Transparency, Integrity, and Service define who she is and how she did it. Since 2012, Tishaura O. Jones has helped the City of St. Louis earn and save over $30 million and counting. 

Jones started her career as a public servant  in 2002 when she was appointed as Democratic Committeewoman of the 8th Ward in the City of St. Louis. A history-maker on a mission, she served two terms in the Missouri House of Representatives, and was selected as the first African American woman in Missouri history to hold the position of Assistant Minority Floor Leader. She also is the first African American woman to serve as Treasurer of St. Louis.

Dr. Sam Page was elected as St. Louis County Executive in April. Before that, he served as chairman of the St. Louis County Council, representing citizens of the 2nd Council District since August 2014.

From 2003 to 2008, Dr. Page represented part of St. Louis County in the Missouri House of Representatives.

Dr. Page earned an undergraduate degree in Chemistry while working his way through college. He received his Doctor of Medicine from the UMKC School of Medicine where he was selected to Alpha Omega Alpha medical honor society. Dr. Page completed a residency in anesthesiology at Northwestern University and a fellowship in Pain Management at Washington University in St. Louis.

Dr. Page is a Past President of the Missouri Society of Anesthesiologists and the Missouri Society of Interventional Pain Physicians. He has served as the Cubmaster for Cub Scout Pack 499, and currently is a Merit Badge Counselor for Citizenship in the Community for the Greater St. Louis Areas Boy Scouts.

Dr. Page lives in Creve Coeur with his wife, Dr. Jennifer Page, and they have three sons.

Dr. Matifadza Hlatshwayo Davis, MD, MPH, is the Director of Health for the City of St. Louis. Dr. Hlatshwayo Davis received her medical degree from Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine and a Master’s in Public Health Degree from Case Western Reserve University. She completed her internal medicine residency at University Hospitals Case Medical Center. She went on to complete her Infectious Diseases fellowship at the Washington University School of Medicine (WUSM), also completing a one year dedicated non-ACGME HIV fellowship and a two-year dedicated Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) fellowship. She was a Clinical Instructor at Washington University School Medicine for two years and an Associate Program Director of the Division of Infectious Diseases fellowship program. She was also in the leadership of the Office of Inclusion and Diversity at the WUSM where she wrote a policy dedicated to addressing patient bias against faculty, trainees and staff with an accompanying toolkit and curriculum for the residency program. Most recently Dr. Hlatshwayo Davis was an Infectious Diseases physician at the John Cochran VA Medical Center where she was the Lead HIV Clinician, Graduate Medical Education Coordinator and Outpatient Parenteral Antibiotic Therapy supervisor.

Her passion for community engagement, diversity and inclusion and patients living with HIV (PLWH), culminated in her becoming the co-chair for the Fast Track Cities initiative in St. Louis, which in collaboration with the City and County health departments as well as major HIV community organizations in St. Louis, is dedicated to end the HIV epidemic by 2030. She was later appointed to the City of St. Louis Board of Health where she helped lead the city and region in upholding the highest possible medical and public health standards. Dr. Hlatshwayo Davis is now a national and international medical contributor on COVID-19 with a particular focus on marginalized populations, and has been featured in outlets such as CNN, BBC, Al Jazeera, MSNBC, and Newsweek, among others. She is also an Associate Editor for Disparities and Competent Care for the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA).

Dr. Hlatshwayo Davis’s research interests include HIV retention and the impact of COVID-19 infection in marginalized populations. She was the co-PI for a study comparing the impacts of COVID-19 on HIV between St. Louis, Missouri and São Paulo, Brazil. She was also the clinical co-lead for a regional COVID-19 Population Prevalence grant where she brought her expertise in Infectious Diseases and roots in the community to write protocols for the management of COVID-19 positive individuals, design a program to provide wrap-around services to those in need and manage a workforce around this clinical response effort.

Dr. Hlatshwayo is active in medical education where, in addition to being the Graduate Medical Education supervisor, she also serves on the IDSA Medical Education Community of Practice Mentorship Work Group and the Grants for Emerging Researchers/Clinicians Mentorship committees. Additionally, she is on the Board of Directors for the IDSA Minority Interest Group. She mentors four trainees and has given over twenty lectures as well as invited talks including Medicine Grand Rounds at the John Cochran VA Medical Center and Orthopedic Grand Rounds at Washington University. She was recognized as one of the Chiefs of Service at the John Cochran VA Medical Center.

 Dr. Fredrick Echols is the Commissioner of the City of St. Louis Department of Health - the first medical doctor to serve as health director since 2007. Prior to becoming Director, Echols, 37, served as director of Communicable Disease, Vector and Veterinary Programs for the St. Louis County Department of Public Health.

Prior to starting his position with St. Louis County, Echols served as Chief of Communicable Diseases for the Illinois Department of Public Health and as a physician in the U.S. Navy, where he managed a staff of medical and ancillary personnel. He is a current member of the American Public Health Association, Council for State and Territorial Epidemiologists, the American Sexual Health Association and several other professional organizations and national work groups.

Dr. Gilbert s currently an Associate Professor at the Saint Louis University School of Public Health in the Division of Behavioral Science/Health Education. Dr. Gilbert received his MA in African American Studies and Master of Public Affairs from Indiana University. 

His primary research interests seek to reduce health disparities through research and interventions that will prevent disease and promote healthy behaviors. His work applies quantitative and qualitative methods in areas such as social capital, community capacity, organizational readiness, community based participatory research, and with populations such as African American men. 

Dr. LaTonia Collins Smith serves as Interim President of Harris-Stowe State University. She has more than 20 years of progressive leadership experience with an extensive background in administration and program development. She began her career in higher education at Harris-Stowe State University in 2010 and served the institution as provost and vice president of academic affairs, associate provost, assistant provost and as executive director of the Center for Career Engagement. Dr. Collins Smith is the co-principal investigator of a $5 million National Science Foundation grant to substantially strengthen STEM in the state of Missouri, serves as chair of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Statewide Celebration Commission of Missouri and board member for Greater STL, Inc.

Reverend Angela M. Tate is a lifelong resident of St. Louis Missouri. She was llicensed to preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ in 2006 and ordained in 2011 through Westside Missionary Baptist Church here in St. Louis. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from Maryville University and her
Masters of Education in Counseling from University of Missouri-St Louis.
Angela is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) in the State of Missouri and has 20-years of experience in non-profit leadership including most recently at Behavioral Health Response (BHR) where she served as Vice President of Operations.

Angela has served in volunteer ministry at the Westside Missionary Baptist Church in various capacities including; Associate Minister, Sunday Morning Bible Study teacher, and as a leader in the Stephen’s Ministry for Christian Caregiving. She has recently made the transition from volunteer ministry to vocational ministry, and currently serves as the Associate Pastor for the Westside Missionary Baptist Church. 

Dr. Hooks-Anderson is a board certified Family Physician whose research interests include preventative medicine and the elimination of health disparities. Her passion is fueled by her strong desire to improve healthcare for minority, disadvantaged and marginalized communities. Her philosophy is simple: treat all people with respect, compassion and love.

She is a graduate of Jackson State University, the University Of Iowa College Of Medicine, and the Lincoln Family Medicine Residency Program in Lincoln, Nebraska. Her past work experiences have included community medicine and private practice. She is currently an Associate Professor at Saint Louis University School of Medicine in the Department of Family and Community Medicine and she also serves as the Interim Assistant Dean of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.