Credentials
Mayor Dinah Tatman is a knowledgeable professional with a proven track record and a wealth of experience working in a variety of business environments and interacting with diverse groups of people, with over 40 years of experience working in various industries and capacities. Throughout a diverse career, she has achieved many milestones and received numerous awards and commendations for performance and excellence.
She has worked as a General Manager and Trouble Shooter for McDonalds and Wendy’s Restaurants for thirty-five years, specializing in training Managers and Owner-Operators in areas of employee training, retention, customer service, and profit growth. Mayor’s Taman’s diverse experience includes working as a wardrobe and image consultant for both Neiman Marcus in the United States and Emelle’s Boutique and Country Casuals in Gloucestershire, England. As an honor student, she received both her Bachelor of Arts Degrees in Religion and Religious Education with an Emphasis in New Testament Theology and an associate degree in psychology from Missouri Baptist College in 2000.
As a church Business administrator Mayor Tatman has worked for the West Side Missionary Baptist Church in several key positions. Including Administrative Assistant to the Senior Pastor, Business Administrator overseeing two Church Campuses, and Program Director for its Community Development Corporation, Great Things, Incorporated Foundation.
She implemented a $5.2m Bond issue that was used to pay off the church’s debt and managed the $1.2m dollar renovation project for their second campus. She also served as the Comptroller for the New Sunny Mount Missionary Baptist Church. During her tenure there she had oversight of the $1m project for the Educational Wing, acquired the 501 c3 status for the Community development organization, create the young adult bible study class and the family night bible study. As the Business Manager for the St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church she was able to create the Finance ministry, Family Night Bible Study and update financial systems and record keeping.
Mayor Tatman is the founder and CEO of Greater New Vision Ministries Inc., and CEO and Founder of Fruit of The Spirit Ministry, Kennett, Missouri. She is also a partner in the Kingsway Development Project; a $86m development plan for North of Delmar divide and the Lewis Place and Fountain Park communities. She is also a stakeholder in the Ferguson redevelopment Plan.
As a sought-after speaker and consultant, Mayor Tatman continues to assist other ministries, corporations, small businesses and Community Development Corporations in the Saint Louis Metropolitan area with financial stability, community development, staff revitalization, reorganization, and growth. Mayor Tatman has been actively and intricately involved in the community organized protest in Ferguson, Missouri as well as bridging the gap between community, local, state and national law enforcement entities, governmental officials and potential public and private stakeholders.
Mayor Taman’s numerous accomplishment and awards for her professional paid and volunteer service and activism includes Who’s Who in Black Saint Louis 2012; Ordination 2011; Member of the Interfaith Partnership Faith Beyond Walls Executive Committee 2011 and receiving the St. Louis Metropolitan Clergy Coalition Minister of the Year Award 2009. Others include Volunteer for the Greater Vile Neighborhood Preservation Commission 2009 – 2011; Nominated for the “Honors Edition” Who’s Who Among Executive and Professional Woman in 2008; Member of the City of Saint Louis Continuum of Care 2007 – 2013; Coordinator and Facilitator of Volunteers for the City of Saint Louis Mercy Movement (for Katrina Disaster), 2005; Woman of Distinction Award 2003 – 2004; Bible Study Instructor for Saint Louis County Jail; volunteer for JCCC maximum security Prison and Greenville Prison; Volunteer for Open Door aids Hospice; and Instructor for Hope Unlimited Ministries.
Princess Cheatham Women’s Missionary Society “Drum Major for Peace” 2016 Award and Mosque # 28 Community Service Award in 2018. She received the 2021 Audacious Impact Award from the African Methodist Episcopal Church Missouri Annual Conference Women in Ministry. Mayor Tatman has served as the Chairman of Civic Engagement for the Saint Louis Metropolitan Clergy Coalition, Vice Chairman of the Ferguson Youth Initiative and served two terms as Alderwoman for the City of Bellefontaine Neighbors. Mayor Tatman is also an ordained Itinerant Deacon in the African Methodist Episcopal Church and serves as Pastor of St. John African Methodist Episcopal Church in Kennett, Missouri. She has been married to Marvin C. Tatman Jr. for 39 years.
Mayor, Reverend Dinah Tatman
