The Leadership Academy
Leadership is critical to any organization’s success. The State of Missouri is committed to developing the next generation of state government leaders. The Missouri Leadership Academy is an innovative program that brings together emerging leaders from across all 16 executive departments to build new skills and become better leaders. This leadership program incorporates approaches that are proven successful in other high performing organizations in both the public and private sectors.
The Missouri Leadership Academy objectives are:
- For participants: accelerate their professional growth through individual leadership development, building new skills to lead others, and learning how to drive change
- For their departments: prepare emerging leaders to take on new responsibilities and roles
- For the State of Missouri: build a group of emerging leaders with the skills and understanding of how to improve government performance
This program’s foundation is the commitment that through better leadership, the State of Missouri will continue to improve and serve our citizens better. Our citizens expect us to perform as well as any other organization. Working together, we will meet their high expectations.
The State of Missouri will have two classes a year.
Austin M. Albert
Department of Economic Development
Krista Allison
Department of Labor and Industrial Relations
Angela Anderson
Office of Administration, Information Technology Services Division (ITSD)
Kalee Baker
Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC)
Eric Bernskoetter
Department of Transportation
Taylor Brune
Department of Transportation
Alicia Carpenter
Department of Revenue
Justin Clutter
Department of Social Services, MO HealthNet Division
Heather Cofer
Department of Corrections
Caitlin Cruz
Department of Conservation
Daniel Dahler
Department of Natural Resources
Todd Fleharty
Department of Corrections
Dawn Fredrickson
Department of Natural Resources/Missouri State Parks
Katie Hansen
Department of Commerce and Insurance
Umo Ironbar-Brandt
Department of Social Services
Jason Isabelle
Department of Conservation
Andrea Kimball
Department of Mental Health
Jon Nelson
Department of Transportation
Leah Norment
Department of Higher Education and Workforce Development
Heather Osborne
Department of Mental Health
EeJuan Riddle
Department of Mental Health
Evan Rodriguez
Governor’s Office
Tim Roling
Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Jesse Rollins
Office of Administration
Mindy Rustemeyer
Department of Health and Senior Services
Pam Sandbothe
Department of Health and Senior Services
Scott Schlueter
Department of Public Safety
Eddie Sherman
Department of Corrections
Robbie Sterner
Department of Public Safety
Kayla Ueligger
Department of Social Services
Dawn Wall
Department of Agriculture
Grant Wheeler
Department of Public Safety/Division of Fire Safety
Erin Babb
Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Crystal Baraboo
Department of Revenue
Robert (Bobby) Baugh
Department of Social Services
Donna Brake
Department of Higher Education and Workforce Development
Jacob Brooke
Office of Administration
Justin Buckler
Department Of Natural Resources
Jennifer Crader
Department of Labor & Industrial Relations (DOLIR)
Jeffrey Collins
Department of Industrial and Labor Relations
Brogan Dinolfo
Department of Commerce and Insurance
Daniel Epler
Department of Economic Development
Charlene Fitch
Department of Natural Resources
Brad Gerling
Department of Commerce and Insurance
Tanya Henry
Department of Health and Senior Services
Lauren Hildreth
Department of Conservation
Kelly Hopper
Office of Administration
Kyle Kempker
Department of Corrections
Katie Long
Department of Health and Senior Services
Kate McKenna-York
Department of Social Services
Mimi Nazu
Department of Corrections
Jim Nugent
Department of Public Safety
Trudy Parkhurst
Department of Mental Health
Richard Powell
Department of Corrections
Jessica Catron Pugh
Department of Public Safety
Elizabeth A. Reed
Department of Transportation
Dr. Sarah Reinkemeyer
Department of Agriculture
Elizabeth Schulte
Department of Mental Health
Kelli Smith
Department of Social Services
Ben Terrell
Department of Labor and Industrial Relations
Megan Wadley
Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Josh Ward
Missouri Department of Conservation
Miranda Warren
Department of Mental Health
Hannah Wilson
Department of Revenue
