Springfield Business Journal has launched the CEO Roundtable podcast. Look for a new episode each month featuring a group of leaders from different industries talking trends and hot topics. Hosted by SBJ's Christine Temple.
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Nine speakers from the Springfield, Missouri, area share their best ideas that can be immediately implemented to improve your business. This podcast takes a deep-dive into those ideas, and gives you insight into each speaker.
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Citizen Inc. - A show that explores how corporations and CEOs are taking ownership of the Springfield, Missouri, community in various ways - as well as the opportunities that still exist. A career journalist (Eric Olson of Springfield Business Journal) and a seasoned nonprofit director (Greg Burris of United Way of the Ozarks) team up to draw out some surprising results in company culture, recruitment, retention and profits. These stories about giving back are helping to grow corporate citiz ...
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Women from the Springfield, Missouri-area share their journey to the top of their professions and the challenges and triumphs they faced along the way. They’re rewriting the script on success and there’s no ceiling. Interviews by Springfield Business Journal's Christine Temple.
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Insurance | Trevor Crist, Trevor Croley and Richard Ollis
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Send us a text Springfield Business Journal Executive Editor Christine Temple sits down with Trevor Crist, CEO of Nixon & Lindstrom Insurance Inc.; Trevor Croley, president of Croley Insurance and Financial Inc.; and Richard Ollis, CEO of Ollis/Akers/Arney; to discuss a broad range of topics in the insurance industry: the rising cost of employer-sp…
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Community Focus Report | Leslie Forrester, Jonathan Groves and Carrie Richardson
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Send us a text Springfield Business Journal Executive Editor Christine Temple sits down with Leslie Forrester, executive director of the Springfield Regional Arts Council; Jonathan Groves, professor and chair of communication at Drury University and the facilitator of the Community Focus Report; and Carrie Richardson, executive director of Leadersh…
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Regionalism | Jonas Arjes, Erin Danastasio, Kristen Haseltine, Macy Mitchell
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Send us a text Springfield Business Journal Executive Editor Christine Temple sits down with Jonas Arjes, economic development lead at the Branson/Lakes Area Chamber of Commerce & CVB and incoming senior vice president of economic development, for the Springfield Area Chamber of Commerce; Erin Danastasio, executive director of the Hatch Foundation …
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Home Health Care | Phil Melugin, John Ray and Kim Sisk
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Send us a text Springfield Business Journal Executive Editor Christine Temple sits down with home health care leaders Phil Melugin, founder and CEO of Phoenix Home Care & Hospice; John Ray, CEO of Haven Home Health and Hospice; and Kim Sisk, administrative director for CoxHealth at Home.Door SBJ Podcasts
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Restaurants | Shawn Kraft & James Martin
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Send us a text Springfield Business Journal Executive Editor Christine Temple sits down with veteran restauranteurs Shawn Kraft, owner of Nonna’s Italian Cafe, Casper’s and Meals by Monica; and James Martin, owner of Gilardi’s Ristorante. The conversation covers rising food costs, innovations to improve efficiencies, the impact of credit card fees,…
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Workforce Development | Marybeth Kleinsasser, Diane Rozier and Ryan Sivill
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Send us a text Springfield Business Journal Executive Editor Christine Temple sits down with Marybeth Kleinsasser, vice president of human resources and staff development for the Arc of the Ozarks; Diane Rozier, director of human resources for CNH Reman LLC; and Ryan Sivill, audit partner and lead recruiting partner at Forvis Mazars.…
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Manufacturing | Pavel Bosovik, Jenny Carr, Chad Myers
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Send us a text Springfield Business Journal Executive Editor Christine Temple sits down with Pavel Bosovik, founder and CEO of 27North Inc., a manufacturer of expedition vehicles; Jenny Carr, CEO and president of L&W Industries LLC, which manufactures products for the railroad industry; and Chad Myers, executive vice president of SRC Holdings Corp.…
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Homebuilders | Tyler Bussell, Travis Little and Alexis Woodward
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Send us a text Springfield Business Journal Executive Editor Christine Temple discusses homebuilding with Tyler Bussell, vice president of Bussell Building Inc.; Travis Little, owner of Flintrock Home Builders; and Alexis Woodward, preconstruction manager with Trendsetter Homes. Each month, we gather around the table with a different group of Sprin…
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Christina Ford is the founder of The Rebound Foundation, which provides housing and support to survivors of domestic violence, and the owner of Kids Inn Child Care Center, which provides drop-in care. Christina and her family moved to Springfield in 2018 when her husband, Dana, was hired to coach the Missouri State University men’s basketball team.…
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Technology | Myke Bates, Maranda Provance and Simoriah Stogner
