J. Joseph Schlafly III

Joe Schlafly is Senior Vice President, Director of Private Markets Group at Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Inc. At Stifel Nicolaus, he focuses on pursuing venture capital and private equity opportunities. Joe has successfully formed and managed three Missouri-based venture capital funds for the company, raising over $250 million for other venture capital firms in Missouri. He currently serves as a Board member of BioSTL, Innovate Saint Louis and the Missouri Biotechnology Association (MOBIO) where he chairs a subcommittee on venture capital and recently served as Chairman of the St. Louis Chamber and Growth Association’s Capital Formation Alliance, designed to attract capital and commerce to the Saint Louis region. Joe also founded the Mayor’s Special Committee on Downtown Saint Louis Job Creation in 2006, which has evolved into the Partnership for Downtown St. Louis Economic Development Committee. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania and his J.D. from St. Louis University School of Law.