Honorees were selected to recognize the variety and full continuum of the leadership found in our community; from life-time achievement to visionary and new initiatives representing an investment in the St. Louis community.

Past Honorees

    2010
    • James R. Kimmey, M.D., M.P.H., Missouri Foundation for Health
    • Sue Stepleton, Ph.D., MBA, LCSW, National Center for Parents as Teachers

    2009
    • Christopher "Kit" Bond, United States Senator, Missouri
    • June McAllister Fowler, BJC HealthCare
    • Dee A. Joyner, Commerce Bank
    • W. Stephen Maritz, Maritz Holdings Inc.
    • Donald M. Suggs, St. Louis American

      2008
      • James Buford, Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis, Inc.
      • Rodney Crim, St. Louis Development Corporation
      • Tracy Hart, Tarlton Corp.
      • Lesley Hoffarth, Formerly with Missouri Department of Transportation
      • Robert Kelley
      • Don Kornblet
      • Dan Lee, Pinnacle Entertainment
      • Sharon Rohrbach, Formerly with Nurses for Newborns
      • J. Kim Tucci, Pasta House Co.

      2007
      • Cynthia Brinkley, AT&T Service Inc.
      • Claudia Daugherty-Seabaugh*
      • Charlie Dooley, St. Louis County
      • Serena Muhammad, St. Louis SCORES
      • Will Winter, UMSL- Public Policy Research Center

      2006
      • Rebeccah Bennett, Vector Communications Corporation
      • Robert Fruend, St. Louis Regional Health Commission
      • Dawn Stringfield, Formerly with Lydia’s House
      • Ron Watermon, St. Louis Cardinals
      • Mark Wrighton, Washington University in St. Louis

      2005
      • Father Lawrence Biondi, Saint Louis University
      • Jackie Faber
      • Randy Fleisher, Central Reform Congregation
      • Genevieve Frank, Legal Services of Eastern Missouri
      • Orvin Kimbrough, Formerly with Faith Beyond Walls
      • Rupdolph Nickens, Jr., The Black Rep
      • Omar Perkins, MERS Goodwill
      • Peter Sortino, Danforth Foundation

      2004
      • Donald Danforth, City Academy
      • Flint Fowler, Herbert Hoover Boys and Girls Club
      • Linda Goldstein, Invironmentalists
      • Charles W. Mueller, AmerenUE
      • Mary Nelson Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale, P.C.
      • Cheryl Walker, Obasi Enterprises
      • George R. Westfall*

      2003
      • John Bachmann, Edward Jones

      2002
      • E. Desmond Lee*

      2001
      • David Darnell, Bank Of America Central Region

      2000
      • Mary Ann Van Lokeren, Krey Distributing Company

      1999
      • William Danforth, Washington University in St. Louis

      1998
      • August A. Busch, III, Anheuser Busch

      1997
      • Lee Liberman

      1996
      • Clarence C. Barksdale, Washington University in St. Louis

      1995
      • Andrew A. Craig, III, RiverVest

      1994
      • Harry Morley

      1993
      • Martin Mathews, Mathews Dickey Boys and Girls Club

      1992
      • Robert J. Baer

      1991
      • Lawrence K. Roos*

      1990
      • Paul C. Reinert, S.J.*

      1989
      • William E. Cornelius

      * Deceased