks serves as executive director of IFF’s Southern Region. As executive director, Stephen is responsible for providing strategic leadership and management of operations, lending, and consulting activities in Southern Illinois, Missouri, and Kansas. Stephen previously led IFF’s lending practice in the Southern Region, working on projects that focused on early childhood centers, fresh food access, and general human services sectors. Prior to joining IFF in January 2016, Stephen served as an underwriter/developer for Affordable Equity Partners, where he underwrote Low-Income Housing Tax Credit transactions and led the development of Affordable Equity Partners’ New Markets Tax Credit Program.
Stephen is an active community volunteer, previously serving as president of Habitat for Humanity St. Louis’s Board, a member of Tower Grove Park Foundation’s Board, and a member of Tower Grove Park’s Board’s Building and Grounds Committee.
Stephen received a bachelor’s degree in economics from Vanderbilt University and an MBA from Washington University in St. Louis. Stephen is an Eagle Scout, the highest rank from Boy Scouts of America. His hobbies include leisure reading, weightlifting, and supporting the St. Louis Cardinals.