What does your job entail? As transit superintendent, I am tasked with the day-to-day management of the bus service for the city. I am involved in planning as well as federal reporting and compliance. Are there any quirks about Columbia that make running a bus system particularly difficult? Columbia is very large geographically for the […]
What is your role in the organization? Manager of member services. I oversee member relations, energy efficiency programs, energy audits, media relations, community activities, marketing, and Boone Electric satellite systems. How did Boone Electric’s interest in utilizing solar power begin? It began with the people we’re controlled by: our members. Members had continually expressed interest
What’s the most difficult challenge in fulfilling your councilperson duties? The most difficult challenge should be balancing stakeholder interests. Those with more concentrated interests are much more likely to engage the process and push for a particular outcome. Remembering the interests of those I represent who are not as engaged and ensuring that policies and
How did you get involved with conservation education? It all started when my husband took this city girl out of her comfort zone and into the woods for a weekend of camping. My experience with nature that weekend — hiking trails, seeing a family of deer, and hearing many new sounds at night — quickly
What are the current challenges in the community college industry? The toughest challenge for a community college is funding. In Missouri, community colleges educate 40 percent of students in higher education but receive only 15 percent of the funding allocated to higher education as a whole. Although we have a smaller operating budget than
How did you come to be in the immigration law industry? I came to the United States as an international student from Romania. When I arrived at MU, I received a very warm welcome. A lot of people helped me settling in, and I always wanted to pay it forward. After finishing my degree, I
Where does Columbia’s trash go? How much trash is collected in Columbia in a week? The Columbia Sanitary Landfill, located at 5700 Peabody Road, which is city owned and operated by the solid waste utility. We collect 624 tons of residential trash, 1,902 tons of commercial trash, 158 tons of residential recycling, and 117 tons
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What happens at MURR? MURR provides research and development, products, and services that directly benefit citizens worldwide. We engineer customized solutions for leading researchers as well as biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies; conduct a wide range of sensitive analyses; and enable discoveries. In the nuclear medicine arena, MURR is at the heart of a network of internationally
What’s your specialty and why? Columbia is too small to be overspecialized, but I tend towards investment properties. My background is finance, and I have a great deal of experience with determining a sound investment. Each investor has different needs, so it isn’t one-size-fits-all. What’s the most interesting way that development has changed
What is The District and what does it do? The District is a live–work–play neighborhood that sparks the creative, the eclectic and the local. We’re a constantly adapting community of people, with tradition blending harmoniously with technology and the latest trends in fashion, food and the arts. The Downtown CID staffs a full-time executive