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Send us a text Springfield Business Journal Executive Editor Christine Temple discusses the technology industry with Myke Bates, CEO and co-founder of Hearo Technologies LLC, which develops remote support systems for people with disabilities; Maranda Provance, director of development for digital agency Mostly Serious LLC; and Simoriah Stogner, seni…
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Paula Dougherty is a certified financial planner and private wealth adviser leading the Achieve Private Wealth office of Ameriprise Financial Services. Starting out in the field in the mid-1990s, Paula says she had to learn how to trust herself and step outside her comfort zone to build a book of business. Today, her office is one of Forbes’ Best-i…
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Alex Erwin is the manager of scientific programs at Susan G. Komen. Her work involves bringing together industry leaders and patient voices to identify gaps in breast cancer research and needs in patient care. She moved back to the Springfield area after the birth of her daughter to be closer to family, and says she benefited from a post-pandemic s…
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Heather Lyons-Burney
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Heather Lyons-Burney is one of the founders of Faith Community Heath and My Neighbor’s Charitable Pharmacy. She’s also a clinical associate professor at the UMKC School of Pharmacy. Heather was the first pharmacy resident at CoxHealth – and she’s continued blazing trails throughout her career. In 2021, she led the efforts to develop the first chari…
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Jamie Dopp is the manager of marketing and communications for White River Valley Electric Cooperative Inc. This conversation takes us out of the office and on the journey to receiving a rare diagnosis for her daughter, Lillie. Five years ago, the daughter she described as vibrant and outgoing became unable to keep food down. Diagnoses of eating dis…
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Economic Development | Jonas Arjes, Kristen Haseltine and Matt Morrow
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Send us a text Springfield Business Journal Executive Editor Christine Temple discusses economic development with Jonas Arjes, executive vice president and chief economic development officer for the Taney County Partnership; Kristen Haseltine, president and CEO of Show Me Christian County; and Matt Morrow, president of Springfield Area Chamber of C…
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Mary Kromrey is the executive director of Ozark Greenways Inc., leading the efforts to maintain and grow the region’s trail systems. Her love of nature began in childhood. She got back to those roots in 2016 when she joined the nonprofit after two decades working with the YMCA. She says opening herself to the possibility that life could take an une…
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Stephanie Stenger is the president of Ron Stenger Cos., overseeing the legal and financial side of the family residential development business. She was also part of the group that in 2010 purchased the Moxie Cinema and turned it into a sustainable nonprofit enterprise. In recent years, she’s tackled a new industry with investments to open a marijua…
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Sherry Coker is the owner of Coker Consulting LLC, assisting businesses with education and training solutions. She spent 17 years in workforce development at Ozarks Technical Community College, leaving in 2023 to pursue a long-held dream to run her own business. The path to finding the courage to bet on herself was long and bumpy. Sherry says she’s…
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Yolanda Lorge is the founder and president of Grupo Latinoamericano. She also provides translation services for many organizations, like the Federal Bureau of Prisons and the state court system, and teaches English and Spanish language courses. Yolanda emigrated from Mexico as a young married woman, moving from metropolitan Mexico City to a small K…
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Business Year in Review | Marc Lee, Brett Roubal and Michael Smith
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Send us a text Springfield Business Journal Executive Editor Christine Temple talks with the leaders of the top three companies from Springfield Business Journal’s 2023 Dynamic Dozen awards to review the year in business and forecast the year ahead: Marc Lee, CEO of Sun Solar LLC; Brett Roubal, CEO of Little Sunshine’s Enterprises Inc.; and Michael…
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Brandi VanAntwerp is the executive director of Foster Adopt Connect Inc. While her journey to that role is a full circle story, the path had many turns, including a childhood dream to practice law and become a country music singer. But her love for giving back to others has been a constant theme – she held her first fundraiser when she was just 12 …
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Branding | Nathan Adams, Ken Taylor and Brandon Welch
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Send us a text Each month, we gather around the table with a different group of Springfield business leaders to discuss industry trends, workforce and company operations. Join us as we get a behind-the-scenes look into our business community from the C-suite. Springfield Business Journal Executive Editor Christine Temple discusses branding and mark…
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Commerical Construction | Michael Nesbitt, Gregg Scholtens and GR Stovall
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Send us a text Each month, we gather around the table with a different group of Springfield business leaders to discuss industry trends, workforce and company operations. Join us as we get a behind-the-scenes look into our business community from the C-suite. Springfield Business Journal Executive Editor Christine Temple discusses commercial constr…
