East-West Gateway Council of Governments
Nancy Cambria currently serves as the Director of Communications and Community Engagement at the East-West Gateway Council of Governments, a position held since February 2024. Prior to this role, Nancy worked for the School District of University City from February 2019 to February 2024 as the Director of Community Relations, Media and Development, focusing on storytelling and community engagement initiatives. Previous experience includes serving as the Communications Manager at Health Equity Works, a Children and Families Reporter at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, and various reporting and public relations roles in other organizations. Nancy holds a bachelor’s degree in English and Government from Skidmore College and a Master's degree in English and Creative Writing from Ohio University.
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East-West Gateway Council of Governments
The East-West Gateway Council of Governments (EWG or Council) provides a forum for local governments of the bi-state St. Louis area to work together to solve problems that cross jurisdictional boundaries. The geographic region that East-West Gateway has served since 1965 is the 4,500 square miles encompassed by the City of St. Louis; Franklin, Jefferson, St. Charles, and St. Louis counties in Missouri; Madison, Monroe, and St. Clair counties in Illinois. East-West Gateway’s designation as a regional council of governments (COG) means that the agency has the civic responsibility to set the table for cooperative planning and problem-solving among and between any of its member local governments who believe that they can accomplish better things by working together than by acting separately. Although much of this cooperative planning takes place among the eight major jurisdictions of the region, it is not uncommon to find several small cities and towns clustered around a community betterment initiative at East-West Gateway. These initiatives address issues as diverse as tax policy, environmental quality, public safety, workforce development, access to jobs, economic development, community planning, and others that might be of interest to members of the Board of Directors.