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Kristy Hess leads the commercial real estate team at Enterprise Bank & Trust, earning marks as a top producer in her eight years with the company.

With support of private funds, the nonprofit program allows people to qualify for homeownership who might not otherwise be approved by lenders. Prices for the homes begin at $189,000.

After Steph Hermanson was promoted to chief revenue officer of Atomic Revenue earlier this year, the company closed 60% more deals than the same time period the previous year.

St. Louis is not only a city filled with a variety of leading companies in the world of business, but also one of the most charitable cities in the United States. This new feature will take a look at some of our most charitable individuals and dive deeper into why giving is so important to them. The American Cancer Society is proud to partner with the Business Journal in providing this opportunity. What does having been a recipient of grants from the American Cancer Society mean to you? The American…

As senior human resources manager at HOK, Maddy Heikkila manages $32 million in employment benefits annually and negotiates health care savings, in addition to responsibilities around diversity, equity and inclusion.

Tim Hebel launched Beanstalk Web Solutions, a full-service digital marketing and web design agency, about nine years ago while still attending college full time. Since its launch, Beanstalk has grown from about $88,000 in annual revenue to more than $1 million in 2020.

Spirit Airlines already offers flights to Fort Lauderdale, Florida; Las Vegas; Los Angeles; Orlando, Florida; and on a seasonal basis, Pensacola, Florida. The company will also begin service to Cancun, Mexico, in December.

A former Marine Corps pilot, Ryan Harbison was a good fit for Helicopters Inc., which leases, operates and maintains helicopters for broadcast companies and government agencies.

As the city counselor, Hamilton is the chief attorney for the entire city of St. Louis, overseeing two deputy city counselors, 38 additional attorneys, and 20 support staff.

After losing her restaurant management job, Lydia Gwin pivoted to create a business that offers virtual cooking activities. That, in turn, led to a position as project manager at Nine PBS.

The capital will be used to fund a road rebuilding project through Florissant and Dellwood and for a portion of a major greenway development through several St. Louis neighborhoods.

A nonprofit that provides services to help immigrants integrate into the St. Louis community received a $1.5 million grant to assist in funding resettlement efforts with Afghan refugees.

Jennifer George oversees multiple departments for St. Charles County, including information systems, human resources, community development, workforce and business development, and communications.

Neosha Franklin leads communication and community initiatives for the St. Louis Community Foundation, the region's largest charitable trust and foundation ranked by grant volume.

Jessica Erfling leads a nonprofit that works to help homeless youth transition into independence.

As partner in charge of RubinBrown's public sector services group, Renita Duncan is responsible for leading roughly 45 team members in providing accounting services to a broad spectrum of government organizations, local public school districts, and state and political districts.

With its fresh financing, the St. Louis-based startup plans to advance development of technology to deliver traits to crops like soybeans and corn to improve yield.

Matt Drinen co-founded Emerald Capital, which has closed $70 million in financing and sourced $60 million in new market allocations.

Dibble has re-energized the Donald Danforth's diversity, equity, and inclusion commitments through changes to training and education, and a focus on hiring and retention processes.

You and your friends or colleagues have a great business idea and are ready to launch a startup. Great. But where do you begin? While having multiple people start a business together can be an exciting venture, before getting too ahead of yourselves it’s important to start your partnership with a written agreement to lay out duties and allocations of tax and economic items. Partnership agreements usually include some confusing language sprinkled with the occasional “whereof” or “heretofore”…