More Than 70 FOCUS Alumni Named to St. Louis Business 500
February 27, 2026
Congratulations to all our FOCUS alumni and board members were named to St. Louis Magazine‘s St. Louis Business 500. The special feature recognizes some of the metro area’s most influential, impactful, and innovative leaders across an array of industries, from health care to hospitality, accounting to aerospace, restaurants to real estate.
Arts, Sports & Leisure
Vanessa Cooksey (Leadership St. Louis 2025 / FOCUS Board Member)
Kirven Douthit-Boyd (Leadership St. Louis 2022)
Ron Himes (Leadership St. Louis 1986)
Danni Eickenhorst (Leadership St. Louis 2026)
Shayn Prapaisilp (Youth Leadership St. Louis 2005)
Banking & Finance
Marilyn Bush (Leadership St. Louis 2003)
Erik Karanik (Leadership St. Louis 2014)
John Kemper (Experience St. Louis 2009)
Penny Pennington (Leadership St. Louis 2008 / Experience St. Louis 2009)
Education
Kristin Sobolik (Experience St. Louis 2017)
Shu Schiller (Leadership St. Louis 2026)
Emerging Leaders
Stephanie Regagnon (Leadership St. Louis 2013 / Impact Fellows 2016)
Government, Economic & Community Development
Pat Kelly (Leadership St. Louis 2006)
Tim Nowak (Leadership St. Louis 2011)
Suzanne Sierra (Leadership St. Louis 2016)
Abdul-Kaba Abdullah (Leadership St. Louis 2025)
Howard Smith (Leadership St. Louis 2004)
Karen Branding (Impact STL 1994)
Rodney Crim (Experience St. Louis 2003)
Linda Ogbah Faas (Women In Leadership 2025)
Healthcare
Andrew Bagnall (Experience St. Louis 2022)
Laura Kaiser (Leadership St. Louis 2002)
Nonprofits
Andre Alexander (Leadership St. Louis 2023)
Mark Arens (Leadership St. Louis 2011)
LaKricia Cox (Women In Leadership 2021)
Leslie Gill (Youth Leadership St. Louis 1993)
Blake Hamilton (Emerging Leaders 2015/ Leadership St. Louis 2019)
Lesley Hoffarth (Women In Leadership 2004)
Pam Holterman-Hommes (Leadership St. Louis 2010)
Andwele Jolly (Leadership St. Louis 2022)
Wendell Kimbrough (Leadership St. Louis 2008)
Julie Lock (Leadership St. Louis 2020)
Kimberly McKinney (Leadership St. Louis 2004)
Kristen Slaughter (Leadership St. Louis 2024)
Muriel Smith (Women In Leadership 2014/ Leadership St. Louis 2018)
Kristen Sorth (Leadership St. Louis 2014/Women In Leadership 2013)
Jody Sowell (FOCUS Board Member)
Blake Strode (Youth Leadership St. Louis 2004/ Leadership St. Louis 2019)
Wendy Sullivan (Leadership St. Louis 2003)
Michelle Tucker (Leadership St. Louis 2010)
Stephen Westbrooks (Leadership St. Louis 2018)
Kristen Wild (Leadership St. Louis 2022)
Leading Industries
Nina Leigh Krueger (Leadership St. Louis 2003)
Kathleen Mazzarella (Leadership St. Louis 2004)
Sue McCollum (Leadership St. Louis 2002/ Women In Leadership 1989)
Donn Rubin (Leadership St. Louis 2001)
Living Legends
Flint Fowler (Leadership St. Louis 1993)
Michael Kennedy (Leadership St. Louis 1979)
Cecilia Nadal (Leadership St. Louis 1983)
Susan Trautman (Women In Leadership 1991)
Philanthropy
Nancy Kranzberg (Leadership St. Louis 1996)
David Farr (Leadership St. Louis 1986)
Mary Danforth Stillman (Leadership St. Louis 2015)
Patricia Wolff (Leadership St. Louis 1999)
Professional Services
Ryan Davis (Leadership St. Louis 2022)
Mindy Mazur (Leadership St. Louis 2019)
Amy Mistler (Leadership St. Louis 2017)
Real Estate
Joe Brinkmann (Leadership St. Louis 2010)
Joel Fuoss (Leadership St. Louis 2022)
Amy Gilbertson (Women In Leadership 2015)
Steve Emer (Leadership St. Louis 2010)
Jassen Johnson (Leadership St. Louis 2024)
Mike Konzen (Impact STL 1995)
Tyler Meyr (Leadership St. Louis 2013)
Technology
Gina Bremehr (Leadership St. Louis 2015)
Sekhar Prabhakar (Leadership St. Louis 2021 / FOCUS Board Member)
St. Louisans Working to Build Community
Neosha Franklin (Women In Leadership 2021)
Christy McCutcheon (Leadership St. Louis 2023)
St. Louisans Connecting the Dots Across the Local Business Ecosystem
Cynthia Chapple (Women In Leadership – STEM 2018)
Susan Gobbo (Leadership St. Louis 2024)
Jovany Otero (Emerging Leaders 2022)
