Women Who Mean Business
Meet the 2024 Biz 417 Women Who Mean Business
Each year, Biz 417 chooses five women who are guiding southwest Missouri into the future.
Jordan Blomquist
Mar 2024
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This year’s Women Who Mean Business honorees were selected from reader nominations. We’re inspired by their confident leadership, optimistic resilience and ability to empower the people around them.
Do you know a woman who means business? Nominate her for our 2025 list.
Meet Our Honorees
Dr. Grenita Lathan
Superintendent of Springfield Public Schools
Krystal Simon
CEO of Care to Learn
Laura Gates
President of TransLand
Nancy Bogart
Founder and CEO of Jordan Essentials
Sarah Adams Orr
Owner of Adams Funeral Home
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