Lewis Reed represented the 6th Ward of the City of St. Louis for nearly eight years as an Alderman before becoming the first African American elected President of the Board of Aldermen. As President, Mr. Reed presides over the weekly Board of Aldermen meetings, assigns bills to committees, and decides which aldermen will sit on those committees. Aside from leading the Board of Aldermen, he also sits on a variety of boards and commissions within city government. Before entering public service, Lewis Reed had a successful career in the private sector. He was the Director of Networks and Telecommunications for the Edison Brothers Stores' worldwide operations. He also served as the Manager of Data Networks for SSM Health Businesses. As a young man, Mr. Reed attended Southern Illinois University Edwardsville on a wrestling scholarship. He majored in Mathematics and Computer Science. While at SIUE he worked as a tutor in the Math and Computer Science tutoring lab. It is our great pleasure to have with us today the Honorable Lewis E. Reed. Conversation with Lee Presser is a weekly half hour television program seen for nearly fourteen years in the St. Louis market on Charter Cable TV.

• published: 23 Jul 2014
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