IFF Executive Director of the Southern Region Stephen Westbrooks was honored this month by St. Louis Magazine on the publication’s inaugural “Business 500” list, which recognized the St. Louis metro area’s most influential, impactful, and innovative leaders. One of 42 local leaders honored in the banking and finance category, Stephen was profiled in a Q&A available here.
A member of the IFF team since January 2016, when he joined the organization as a senior lender, Stephen today provides strategic leadership of IFF’s operations, lending, and real estate consulting in Missouri, Kansas, and Southern Illinois. Prior to joining IFF, Stephen served as an underwriter/developer for Affordable Equity Partners, where he underwrote Low-Income Housing Tax Credit transactions and led the development of the organization’s New Markets Tax Credit Program. Outside of work, Stephen is an active community volunteer, serving on the boards of Habitat for Humanity St. Louis, Tower Grove Park Foundation, and Great Rivers Greenway. A St. Louis native, he received a bachelor’s degree in economics from Vanderbilt University and an MBA from Washington University in St. Louis.
To see the full list of honorees on the 2025 Business 500 list, click the image below, and to learn more about IFF’s work in the Southern Region, click here.
