2023 MEDFA Annual Conference

John Brancaglione, Former Senior Director, PGAV; Jill Quinn, MEDFA Administrator

John Brancaglione is a Senior Director at PGAV PLANNERS, a wholly-owned subsidiary of PGAV, a 150-member firm of architects and planners based in St. Louis with offices in Kansas City. In 2008, John completed a 16-year term as Adjunct Professor of Urban Planning in the Department of Civil Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis.

He is member of the Missouri Economic Development Financing Association (past President and Treasurer) and the Illinois Tax Increment Financing Association (past treasurer) and is a member of the national Council of Development Finance Agencies.

John’s experience represents a broad scope of planning expertise involving a wide array of urban planning and development projects. He has provided urban planning consulting services to more nearly 500 communities, state and Federal agencies, foreign governments, and private industry throughout his 50-year career. The majority of John’s career has been in consulting; however, he spent nearly four years as Director of Development for the City of St. Louis’ combined economic development organizations.