Assistant Vice President/Regional Managing Officer, Boone County National Bank – Age: 32 When it comes to company commitment at Boone County National Bank, Suzie Naeger has gone above and beyond. Since starting out at Boone Bank as a teller 13 years ago, she has held the positions of customer service representative, assistant manager, Rock Bridge […]
Co-Owner/Director of Sales and Marketing, August Systems – Age: 32 After working as a manager and bartender for Columbia’s Boone Tavern for five years, Bridgid Miller sure knows how to show locals a good time. A 1996 graduate of the University of Missouri, Miller decided turned to more serious ways of serving up satisfaction to
Co-Owner, Déjà Vu, Quinton’s and Tonic– Age: 29 “Every day we try to make Columbia a better place by providing better services and new services to a growing community that loves to laugh, eat, drink, and dance the night away,” said McClung.
Senior Director of Development, University of Missouri School of Journalism – Age: 38 Kimberly Lakin Mize may have chosen to complete high school and college in Columbia, but she was always ready for a run at big-city life. Upon graduating from Stephens College in 1990 with a bachelor’s degree in business administration, Mize moved to
Relationship Manager, Boone County National Bank – Age: 37 Since earning a bachelor’s degree in marketing, Sarah Kurre has taken the Columbia career circuit by storm. Starting out at the Columbia Daily Tribune in 1992 as an advertising coordinator/representative, she moved on to a position as marketing executive for The ADD Sheet in 1994. A
Vice President, Bucket Media, Inc. – Age: 26 In 1999 Jocelyn Knaebel moved from her family farm in Lucerne, Mo., to attend the University of Missouri–Columbia. In July 2002, after obtaining a bachelor’s degree in agribusiness management in only three years, she joined Cumulus Broadcasting/Premier Marketing Group as an associate marketing consultant and was promoted
Retail Banking Officer/Small Business Banking Specialist, Commerce Bank – Age: 33 A St. Louis native, Bob Hull moved to Columbia to pursue a degree in economics at the University of Missouri and decided to stick around town. In 2000, after spending two years as a government accounts officer for Central Bank in Jefferson City, he
Manager of Community Services, City of Columbia – Age: 35 For Steve Hollis, manager of community services for local government, the City of Columbia is not only a community but also a career. In 1995, after graduating from the University of Missouri with a bachelor’s degree in sociology, Hollis worked briefly at the Voluntary Action
Owner/CEO, PrimePoint, LLC – Age: 36 A native of Lexington, Ken., Elizabeth Holden came to Missouri in 1998 to work for the Missouri Department of Economic Development’s Division of Community Development, where she served as coordinator of community development programs until 2003. Upon moving to Columbia, Holden also started up her business, PrimePoint organizational development
Senior General Manger, General Growth Properties – Age: 33 Working as an intern at Famous Barr Department Stores in St. Louis during the summer of 1995, Kate Essing started climbing the corporate ladder to success. In 1996, upon graduating cum laude from the University of Missouri with a degree in marketing, Essing took a job
