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It's Not Too Late! Becoming Your Best Investment (Prospective Members Welcome)
4/3/2025
This event is open to Forum members and prospective members.
Ticket Information
Members: $50.00
Guests $60.00
Program Description
Women are the caregivers of the world.
Whether at work, home, or in business, women have mastered the art of prioritizing everyone else. But, what do you do when you have little-to-nothing left to give? How do you feel when your name doesn't appear anywhere on your own to do list? How do you decide what's best for you and your future when you never make time to find out?
In this talk, Bernie Frazier, SPHR will share four simple yet powerful principles to help you begin to prioritize what's really important in your life. By reshaping your priorities and habits, you can begin to show up at your best for others and for you.
You will learn:
Registration Begins: 11:30 am
Meal Begins: 12:00 pm
Presentation Begins: 12:30 pm
Event Concludes: 1:30 pm
Bernie Frazier, SPHR
Founder and President
CAREERCompass, LLC
Bernie Frazier, SPHR is the Founder and President of CAREERCompass, LLC, a speaking and career coaching/strategy firm in St. Louis, MO. She's also spent over 30 years in the corporate recruiting space, and led the talent acquisition function for four of those organizations, including one global team.
Bernie is the author of the highly acclaimed book, "Your Success is in YOU!: Empowering and Equipping You to Create Your Best Career Ever!", a sought-after speaker, career coach/strategist, and talent acquisition expert. As a keynote speaker, Bernie has spoken for numerous businesses and organizations including Wells Fargo, Cisco, Emerson, Peabody Energy, Centene, Ameren, BJC Healthcare, Schnuck Markets, Iowa and Missouri Employment Conferences, National Association of Workforce Development Professionals, and Webster University, to name a few.
From C-Suite executives to individual contributors, she has coached professionals from around the globe on the fine art of career development and job search effectiveness. She has also served as the "Career Coach" on KSDK's Today in St. Louis - the St. Louis NBC affiliate, shared timeless job search tips on SiriusXM and KTRS 550 AM radio in St. Louis, been featured in the New York Times and St. Louis American newspapers, and profiled in the St. Louis Business Journal.
Bernie holds a bachelor's degree in Marketing from Drake University in Des Moines, IA and is a certified Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR). In her spare time, she serves as a Leadership Council Membership for It's Your Birthday, Inc., Executive Coach for Employ St. Louis, and Personnel Board Member for the City of Ferguson, MO. For fun, Bernie enjoys traveling, spending time with family and friends, drinking great wine, and eating a really good meal!
Registration will close on one week prior to the event. Refunds are available to your prepay balance or original payment method prior the close of registration. Once registration has closed, we have submitted our expected attendance count to the venue and/or caterers. Please note that we may opt to extend registration for circumstantial reasons. The date above will continue to be the last date that a refund will be available. For more information, please contact admin@stlforum.org.
Location: The Highlands Golf and Tennis Center
5163 Clayton Ave
St. Louis, MO 63110
Online Registration has closed for this event
Breakfast at Momo Coffee Champagne Kitchen (New Members & Their Nominators)
4/18/2025
This event is open to members who joined Forum in 2024 and their nominators.
Introducing a new recurring event: Every third Friday new members are invited to Momo Coffee Champagne Kitchen at 8:30 a.m. for an opportunity to get to know each other. We will provide ice breakers to get the conversation rolling. Registration is limited to 10 members. Please only sign up if you can definitely attend. Members will order and pay for their own meals.
Questions? Contact Wendy Edelstein wendy@changeovercoaching.com
Location
MoMo Coffee Champagne Kitchen
9500 Manchester Rd, Rock Hill, MO 63119
Location: MoMo Coffee Champagne Kitchen
9500 Manchester Rd
Rock Hill, MO 63119
There are currently 9 spots remaining out of 10
Exploring For-Profit and Nonprofit Boards (Prospective Members Welcome)
5/6/2025
This event is open to Forum members and prospective members.
Ticket Information
Members: $40.00
Guests $50.00
Program Description
Join us for an engaging panel discussion on “Exploring For-Profit and Nonprofit Boards.” Examine the key differences between these two types of board service and what makes each uniquely rewarding.
Panelists, Anna Crosslin and Betsy Cohen, will delve into the criteria for service on each type of board, highlighting skills, responsibilities, and governance practices that are critical in each space.
While for-profit boards often emphasize financial performance and shareholder value, nonprofit boards focus on mission-driven outcomes and community impact. For-profit boards can include service in public and private companies.
