Kristen Wild joined the food search operation after serving as executive director of the Ladue Education Foundation & Alumni Association. Her career is focused on advocacy and education, and her origin includes work on autism speaks, Sylvan teaching centers and different districts of public schools. “Given my roots in teaching children, whose basic needs were not met, I withdrew from the opportunity to meet one of the most basic needs of all, food safety,” Wild notes. “Without food safety, children are unable to bloom in class or life.”
Professional achievements and opportunities
What has been the most important success of your company or your company over the past 12 months? Food research operation began renovating the healthy community of healthy food of our facility, which will expand our ability to address food insecurity in the region with two countries.
Has do you have more excited about the future of your company or industry? Our renovated facility will not only be better equipped to meet the immediate need through storage, packaging and distribution of food, but will also enable us to bring other organizations and community partners to our building, offer Our client programs, provide an improved voluntary experience and donors, and attract and maintain high talent.
If you could change one thing about your industry, what would it be and why? There is an extraordinary amount of cooperation between non -profit organizations in St. Louis. I would like to see more cooperation and recognition that many of the issues we each address are interconnected, with the usual through the poverty line.
What is the most difficult business challenge that you had to overcome (excluding pandemia) and why? Enduring the “circulation tsunami” such as the harshest challenge of the business excluding the pandemia. During and after the pandemia, our turnover was high, as it was for many organizations across the country. Not only was the traffic being costly (having to spend time employing and retraining), but it was demoralized for collaborators, who often had relationships with those who left and often had additional work during the transition period. Fortunately, the rates of keeping our employees have improved heavily in the past year.
Mentors and peers
Who or where do you go for sound business tips? I appreciate to go to other non -profit executives for sound business tips. Participants in the meeting of the Executive Director of the Rome Group, My Focus St. Louis Leadership St. Louis Cohort, and the group from my WASH business management program U for nonprofits are all useful when I have to get tips.
Do you have a business mentor? If so, who and why? Allen Houge is a valuable business mentor. He is a tall coach of vistas. He is able to attract the experiences of other countless leaders when I get ideas and problems in our monthly training sessions.
Which advice has had the most important impact on your career? In response to my question, “When will this work get easier?” Allen Houge advised that it would not become easier until I fully accepted and embraced the leadership realities that the role demands, instead of fighting them.
If you could have dinner with any business leaders of the two areas, who would you choose and why? If I could eat dinner with any business leader of the two areas, I would choose Jason Hall and Kristen Sorth. Jason has done so much to advance the region through its Greater St. leadership. Louis Inc. He has joined leaders from a variety of industry, all focused on strengthening our community. I’m not a location st. Louisan, but I feel such civic pride when I learn about the work of Greater St. Louis, Inc. Asddirector and CEO of St. Louis, Kristen Sorth has taken the library system at new heights. Not only does SLCL offer traditional library services, but it has become a center where people can go for social work services, eye exams, food, WiFi and classrooms and a plethora of other topics.
Who is the most interesting leader of sub-radar/developing business in St. Louis and why? Marcus Howard is one of the most interesting developing business leaders in St. Louis. Marcus is the founder of Greaterhealth Pharmacy & Wellness, a pharmacy “radically comprehensive, with cultural responsibility focused on providing the patient focused on the patient for St. Louis residents”. It offers pharmacy services to historically marginalized residents in the St. region. Louis, including the distribution of recipes (and food surgery operation) for those who may not have access to transport. He is creative, sharp, entrepreneur and dedicated to helping people achieve greater health.
What is one thing you would change about the business environment of the Metro St. Louis and why? One thing I would change about the business environment of the Metro St. Louis area is to create incentives to maintain new talent. We have very strong academic institutions in St. Louis; Many graduates choose to leave the area and start careers elsewhere.
BACKGROUND
Where were you born? Kalamazoo, Michigan
What was your childhood aspiration? As a child, I wanted to become an author.
What was your first job and what did you learn from it? My first job was to learn second grade in Houston’s inner city through Teach for America. I learned how critical the education system is for the future of our nation’s children.
Which educational degrees do you hold, and where were they won? I hold a bachelor’s degree in political science and psychology from the university.
Hobbies and interests
If you weren’t in your current profession, what would you do and why? If I were not in my current profession, I would maintain a leading position in education because I continue to feel that education is the key to addressing many of the challenges of society.
What is your favorite restaurant of St. Louis area, and what do you usually order there? My favorite St. Louis area restaurant is root in Augusta. I usually order whatever special fish is being offered.