December 2014
Reggie Wilhite, Vice President of Operations & Security, Boone County National Bank
What do you do at Boone County National Bank? I’m in charge of banking gone bad. Just kidding! Sort of. As vice president of operations and security, I have a great staff that deals with the day-to-day handling of deposit exception items, fraud, purchasing, mail, etc. Direct customer contact for me is rare unless there’s
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PYSK: Bill Turpin, CEO, Missouri Innovation Center
Name: Bill Turpin Title and company/organization: President and CEO at Missouri Innovation Center Age: 58 Job description: I work with faculty and students from the University of Missouri and local entrepreneurs to start and grow technology-based companies. MIC also operates the MU Life Sciences Incubator with more than 20 clients commercializing new technologies in areas
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Funding Missouri’s Highways
Is it something in the water? Maybe it’s in the air we breathe. Perhaps it’s a mental defect, a misplaced gene or two. More than mere wisps of being contrarily stubborn, Missourians historically have refused to adequately fund their state’s basic transportation needs. How was it 60 years ago that our loathsome rival Kansas figured
Moving On, Moving Up
Banking may have the second-highest turnover among all industries, but Columbia’s banks attempt to buck the trend.
2015’s 20 Under 40: Joshua Tennison
Joshua Tennison Age: 38 Director of human resources at Independent Stave Co. As the director of human resources at Independent Stave Co., Joshua Tennison wants to make ISC “the employer of choice in our communities where we live and work.” Although ISC is based in Lebanon, Missouri, the company has had an administrative office in
2015’s 20 Under 40: John Hall
John Hall Age: 30 CEO of Influence & Co. John Hall started his first business in third grade, buying students’ lunches and selling them for a profit. He’ll admit he started his first real business when he was 19, buying and flipping houses. Then he met Kelsey Meyer and started Influence & Co. with an
2015’s 20 Under 40: Rachel Payton
Rachel Payton Age: 37 Deputy state director of Americans for Prosperity Rachel Payton has a long history of political involvement. In 2000, she volunteered 10 hours to a political campaign for class, and in her own words, became hooked. She’s since volunteered on Jim Talent’s 2002 campaign, Bush-Cheney in 2004 and worked for former Congressman