Nonprofit boards can be an excellent steppingstone to gain experience, network, and contribute to meaningful causes, offering their own deep sense of satisfaction. Among other engagement opportunities, attendees will learn about BoardBridge, a matching program through FOCUS STL, which helps individuals connect with nonprofit boards.
Participants will be encouraged to share their own experiences, fostering a collaborative and insightful discussion on the pathways and opportunities in board service.
Refreshments will be provided. Street parking will be available.
Panelists
Betsy Cohen
Philanthropic Futurist, FutureGood
Betsy Cohen leverages her business, government and nonprofit expertise as a Philanthropic Futurist working with advisory firm FutureGood. This builds on her prior expertise as a corporate futurist and her work in business, government and nonprofits. Betsy was the Executive Director of the St. Louis Mosaic Project 2013-2025, a regional initiative of the non-profit World Trade Center-St. Louis within the St. Louis Economic Development Partnership. This was a public-private partnership whose goal was to attract and retain foreign-born people to St. Louis, resulting in a #1 rating in the US for growth in 2024 data. Prior to the work above, Betsy had a long career at Nestle Purina where she was a Vice President of marketing, sustainability, new products, new ventures and other operations. She was a corporate futurist for business goals.
She is on the external board for Washington University McDonnell International Scholars Academy and on the Cortex Innovation Community Committee for Talent and Community. She is on the advisory board of the consulting firm CEdge. She is the author of a book to help international people find a good US job. She gave a TEDx talk on immigration in 2023. She is a well-known multicultural leader and has been honored by many of the regional ethnic organizations. In 2025 she was honored as one of the St. Louis top 500 business leaders by St. Louis Magazine for economic development. She is a 21/64 Certified Philanthropic Advisor. Betsy is a graduate of Wellesley College and has her MBA from the Harvard Business School.
Anna E. Crosslin
Executive-in-Residence, FOCUS STL
For more than 42 years until her retirement in February 2021, Anna Crosslin served as President & CEO of the International Institute of St. Louis, leading our region’s immigrant services and community engagement hub, which serves more than 6,000 immigrants annually from 60 countries.
During her tenure, Crosslin received numerous awards and recognitions from immigrant, business, government, education, and civic groups. She was frequently identified as one of the St. Louis Business Journal’s “Most Influential St. Louisans” including awards for Diversity and Women’s Leadership. She is a STL Forum Trailblazer.
In June 2015, Crosslin was recognized as a White House Champion of Change for World Refugee Day. She was also awarded two honorary doctorates – one from Webster University and another from Washington University, her alma mater. In 2025 in recognition of her continuing community impact, she was named a “Living Legend” in St. Louis Magazine’s inaugural St. Louis Business 500 special edition.
Since her retirement from IISTL, Crosslin has maintained and, in fact, strengthened ties with St. Louis through expanded volunteerism. She serves on the Steering Committee of the St. Louis MOSAIC Project, has joined the Board of Directors of STL Forum, is an advisory member of Greater St. Louis Inc., and is a member of the Board of Trustees and Executive Committee of the Missouri Historical Society, including the Missouri History Museum, Soldier’s Memorial and the State Archives. In 2023, Crosslin was appointed by Mayor Tishaura Jones to serve on the St. Louis Charter Commission, a nine-member body responsible for reviewing and recommending ballot measures to change the city’s charter.
Crosslin has also served as an Executive-in-Residence for FOCUS STL since 2023. There, she has developed and continues to oversee BoardBridge, a program which aims to help non-profits in our region build more diverse Boards of Directors. To date, more than 150 St. Louisans have participated in the selection process.
Registration will close on one week prior to the event. Refunds are available to your prepay balance or original payment method prior the close of registration. Once registration has closed, we have submitted our expected attendance count to the venue and/or caterers. Please note that we may opt to extend registration for circumstantial reasons. The date above will continue to be the last date that a refund will be available. For more information, please contact admin@stlforum.org.
Location: World Trade Center St. Louis
120 South Central
Clayton, MO 63105
Registration ends on 4/29/2025
Quarterly Trailblazer Lunch (Members Only)
8/15/2025
This event is open to Forum members.
Ticket Information
Members: $50.00
Please join us for a quarterly networking luncheon with our Trailblazers. You'll have the opportunity to connect with other members and get to know and learn from our Trailblazer Award winners. Location to be announced.
Registration will close at midnight on Sunday, February 10th. Refunds are available to your prepay balance or original payment method prior the close of registration. Once registration has closed, we have submitted our expected attendance count to the venue and/or caterers. Please note that we may opt to extend registration for circumstantial reasons. The date above will continue to be the last date that a refund will be available. For more information, please contact admin@stlforum.org.
