Chuck Gross is Director of Administration for St. Charles County Government assuming that position June, 2007. Chuck is responsible for the day to day operations of twenty-three departments and the services provided to the county’s 330,000+ residents.

Chuck was previously Vice President of Business Development for UMB bank. His responsibilities included developing/strengthening commercial, private banking and trust relationships primarily with St. Charles County. Chuck also served in the Missouri Senate from 2001 to May, 2007 when he resigned to take the Director of Administration position with St. Charles County. Chuck was first elected to the Missouri House of Representatives in November, 1992. He was reelected in 1994, 1996 and 1998.

Chuck is a 1976 graduate of St. Charles High School and a 1981 graduate of the University of Missouri-Columbia where he received his Bachelor of Science degree in Public Administration. In 1982, he received his Masters of Public Administration from the University of Missouri-Columbia.

Chuck was a licensed real estate appraiser and owned a small appraisal firm in St. Charles. He serves on the Alumni Advisory Board for the Harry S. Truman School of Public Affairs, UMB Bank Board, Community & Children’s Resource Board and the St. Charles Chamber Board. He has also served on the boards of Youth-in-Need, The Child Center, The Foundry Art Centre, St. Louis Crisis Nursery, Emmaus Homes President’s Circle and the Lewis and Clark Discovery Advisory Board.