SARAH BUNDY
Director of Strategic Pursuits
CASCO + R5 Architecture, Engineering & Design
Sarah Bundy is a dynamo with energy to spare, applying her creative and intuitive skills to optimize marketing and business development strategies to accelerate revenue for all CASCO Companies, including R5, M/E 1 and CASCO Civil.
She holds bachelor’s degrees in digital media and business administration from Maryville University, and The Associated General Contractors of America Certificate of Management – Building Information Modeling.
Bundy serves on boards of the Urban Land Institute St. Louis Young Leaders Group and SMPS Saint Louis; is a committee member with St. Louis Aquarium at Union Station, an ambassador for the Saint Louis Zoo, and is involved with Home Sweet Home STL and the mentor’s program at Maryville University.
Career Path
I cannot remember a time where art and creative thinking didn’t play an integral role in my identity. Marketing is an artistic and creative profession that encourages out-of-the-box thinking to develop new and innovative approaches to problems. My creativity has allowed me to be highly active in solving complex tasks for my company.
Biggest Mentor
The president of CASCO R5, Dan Cutter, has been the most influential mentor who has guided me through my entrepreneurial journey for personal and professional growth. Steven Spielberg stated, “The delicate balance of mentoring someone is not creating them in your own image, but giving them the opportunity to create themselves.” As I was establishing a new marketing and business development department for the company, Dan had tremendous faith in me. He pushed me to define goals and let me see if I could accomplish them on my own, while he watched from a distance.
Biggest Impact
My philanthropic spirit and willingness to help others. I love St. Louis. We are at a tipping point in our region, and it’s thrilling to see the neighborhoods come to life again. I am very active in various organizations that are charting a new path toward a positive change for residents through economic and workforce development. I am also a missionary with Send Me, a nonprofit organization that empowers people who are trapped in systemic poverty to overcome the obstacles of suffering and injustice, specific to Joybaj, Guatemala. We work to transform people’s lives through education and community development to help them become more self-sufficient.
Future Goals
Currently, I am raising funds to build a medical and educational complex for the indigenous people in Joyabaj. There is a 40% mortality rate for children from the second trimester through 6 months old.
Favorite Pastime
It is incredibly therapeutic to sing. It enlightens me. When I have a night alone, I find myself recording a new song.
Memorable Life Moment
Not too many years ago, I was going through a divorce, graduating college with no job, I was homeless … with a 4-year-old daughter. The first thing I had to do was to get a job. A few weeks later, I was sitting at my new desk in the Bates St. Louis office. Our director of operations was passing out checks. When he handed me mine, the overwhelming sense of relief that passed over me was unexpected. It was the first real step that projected me to where I am today.
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