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Creative Arts
Megan Denell, Saint Louis Symphony
As the Associate Director of Education at the Saint Louis Symphony, Megan works directly with students and teachers at over 100 schools in the St. Louis area. She coordinates education concerts for close
to 40,000 students each year. Megan has been influential in advocating for the arts and arts education which has resulted in increased funding from the Missouri Arts Council and the Missouri Cultural
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Entrepreneurship
Michelle Bain, Pixie Stuff, LLC
In 2002, Michelle created “Thumbs Up Johnnie”, a children’s book character that teaches values in a way that children find especially fun and exciting. A creative outlet for Michelle, the Adventures of
Thumbs Up Johnnie are intended to be impactful, entertaining & character-building. She has published nine books using Johnnie and his friends and will publish four new titles in 2009 that will
focus on going green. |
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Government & Legal
Rachel L. Bringer, Missouri House of Representatives
Rachel Bringer is an advocate for Marion County as she votes and presents bills. When not in Jefferson City, she is actively involved with schools by handing out diplomas, giving a pep
talk, singing, or playing the piano. Representative Bringer is a voice for Northeast Missouri and for women professionally and as a member of the board of trustees and executive committee of Hannibal-La
Grange College, a board member for the American Red Cross, and as a member of the Palmyra Kiwanis and Chamber of Commerce. |
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Inspiration
Tina E. Grimes, Success Academy, LLC
Tina is a motivational speaker, trainer and consultant. In 1995, she launched Success Academy, LLC, which trains youth and adults in the areas of financial literacy, entrepreneurship, career development and personal development. The program's goal is to prepare students for "true success,"-their full potential and purpose. She has trained over 7,000 students in St. Louis Public School and St. Louis County school districts, as well as countless staff from businesses and non-profit organizations. |
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Numbers
Pat O’Herin, Regions Bank
Pat is responsible for credit approval on lending transactions for amounts up to $20M in five Midwestern states for Regions Bank. She has volunteered her expertise as a board member with the Saint Louis
Business Development Fund and the Industrial Development Authority of St. Louis County. Pat is also a founding board member of Winning Women – a nonprofit organization that unites some of the regions
top female business leaders to improve the economic development in the area. |
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Practical Arts
Jacqueline Davis-Wellington, St. Louis County Economic Council
Jacqueline helps establish long-lasting communities by creating and implementing plans for valuable land use and expansion with a focus on sites labeled idle, abandoned, underutilized, or contaminated. She
is committed to promoting and facilitating land use and re-use in ways that revitalize communities, encourage business investments, and protect our vital green space. |
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Social Science
Bobette Balser Wilson, co-founder, Simmons’ Stable Preservation Fund
Since 2001, Bobette has been working toward her mission of saving Simmons’ Stable in Audrain County. Simmons’ Stable was built in 1887 and is the oldest, largest public wooden stable in continual use
as a horse facility in the United States. Since its inception, the Preservation Fund has realized $826,975 toward its $1,026,000 goal. |
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Sports & Fitness
Jacqueline Bickel Schapp, retired, community volunteer
Jackie has devoted her entire life to girl sports as physical education teacher, coach, and official. For a period of eight years (1969-1977), Jackie was the only woman in Missouri to hold simultaneous
national ratings as an official for basketball, field hockey, softball, and volleyball. She was the first female athlete to be named to the Washington University Sports Hall of Fame and most recently
Jackie won a gold medal in 2007 for the Home Run Derby at the St. Louis Senior Olympics. |
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Technology
Judy Brackman, community volunteer
Judy developed and programmed the Girl Scout Cookie Sale computer program in 1995. This Windows-based program is updated regularly with components that ease all aspect of the cookie management system.
Prior to her volunteer work with Girl Scouts, Judy worked at AT&T where she became involved with computers and was trained as a computer programmer. |
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The Sciences
Dolores J. Gunn, M.D., St. Louis County Department of Health
Dr. Gunn is the director of the Department of Health, a member of the Saint Louis Community College Board of Trustees, a primary care physician, and the mother of five. As a firm believer that education
and health are keys to eliminating poverty, she has personally gone door-to-door through some of St. Louis’ most impoverished neighborhoods in an effort to increase people’s awareness of health care options
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