Several African Americans were honored by the St. Louis Business Journal as members of the 2006 class of Most Influential Minority Business Leaders.
The honorees included Adrian Bracy, St. Louis Rams vice president of finance; Daryl Burke, Associated Minority Contractors of St. Louis president; Kathy Conley Jones, Conley Financial Group CEO; Debra Denham, BJC HealthCare vice president of community affairs; Reginald Dickson of Buford, Dickson, Harper & Sparrow, Inc.; Reggie Dominique, director of marketing and sales for the Ritz-Carlton; Ed Ferguson, Schnuck Markets, Inc., urban administrator of merchandising and community relations; Kevin Holloway, Monsanto Dairy president; Michael Holmes, Express Scripts senior vice president, chief human resources officer; Hubert Hoosman, Vantage Credit Union president and chief executive; Jerry Hunter, Bryan Cave LLP partner.
Also honored were Samuel Jenkins, vice president of ethics, Integrated Defense Systems, The Boeing Company; Richard Mark, Ameren senior vice president; Sandra Moore, Urban Strategies president; Vickie Newton, KMOV Channel 4 news anchor; State Rep. Sherman Parker (R-St. Charles); Kaven Swan, vice president, Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum (HOK); and Todd Weaver, Legacy Building Group president and CEO.