Well, let’s be done with it. Erase the word “interim” from their titles and formally make John D. Glascock, PE, Columbia’s next city manager and confirm Lieutenant Geoff Jones as the next police chief of the Columbia Police Department. There, I said it. Quit fooling around with out-of-town consultants, because this is just another case […]
CEO, Les Bourgeois Vineyards Rachel Holman describes her role as CEO of Les Bourgeois Vineyards, as a zookeeper, a finder of the people and the things, an instigator, a mediator, a leader, an ambassador, a student, a teacher, and a cheerleader. “I have a lot of jobs and many of them are still being defined,”
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Associate Circuit Judge, State of Missouri As a newly elected associate circuit judge, Stephanie Morrell’s job is to preside over various matters before the 13th Judicial Circuit Court. She currently handles criminal and probate matters, including estates, guardianships, and conservatorships, as well as other types of cases assigned by the presiding judge. Before taking the
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Owner, Liberty Family Medicine Dr. Bridget Gruender started Liberty Family Medicine in July 2016 to offer affordable primary care to Columbia and surrounding communities. She is the first person in town to successfully open and run a direct primary care clinic, which operates on a monthly membership basis and includes access to an in-house pharmacy.
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ASPIRE MO’s historic pilot program creates lasting ripple effect for incarcerated Mid-Missouri Women.
Barby Wulff, associate director of production At Veterans United Home Loans, small groups have become a way for employees to collaborate and support each other through their common interests and passions while learning new things. When loan officer and team leader Rachel Bruce approached us with the idea of an ongoing support group for female
This appeared in print as a part of the feature “Changing Faces” Jason North grew up idolizing his father, a volunteer firefighter. A Springfield native, North spent his childhood as a junior firefighter — it seemed exciting to be able to help people, he says. After high school, he got an opportunity at St. John’s
Owners, My Sister’s Circus My Sister’s Circus has been in business for more than 40 years and the mother–daughter duo of Celeste and Stella Hardnock still enjoy walking through the door each day. Celeste, who started the boutique in 1977 after graduating from Stephens College, focuses on the displays and tries to keep current with
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This appeared in print as a part of the feature “Changing Faces” Niki Kriete was a self-proclaimed space nerd in high school. It’s what led her to pursue a mechanical engineering degree from MU. While in school, she was part of a society of women engineers, but still, women were definitely the minority. After working
