The board of directors of Spire Inc. announced that it has increased the size of the board from 9 members to 11 and elected Vinny Ferrari and Paul D. Koonce as its newest members, effective July 19, 2023, and July 28, 2023, respectively. Ferrari, 63, has extensive financial industry experience, retiring in Dec. 2020 from Edward Jones, where he served in various leadership roles, including as general partner, chief operating officer and chief information officer.

Ferrari also worked on Wall Street for 22 years with Morgan Stanley, JJ Kenny and the Chase Manhattan Bank. Koonce, 63, retired in Feb. 2020 after a 38-year career in the energy sector, most notably with two decades at Dominion Energy, where he most recently served as executive vice president, president and CEO of Dominion's Power Generation Group.

Ferrari is a graduate of Ursinus College in Pennsylvania where he earned a bachelor's degree in economics. He currently serves on the board of St. Luke's Hospital in St.

Louis, Missouri, and is a past board member of St. Andrews Resources for Seniors System. Koonce earned a bachelor's degree in finance from the University of Tennessee and is a board member of Virginia's Promise in Action.

He is a past chair of both the Southern Gas Association and the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America.