Lesley S. Hoffarth, P.E., has served as the President & Executive Director of the nonprofit conservancy Forest Park Forever since January 2010. In this role, Hoffarth has been leading the organization through strategic growth and a transition of its mission. While the organization was initially focused just on helping restore Forest Park after decades of deterioration, the conservancy has expanded its mission to partner with the City of St. Louis to sustain the Park forever, as well as improve the visitor experience.

In 2011, Hoffarth successfully negotiated a first-in-the-nation innovative agreement with the City of St. Louis that forms a true partnership in caring for the Park, secures City funding for ongoing Park maintenance and builds the next phase of capital projects. Between 2013 – 2017, Hoffarth and her team undertook Forever: The Campaign for Forest Park’s Future, the most ambitious fundraising initiative in Forest Park history. The conservancy met and exceeded its $130 million goal, raising more than $139 million in gifts and pledges for the Park.

During her leadership of Forest Park Forever and in partnership with the City, Forest Park has been voted “Best City Park” in the country multiple times in the USA TODAY 10Best Readers’ Choice Awards, among other regional and national accolades for the Park’s quality and diversity of activities.

Before joining Forest Park Forever, Hoffarth — a 20-year veteran of the Missouri Department of Transportation — led the $535 million New I-64 project to completion one month ahead of schedule, $11 million under budget and with a 95% public satisfaction rating.

Hoffarth earned a bachelor's degree in civil engineering from the University of Missouri at Columbia and is a Missouri-registered professional engineer. She is an alumna of the CORO Women in Leadership Program and was recognized in 2008 as one of the CORO Leaders of the Year for St. Louis. She is also a distinguished member of the MU Academy of Civil Engineers and was recognized by the Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri as a 2009 Woman of Distinction. In 2014, Hoffarth received the Woman of Influence Award from Webster University and the Trailblazer Award from the St. Louis Forum. In 2016, she was named one of the St. Louis Business Journal's Most Influential Business Women.

Hoffarth is a considered a leader within the field of park conservancies and management, meeting regularly both regionally and nationally to facilitate the sharing of best practices, collaborate on solving shared challenges and elevate the profession of urban park management.

President and Chief Executive Officer, St. Louis Integrated Health Network

Andwele Jolly, DPT, MBA, MHA helps build regional capacity across all sectors to advance health equity and improve wellbeing, with an emphasis on historically excluded communities. The network is comprised of Federally Qualified Health Centers, the largest health care systems, public health departments, medical schools, and community partners in the St. Louis region. Jolly strives to co-create and advance strategies that improve equity, quality, access, and affordability of health care.

While leading the IHN, Jolly serves as immediate-past president of the National Association of Health Services Executives St. Louis, chairperson of Build Missouri Health, and on the board of Forest Park Forever. Jolly is also a long-standing member of the American Physical Therapy Association and American College of Healthcare Executives. In acknowledgment of his work in community, he was named a 2018 Eisenhower Fellow—a global network of experts committed to producing transformative and sustained impact in their communities—during which he studied how interprofessional and interdisciplinary care models in Rwanda and Australia could translate into solutions for St. Louis health care organizations in historically excluded communities.

Jolly earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology and a clinical doctorate in physical therapy from Washington University in St. Louis and master’s degrees in business administration and health administration from Georgia State University. He was also selected to be the first Executive Management Fellow at Washington University School of Medicine.

CEO of St. Louis CITY SC

Carolyn Kindle is the first female CEO of a Major League Soccer club, St. Louis CITY SC. Having piloted the majority female-led ownership group throughout the bid process and following St. Louis being awarded the expansion team, Kindle officially assumed the top role at CITY SC on August 20, 2019.

As CEO, Kindle oversees all operational and business aspects of St. Louis’ MLS team, including all activities at CITYPARK and the surrounding sports complex, which is North America’s largest urban sports campus and includes the team’s stadium, training facility, practice fields, team store and corporate headquarters. In addition to leading CITY SC, Kindle maintains her current role as President of the Enterprise Mobility Foundation, the charitable arm of Enterprise Mobility. A tireless advocate for the St. Louis region, she also is a board member of the St. Louis Sports Commission, SSM Health, St. Louis Police Foundation, Regional Business Council and Greater St. Louis, Inc.

Kerri Morgan, PhD, OTR/L, is an Associate Professor in Occupational Therapy and Neurology and the Director of Research in the Program in Occupational Therapy at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, MO. Dr. Morgan received a Master of Science degree in Occupational Therapy from Washington University and awarded a PhD in Movement Science from Washington University. She completed a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Alabama-Birmingham. She is actively involved in conducting research and mentoring health professional students. The focus of her clinical and research career has been to generate empirical knowledge helpful for guiding rehabilitation to improve the participation of persons with a mobility disability once they have been discharged from rehabilitation and are living in the community. Her work has ranged from community-based studies to basic mechanistic studies focused on increasing physical activity, preventing secondary conditions, and improving overall health. In addition, she is deeply involved in the community through boards and service working with disability organizations to promote health and wellness for people with disabilities.

Dr. Morgan is also an avid wheelchair athlete and distinguished Paralympian. In 2009, she was the first woman to be selected to represent the US National Wheelchair Rugby team. She has competed in three Paralympic Games on the US Track and Field team that included Beijing in 2008, London in 2012, and Rio in 2016. She has won 4 Paralympic medals and 10 World Championship medals in distances ranging from 100m to 800m.