Tracy Hart

Tracy Hart is president of Tarlton Corporation, a general contracting and construction management firm based in St. Louis. Under her leadership, Tarlton has tripled its size and further solidified its market share. Tarlton is a WBENC-certified Women’s Business Enterprise poised for growth and expansion of services.   She also serves as the President and CEO of Waterhout Construction, a carpentry firm and a wholly owned subsidiary of Tarlton.

In the last decade, Ms. Hart has earned widespread acclaim as a successful business leader deeply committed to the St. Louis region. She serves the St. Louis Regional Chamber as a member of the Board of Directors and Executive Committee; St. Louis Children’s Hospital as a trustee; Midwest Bank Centre as a member of the Legal Board of Directors and as a Loan Committee member; Invest STL as a member of the Board of Directors; and most recently the St. Louis Economic Development Partnership as a member of the Board of Directors. She also serves on the Board of Directors of ONE Gas, a public utility in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Ms. Hart previously served Webster University as a member of the Board of Trustees; Saint Louis Science Center as a trustee and member of the Board of Commissioners and the Muny as a member of the Board of Directors.

She was elected the first woman chairman of the Associated General Contractors of St. Louis and is a life director for the AGC of America.

Ms. Hart is a past winner of the St. Louis Business Journal’s “40 under 40" Award and was named among the areas “25 Most Influential Business Women.” In 2007 she was awarded the University of Missouri-St. Louis Trailblazer Award for her accomplishments as a woman leader.

She received her B.A. in English and Communication from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.