There are a lot of things we’d like to forget about 2020. But seeing our community come together and support each other is not one of them.

Steve Schnarr has been on staff with Missouri River Relief for the last 14 years and in 2018 became the nonprofit’s executive director. 

Andrea Waner has served as the chair of the City of Columbia’s Human Rights Commission since 2017, where she has worked to protect people from discrimination.

Since 2018, Dimetrious Woods has started two businesses in Columbia, Woods Auto Spa and Munchi’s Fish and Chicc’n food truck. It wasn’t his first entry to entrepreneurship, but it is different this time around.

Janice Dawson-Threat is director of Grade A Plus and has continued to serve and help children through the pandemic.

Hall has worked to create a musical environment where members make music together and build lasting relationships.

True North of Columbia is a domestic and sexual violence survivors services organization that was started by a group of MU graduate students in the 1970s. Since then, the organization has expanded to include a shelter, hotline and outreach services within the community.

Keith McIver helped Columbia’s Housing Programs Division reach minority- and women-owned businesses about CARES Act support.

Stephanie Browning, director of Public Health for Columbia/Boone County, values collaboration and serving others, especially in challenging times.

The Insurance Group is the recipient of the 2020 Progress Award for Corporate Citizenship.