State Tech Dean Ben Berhorst graduates from Leadership Missouri
Published on December 7, 2023
State Tech Dean Ben Berhorst graduates from Leadership Missouri
Linn — In a recent ceremony, the 2023 class of Leadership Missouri graduated 31 leaders from organizations across the state. Mr. Ben Berhorst, State Tech’s Dean of Strategy and Growth was one of the graduates.
The class spent the previous seven months traveling across Missouri, networking with peers and learning about challenges and opportunities facing our state.
The celebration also marked the completion of the 32nd class of the Leadership Missouri program. The Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry founded the program in 1990 and has hosted classes each year — with the 2020 program postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2023 Leadership Missouri Graduates
- DeAnn Bennett, Evergy
- Ben Berhorst, State Technical College of Missouri
- Theresa Calvert, Carylon Corporation
- RJ Catizon, Mid-America Carpenters Regional Council
- Jeff Coiner, Missouri State University
- Stephanie Cooper, Douglass Community Services, Inc.
- Austin Davis, Missouri Department of Public Safety
- Paul Eisenstein, Missouri Department of Economic Development
- Stephen Forsha, William Woods University
- Amanda Good, Missouri Alliance of Boys & Girls Clubs, Inc.
- Sarah Graff, United States Government
- Jill Hathaway, Missouri Small Business Development Center at UMKC
- Renee Jurgensmeyer, Scholastic
- Dana Keller, Gamm, Incorporated
- Jeremy Ketterer, AT&T
- Kalisha McLendon, DDS, Cross Trails Medical Center
- Ryan Melton, Community Support Services of Missouri
- Christopher Nolan, BJC HealthCare
- Lyndsey Parker, Missouri Enterprise
- Sheila Schwartz Parsons, K&S Wire Products
- Chrissy Peters, Missouri Secretary of State’s Office
- Melissa Robinson, City of Kansas City
- LaQuinta Scott, Walmart
- Andrew Shaughnessy, MPH, Limitless Horizons Consulting LLC
- Scott Shipers, Missouri State Highway Patrol
- Jason Terry, Gilmore & Bell, P.C.
- Ben Thompson, Gilmore & Bell, P.C.
- Marco Tipton, Ameren Missouri
- Ashley Varner, Hitachi Energy
- Cara Weber, Missouri Partnership
- Amy Wescott, Philanthropy Missouri
“I would like to congratulate all of our Leadership Missouri graduates. It’s been a great experience to work with these very talented leaders from across Missouri and help grow their potential to Missouri move forward,” said Daniel P. Mehan, president and CEO of the Missouri Chamber. “We designed Leadership Missouri to elevate the talent of our state’s leadership pool and establish a forum for sharing ideas and best practices. Over the past 33 years, all of our expectations for this program have been met — and more.”
The 2024 class of Leadership Missouri is now accepting applications.
Learn more at mochamber.com/leadershipmissouri.
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