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Private Education | Jeni Hopkins, Matt Johnson and Sister Cecilia Ann Rezac
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Send us a text Each month, we gather around the table with a different group of Springfield business leaders to discuss industry trends, workforce and company operations. Join us as we get a behind-the-scenes look into our business community from the C-suite. Springfield Business Journal Executive Editor Christine Temple discusses private education…
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Financial Advising | Shawn Gallagher, Dave Richards and Ben Newhouse
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Send us a text Each month, we gather around the table with Springfield business leaders to discuss industry trends, workforce and company operations. Join us as we get a behind-the-scenes look into our business community from the C-suite. Listen to the full discussion at SBJ.net/CEORoundtable. Springfield Business Journal Executive Editor Christine…
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Commercial Real Estate | Curtis Jared, Caleb Moreno and Ryan Murray
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Send us a text Each month, we gather around the table with Springfield business leaders to discuss industry trends, workforce and company operations. Join us as we get a behind-the-scenes look into our business community from the C-suite. Springfield Business Journal Executive Editor Christine Temple discusses trends in commercial real estate among…
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Mental Health in the Workplace | Clay Goddard and Katie Towns
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Send us a text Springfield Business Journal Executive Editor Christine Temple discusses mental health in the workplace with Clay Goddard, president of the southwest region for Burrell Behavioral Health/ Brightli Inc., and Katie Towns, director of the Springfield-Greene County Health Department.Door SBJ Podcasts
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Workforce Development | Andy Hedgpeth, Ericka Schmeeckle and Matthew Simpson
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Send us a text Springfield Business Journal Executive Editor Christine Temple discusses the labor force participation rate, access to child care, skilling up workers and tapping into hidden talent with Andy Hedgpeth, vice president of human resources for CoxHealth; Ericka Schmeeckle, interim director of Workforce Development for the city of Springf…
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Small Business | Laura Deal, Cheryl Knox and Amanda Smith
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Send us a text Each month, we gather around the table with a different group of Springfield business leaders to discuss industry trends, workforce and company operations. Join us as we get a behind the scenes look into our business community from the C-suite. Springfield Business Journal Executive Editor Christine Temple discusses small business ow…
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Sports Complexes | Lance Kettering, John Markey, and Stacie Wells
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Send us a text Each month, we gather around the table with a different group of Springfield business leaders to discuss industry trends, workforce and company operations. Join us as we get a behind the scenes look into our business community from the C-suite. In this episode, SBJ Executive Editor Christine Temple discusses sports tourism and the gr…
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Credit Unions | Judy Hadsall, Loretta Roney and Bruce Webb
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Send us a text Springfield Business Journal Executive Editor Christine Temple discusses lending, consumer trends, workforce and the regulatory environment in credit unions with Judy Hadsall, president/CEO of Multipli Credit Union; Loretta Roney, president/CEO of Volt Credit Union; and Bruce Webb, president/CEO of Assemblies of God Credit Union.…
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Quality of Place | Mary Kromrey, Matt Morrow and Tim Rosenbury
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Send us a text Springfield Business Journal Executive Editor Christine Temple discusses the concept of quality of place with Mary Kromrey, director of Ozark Greenways Inc.; Matt Morrow, president of the Springfield Area Chamber of Commerce; and Tim Rosenbury, director of quality of place initiatives for the city of Springfield.…
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Stephanie O'Connor
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Stephanie O’Connor is the vice president and chief information and people officer for City Utilities of Springfield, where she’s worked her entire career. She spent most of those years in IT, but in 2017, she joined the executive leadership team and also took on human resources for the utility. Stephanie says her work and life are guided by this ma…
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Norma Champion’s career started in the 1950s, hosting a children’s television show on KY3. After returning to school to finish her degree, she worked as a professor teaching broadcasting at Evangel University. In a twist to her career, she was elected to Springfield City Council in 1987, which launched a decadeslong run in politics, including as a …
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Nonprofits | Janet Dankert, Mike Powers and Jaimie Trussell
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Send us a text Each month, we gather around the table with a different group of Springfield business leaders to discuss company operations, workforce and industry trends. Join us as we get a behind the scenes look into our business community from the C-suite. Springfield Business Journal Executive Editor Christine Temple discusses workforce, revenu…
