Kathleen Lees

St. Louis

Writer at Freelance

ESL Teacher | Journalist | contributions @riverfronttimes, @LiveScience, @Columbia, and more. | @IRE_NICAR Fellow '23

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Articles

We Hear You Opens Doors For People With Disabilities In St. Louis

2 weeks ago | stlmag.com | Kathleen Lees

Inaccessible physical environments continue to constrain many individuals with disabilities. The St. Louis-based company We Hear You, however, is opening new doors to accessibility solutions—literally. We Hear You, which received recognition from Arch Grants in 2023, initially developed an AI-equipped American Sign Language Translator to provide ASL translation in public places.
Evolution Metals Tees Up Former Trump Officials For Its Board

3 weeks ago | stlmag.com | Ryan Krull |Kathleen Lees |Sarah Fenske |Melissa Meinzer

A new multi-billion dollar company to be headquartered in St. Louis has positioned itself to be a big player in the coming electric vehicle boom and, in a move that would have begged credulity only a few years ago, is looking to fill its board of directors with former Trump administration officials to help in those efforts.
St. Louis County Library’s SkillMill Provides Pathway To The Trades

3 weeks ago | stlmag.com | Kathleen Lees |Sarah Fenske |Ryan Krull |Melissa Meinzer

You can get your hands on just about anything with a library card, including a job in the trades. That’s the purpose of St. Louis County Library’s SkillMill, which offers online training courses in numerous trades, including electric, HVAC, solar, and more. In October 2022, the library introduced 13 training programs by Interplay Learning that any student or adult with a library card can register for and complete virtually within 60 days.
St. Louis Businessman Sets Off Aussie Basketball Fracas

4 weeks ago | stlmag.com | Ryan Krull |Sarah Fenske |Kathleen Lees |George Mahe

A Clayton-based petroleum scion is at the center of a controversy engulfing Australia’s premier professional basketball league.
OneSTL Water Initiative Wants To Change How St. Louis Recycles

1 month ago | stlmag.com | Kathleen Lees |Mike Miller |Sarah Fenske |George Mahe

A line of canned drinking water wants to change how St. Louisans think about recycling. Launched with the help of grants from the St. Louis-Jefferson Solid Waste Management District, Missouri Department of Natural Resources, and Brightside St. Louis, OneSTL Water is more than a thirst quencher. It’s a recycling tutorial in a can–a still water product marked with a scannable QR code that illustrates the recycling lifecycle of the product.
Ryan Krull | St. Louis Magazine

1 month ago | stlmag.com | Ryan Krull |Mike Miller |Cara Downs |Kathleen Lees

Manager Mark Erney, who is charged with wire fraud, previously pled guilty to stealing from his partners at a different restaurant. A look at the latest across the political landscape, including some of St. Louis’ top elected officials and candidates
Amy De La Hunt | St. Louis Magazine

1 month ago | stlmag.com | Kathleen Lees |Connie Mitchell |Christine Jackson |Veronica Theodoro

Local leaders across some of the metro area’s top sectors, from agtech to bioscience, geospatial intelligence to logistics and transportation, and beyond. Korean-French bakery chain Tous les Jours opening soon in the Delmar Loop The international chain beloved for its Asian- and French-inspired artisan pastries and gourmet desserts plans to open its first St. Louis area location on February 20 in the Delmar Loop.
New WashU initiative will bring business insights to health industry

1 month ago | stlmag.com | Kathleen Lees

A new Washington University program seeks to use business principles to improve health care systems and operations, and spur new innovations. Launched late last year, the Business of Health initiative leans on research originating at WashU’s Olin Business School to solve industry challenges, help students launch careers on the business side of the health care field, and turn fresh ideas into real-world solutions.
St. Louis Business 500: Q&A with Tom Hogan, Perficient

2 months ago | stlmag.com | Kathleen Lees

Under Tom Hogan’s tenure, Perficient has added nearly $910 million in revenue and myriad employees, both globally and locally. He also helped the company acquire SMEDIX Inc., a health care software engineering firm.
St. Louis Business 500: Professional Services

2 months ago | stlmag.com | Kathleen Lees |Ashlynn Perez |Connie Mitchell

The St. Louis Business 500 highlights some of the metro area’s most impactful, innovative, and inspirational leaders, from C-suite executives to under-the-radar entrepreneurs across an array of industries. Beyond the brief bios below, we created a questionnaire to shed light on some of these leaders’ achievements, aspirations, and interests beyond the office. Click the names highlighted in blue for more interesting insights from some of St. Louis’ top business leaders.