Paul Shaughnessy is President and Chief Executive Officer of BSI Constructors, a general contracting & construction management firm founded in 1972 that builds for many of the St. Louis area's leading institutions and corporations. Before joining BSI in 1989, he was director of secondary markets for a mortgage finance firm. Shaughnessy earned his BS in Civil Engineering from the University of Missouri and his MBA from Washington University. He is an executive committee member of the St. Louis Regional Business Council, a founding board member of the St. Louis Police Foundation, a member of the St. Louis Variety Club board, and a member of the Commerce Bank Advisory Board. He and his wife, Laura, live in Clayton and are members of Our Lady of Lourdes Parish, where they are active in the marriage preparation ministry. They have four adult children and six (soon to be seven) grandchildren.