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Melinda Burrows has had a love of food her whole life. That passion has sent her around the world, cooking for Paul McCartney, Phil Collins and INXS while on tour, to name a few, and preparing private dinners for Brad Pitt, Jennifer Aniston and George Clooney. In recent years, Melinda has worked as an executive chef and earned the elite title of ce…
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Cicely Woodard is a math teacher at Kickapoo High School, and her approach to education has earned her national recognition, including the Tennessee Teacher of the Year and the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching. Cicely is on a mission to make math accessible and applicable to students and to teach them that when …
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Send us a text Springfield Business Journal has launched the CEO Roundtable podcast. Look for a new episode each month featuring a group of leaders from different industries talking trends and hot topics. Hosted by SBJ's Christine Temple. Thanks to this podcast's presenting sponsor, Spencer Fane LLP.…
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You might know Sarah Jenkins best as a writer and performer on “The Mystery Hour,” a once-syndicated late night talk show based out of Springfield. But her work has reached far past her roots. A “Mystery Hour” skit she stars in, “Instagram Husband,” has more than 7 million views on YouTube. Her love of comedy traces back to childhood. She says she’…
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Christie Love leads The Connecting Grounds, a church with a mission to clothe, feed and care for those in need with compassion. Christie admits she was an unlikely candidate for full-time ministry. She grew up in church, but struggles in adulthood caused her to wrestle with her faith. She says it was in studying theology that she saw the potential …
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Teresa McGeehan is the owner/operator of 19 McDonald’s restaurants in the Ozarks. She started at the restaurant as a teenager in an entry-level job and worked in nearly every leadership position before becoming an owner. At that time, she was one of only two female McDonald’s owners in the region. That wasn’t the only barrier she’s overcome. In her…
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Dami Odunewu is the founder of Purpose Connect, a software that takes a new approach to hiring by eliminating the resume. A company motto reads: We’re on a mission to make hiring more human. Dami says the idea comes from her own story. When she found her calling, she wanted others to find theirs, too. Her life’s passion is in providing equitable ac…
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Kaitlyn McConnell is the founder of Ozarks Alive, where she shares stories of the rural Ozarks with the goal of preserving culture and documenting the region’s people and places. She also has shared her stories through two Ozarks guide books. Her love of history started early, and her local roots run deep. In early 2022, she left her job as spokesp…
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Michelle is the owner of downtown shop The Coffee Ethic. It’s a role she took on suddenly six years ago after the death of her husband, Tom. She says she’s been on a journey since then, to navigate trauma, raise her children and assume the responsibilities of the coffee shop. Michelle says she rediscovered herself in the process and found her own v…
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You’ve heard of O’Reilly Automotive Inc., the Springfield-based auto parts retailer that’s been a darling of Wall Street since going public. Well this episode, we sit down with an O’Reilly, Tim O’Reilly, the grandson of company co-founder Charlie Chub O’Reilly. Tim’s not in the auto business but we’ll find he’s definitely influenced by his family c…
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From the onset, it’s obvious co-host Greg Burris and guest Cora Scott have great rapport from years working together. She’s the city of Springfield’s director of public information and civic engagement. That last part of her title is unique and adds a layer to her job that involves corporate citizenship.…
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Anne Williams | Brandon Welch | Ruell Chappell
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Welcome to Season 2, Episode 3 of SBJ Podcasts' 90 Ideas in 90 Minutes, featuring Anne Williams, Brandon Welch and Ruell Chappell. Anne is the president of JobFinders Employment Services, where she has worked for over 35 years. A longtime resident of Columbia, she attended University of Missouri as an undergraduate student and became invested in th…
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Missouri State University is home to over 20,000 individuals and it’s a breeding ground for the next workforce and community leaders. In this conversation, I hear that President Clif Smart Views corporate citizenship as a living organism on campus. And he and his team have a big influence and a front row seat for the next generation of professional…
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Tabatha Morrow has a very unique job. In her words, she handles “everything community” for Chase in Springfield, Missouri. And it’s a big job. The Chase call center Is one of the largest employers In the region, with over 1,000 on the team. It seems to be working. Here's the bottom line: "On an average year we generally support 50-70 events and upw…
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Ryan Grabill | Grant Wistrom | M. Elise Crain
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Welcome to Season 2, Episode 1 of SBJ Podcasts' 90 Ideas in 90 Minutes, featuring Ryan Grabill, Grant Wistrom and M. Elise Crain. Ryan has been part of more than 200 disaster responses since 2010. He’s been to all 50 states and 40 countries and can’t stop advocating for Mediterranean food. He believes asking questions is the best way to learn, and …
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