The Hoffmann Family of Companies has added another St. Louis-area business to its portfolio – a signage company. The deal marks the latest local investment for the privately held company, which since early 2021 has invested $150 million in an effort to transform the region into a wine-tourism destination.
A more personalized experience for sports fans, on-demand “micro-gyms” for working out and a platform for female esports competitors. Those are a few of the ideas being funded by St. Louis-based Stadia Ventures in the latest cohort of its accelerator program.
Tax incentives played a role, but the manager of the North City plant also said something else was key in Procter & Gamble's decision to expand his facility.
After the killing of George Floyd by a police officer in Minneapolis in the summer of 2020, people took to the streets and corporate America made public commitments to increase focus on diversity, equity and inclusion issues. For some, those commitments have led to actionable goals, and for others, that momentum has stalled.
There was a reason, back in 1942, that folks under the most severe of attacks chose one movie, from thousands, to show over and over as their last possible message to those who felt the most abandoned.
Winners of the Champions for Diversity & Inclusion Awards for 2022, celebrated at a lunch event Thursday, represent a broad range of organizations and titles. In their acceptance remarks, all thanked others for their help and some related personal stories. Here are photos from the event and a sampling of honorees' comments.
“The YMCA is a trusted organization in communities of color,” Kendra Holmes, COO of Affinia HealthCare, said. “And under the direction of Mr. Helm, the YMCA has prioritized the renovation and improvement of YMCA locations in underserved communities.
Meet the St. Louis Business Journal's annual Champions for Diversity & Inclusion Awards honorees — who are working to make St. Louis a more inclusive place to live and work.
When it comes to diversity and inclusion efforts in St. Louis, Midwest BankCentre (MBC) puts its actions and money – including funds from business partners – where its mouth is.
Among 1,694 degree-granting four-year colleges that reported cost of attendance estimates since the beginning of the pandemic, roughly 74% hiked prices in the recently completed academic year. At some, like WashU, costs top $80,000.
As the CEO and founder of Lauer Toys and creator of Waterbabies, the second best-selling baby doll in the United States with more than 24 million units sold, Dan Lauer knows what it takes to grow an idea into a successful business.
Developers behind a $325 million mixed-use development along the Mississippi River in North County said it will succeed because of their experience and its location near a new Saint Louis Zoo campus.
St. Louis startups involved in sports software and in educational technology have been named to the 2022 cohort of Google for Startups Black Founders Fund. The pair are among more than 50 companies that will receive $100,000 in nondilutive and other assistance from Google.
The banks' new director of community reinvestment enters the job at an especially interesting time. Federal banking regulators are revising Community Reinvestment Act rules for the first time in more than two decades.
Adrienne Dawson is not only head of DEI for MilliporeSigma North America, but she also co-founded several employee resource groups, including the Black Leadership Network and served as a co-lead for the Leaders of Color Action Network in North America.
Helen Lee, principal and founder of award-winning design firm Tao + Lee Associates, is passionate about stopping hate against Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities. A proud Chinese American, Lee sees it as her mission to mentor young Asian Americans.
Nalini Mahadevan’s experiences as an immigrant, mother, and woman of color deeply inform her legal practice — both as a workplace and in terms of services provided.
At not even 30, Scott Schenkelberg has had a powerful impact on diversity, equity and inclusion at a long-established St. Louis-area business and can be expected to provide continued visibility on such efforts as his career progresses.
As the first vice chancellor for equity, diversity and inclusion at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE), Jessica Harris is a racial justice advocate and a visionary leader of DEI initiatives.
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