About Sondra Rotty

Sondra Rotty of Sunset Hills, Missouri, chief operating officer of St. Louis-based general contracting, construction management and design-build firm Tarlton Corp., earned a bachelor’s degree in architectural engineering in 2004 and a master’s degree in engineering management in 2008, both from Missouri S&T. Rotty’s construction experience has centered around large, complicated projects completed in fast-track time frames. Her wide-ranging projects have included buildings on the campus of Washington University in St. Louis, buildings for the General Services Administration, the Saint Louis Art Museum East Building, the former Post-Dispatch building, and the Old Courthouse in St. Louis. Well-versed in sustainable construction, she has worked on numerous LEED projects, holds the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED AP BD+C accreditation and serves on the Missouri Gateway Green Building Council board of directors. Rotty is also board vice chair for the Building Division of the Associated General Contractors of Missouri and serves on the diversity committee for CREW-St. Louis (Commercial Real Estate Women). In 2024, she received CREW’s Economic Impact award for overseeing Tarlton’s construction at CityPark (now Energizer Park), home of St. Louis City SC. Rotty has received several commendations, including the “30 Under 30” and “40 Under 40” awards from the St. Louis Business Journal, and she was listed among Missouri S&T Magazine’s “30 Under 30” in 2010, and she received the Women in Construction Award from the St. Louis Council of Construction Consumers in 2023. At Missouri S&T, Rotty was named the Civil Engineering Exemplary Young Professional by the Academy of Civil Engineers in 2011, and she was inducted into both the Academy of Engineering Management and the Academy of Miner Athletics. A former runner at S&T, she is an enthusiastic participant in Tarlton athletic and philanthropic activities. Rotty and her husband, Bryan, enjoy watching their sons, Logan and Gavin, play soccer and swim competitively.