December 2014

20 Under 40: Lydia Melton

Lydia Melton Age: 26 Owner of Günter Hans Lydia Melton’s goal is to discover the best European food, beer and wine and bring them to Columbia. A favorite recent project, though, is bringing Columbia its first wine-on-tap system. “Imagine every glass of wine being poured as though it’s a freshly opened bottle,” Melton says. “Except

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20 Under 40: Leighanne Lamb

Leighanne Lamb Age: 34 Vice president of real estate lending at Landmark Bank and manager of Landmark Bank Home Mortgage Center The Nov. 13 opening of Landmark Bank’s first stand-alone mortgage loan production office in mid-Missouri brought big changes to Leighanne Lamb. As vice president of real estate lending, Lamb became manager of the Landmark

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20 Under 40: Kip Kendrick

Kip Kendrick Age: 33 State representative for Missouri’s 45th District It’s no surprise that one of Kip Kendrick’s mentors is Chris Kelly. As Kendrick prepares to start his first term in the State House on Jan. 7, Kelly, who served as a State Representative for much of Columbia for 18 years, is an apt mentor.

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20 Under 40: Joshua Burrell

Joshua Burrell Age: 34 Chief strategy officer at Lift Division Before Joshua Burrell became a founding member Lift Division in 2010, he’d worked in a number of sales positions in various industries, from insurance to footwear. Now, he’s responsible for implementing marketing strategies that will help Lift Division’s clients reach their goals. A favorite recent

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20 Under 40: Eric Morrison

Eric Morrison Age: 38 Vice president of business development at Providence Bank Ultimately, it is the art of the deal and creating solutions for businesses that get Eric Morrison out of bed in the morning. Working as vice president of business development, Morrison hopes to continue the expansion and recognition of the Providence Bank brand

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20 Under 40: Eric Johnson

Eric Johnson Age: 29 Principal of Hickman High School For Eric Johnson, the accomplishment he’s most proud of is recent. In 2014, he became the principal of Hickman High School. Previously, Johnson was the assistant principal at Hickman for four years and taught World Studies and the African American Experience at Rock Bridge High School

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20 Under 40: Emily Clapp

Emily Clapp Age: 30 Recruitment generalist at Veterans United Home Loans and owner of Belle Bash In 2014, Emily Clapp acted as project manager for an innovative new approach to hiring at Veterans United, called “Ignite.” Instead of hiring someone for a specific job, they would hire a pool of people and put them through

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20 Under 40: Elizabeth Braaten Palmieri

Elizabeth Braaten Palmieri Age: 33 Co-founder and artistic director of GreenHouse Theater Project GreenHouse Theater Project is as fresh and experimental as its co-founder, Elizabeth Braaten Palmieri. “We perform in nontraditional spaces throughout downtown Columbia, coining our tagline, ‘Innovative theater in unexpected places,’” she says. In September, Palmieri finished her first film, Perch, and premiered

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