These Honorees

Make Missouri Proud

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Scroll the list, give ‘em a click, a round of applause or a slow clap if that’s your vibe. Let’s celebrate the makers who are putting Missouri on the map—one AWESOME thing at a time.

Meet the Judges

This year’s top 16 products manufactured in Missouri, as well as a top honors award, were chosen by seven judges from across the state. They are as follows: 

•  Shad Burner, principal at KBS Group LLP and CEO of Southeast Missouri Regional Economic Development Inc. 

• Stephen Foutes, director of the Missouri Division of Tourism 

• Janelle Higgins, vice president of marketing and communications at Missouri Partnership 

• Amy Kauffman, executive director of the MOKan Partnership 

• Jason Moore, director of the Missouri State Fair 

• Katherine O’Toole, executive director of the Greater Kansas City Chapter of the National Tooling & Machining Association 

• Brian Weiler, director of aviation at Springfield-Branson National Airport