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Director of Missouri child welfare agency stepping down next month

2 months 3 weeks ago
The head of Missouri’s child welfare division will resign effective Nov. 1, a spokesperson for the agency said Monday. Darrell Missey has served as director of the Children’s Division since January 2022.  Housed in the Department of Social Services, the agency oversees the foster care system and investigates child abuse and neglect. The division has seen frequent turnover at the top, though Missey stayed longer than many. He was the sixth director under Gov. Mike Parson, who was sworn into…
Clara Bates

Q&A with women banking execs on leadership development

2 months 3 weeks ago
Women in leadership roles have seen recent gains, but there are more ways businesses can help increase opportunities for inclusion. The challenge isn’t the proverbial glass ceiling. Research from the consulting firm McKinsey shows it is a broken rung on the career ladder, where women make the first step into management at a disproportionately lower rate than their male peers. The 2023 Women in the Workplace report states that for every 100 men who take that step on the ladder, just 87 women…
Commerce Bank

St. Charles library CEO to resign

2 months 4 weeks ago
St. Charles City-County Library CEO Jason Kuhl is resigning to take a job with another library system, he said in an email sent to staff Friday. In the email, Kuhl said he had been "involved in a recruitment process with another library," and was approved as that library's CEO on Thursday. His last day with the St. Charles City-County Library will be Nov. 4. Kuhl's resignation comes months after protests from the community over his statements in May indicating the system would need to close three…
Sam Clancy, Ashleigh Brandmeyer