Category: 25 Women in Leadership

Gayle Westbrook is the owner of the Before and After-school Christian Experience Program — started 21 years ago in Morton. “This is not a job for…

Kristal Roop works professionally as a project manager for large excavators at Caterpillar and serves voluntarily on the Board of Directors for the…

Kristen Berchtold is the owner of Momentum Fund Development and Communications, a consulting firm dedicated to helping non-profits share their…

Dr. Taunya Jenkins is the Executive Director at Quest Charter Academy. Her whole career has been in education. “I really like to be a trendsetter, so…

Linda Cooper is an advanced practice nurse at OSF Saint Francis Medical Center. She has worked as a nurse at Saint Francis for 33 years and has been…

An academic librarian, Michelle Nielsen Ott is the Director of Library Services at Methodist College. When the pandemic required the college to close…

Kathryn Eissfeldt is an educator and freelance writer. She’s the president of the Peoria Area World Affairs Council — an open forum for everybody.…

Dr. Kari Rockwell became the superintendent of Fieldcrest Community Unit School District #6 in January 2020 — just three months prior to the…

What do we know about Sherry Carter-Allen? We know that after retiring with 30 years in public service as the first City of Peoria Police Code…