Location: To be announced
Online Registration has been Temporarily Suspended for this event
Quarterly Trailblazer Lunch (Members Only)
11/14/2025
This event is open to Forum members.
Ticket Information
Members: $50.00
Please join us for a quarterly networking luncheon hosted by our Trailblazers. You'll have the opportunity to connect with other members and get to know and learn from our Trailblazer Award winners.
Registration will close on one week prior to the event. Refunds are available to your prepay balance or original payment method prior the close of registration. Once registration has closed, we have submitted our expected attendance count to the venue and/or caterers. Please note that we may opt to extend registration for circumstantial reasons. The date above will continue to be the last date that a refund will be available. For more information, please contact admin@stlforum.org.
Location: Panorama at the Saint Louis Art Museum
1 Fine Arts Drive
St. Louis, MO 63110
Registration ends on 11/7/2025
There are currently 29 spots remaining out of 30
4/3/2025
This event is open to Forum members and prospective members.
Ticket Information
Members: $50.00
Guests $60.00
Program Description
Women are the caregivers of the world.
Whether at work, home, or in business, women have mastered the art of prioritizing everyone else. But, what do you do when you have little-to-nothing left to give? How do you feel when your name doesn't appear anywhere on your own to do list? How do you decide what's best for you and your future when you never make time to find out?
In this talk, Bernie Frazier, SPHR will share four simple yet powerful principles to help you begin to prioritize what's really important in your life. By reshaping your priorities and habits, you can begin to show up at your best for others and for you.
You will learn:
- One of the most important questions you need to ask yourself;
- What you can learn from your past vacations that can help shape your future;
- How to find great resources to keep your commitments to yourself
Registration Begins: 11:30 am
Meal Begins: 12:00 pm
Presentation Begins: 12:30 pm
Event Concludes: 1:30 pm
Bernie Frazier, SPHR
Founder and President
CAREERCompass, LLC
Bernie Frazier, SPHR is the Founder and President of CAREERCompass, LLC, a speaking and career coaching/strategy firm in St. Louis, MO. She's also spent over 30 years in the corporate recruiting space, and led the talent acquisition function for four of those organizations, including one global team.
Bernie is the author of the highly acclaimed book, "Your Success is in YOU!: Empowering and Equipping You to Create Your Best Career Ever!", a sought-after speaker, career coach/strategist, and talent acquisition expert. As a keynote speaker, Bernie has spoken for numerous businesses and organizations including Wells Fargo, Cisco, Emerson, Peabody Energy, Centene, Ameren, BJC Healthcare, Schnuck Markets, Iowa and Missouri Employment Conferences, National Association of Workforce Development Professionals, and Webster University, to name a few.
From C-Suite executives to individual contributors, she has coached professionals from around the globe on the fine art of career development and job search effectiveness. She has also served as the "Career Coach" on KSDK's Today in St. Louis - the St. Louis NBC affiliate, shared timeless job search tips on SiriusXM and KTRS 550 AM radio in St. Louis, been featured in the New York Times and St. Louis American newspapers, and profiled in the St. Louis Business Journal.
Bernie holds a bachelor's degree in Marketing from Drake University in Des Moines, IA and is a certified Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR). In her spare time, she serves as a Leadership Council Membership for It's Your Birthday, Inc., Executive Coach for Employ St. Louis, and Personnel Board Member for the City of Ferguson, MO. For fun, Bernie enjoys traveling, spending time with family and friends, drinking great wine, and eating a really good meal!
Registration will close on one week prior to the event. Refunds are available to your prepay balance or original payment method prior the close of registration. Once registration has closed, we have submitted our expected attendance count to the venue and/or caterers. Please note that we may opt to extend registration for circumstantial reasons. The date above will continue to be the last date that a refund will be available. For more information, please contact admin@stlforum.org.
Location: The Highlands Golf and Tennis Center
5163 Clayton Ave
St. Louis, MO 63110
Online Registration has closed for this event
4/18/2025
This event is open to members who joined Forum in 2024 and their nominators.
Introducing a new recurring event: Every third Friday new members are invited to Momo Coffee Champagne Kitchen at 8:30 a.m. for an opportunity to get to know each other. We will provide ice breakers to get the conversation rolling. Registration is limited to 10 members. Please only sign up if you can definitely attend. Members will order and pay for their own meals.
Questions? Contact Wendy Edelstein wendy@changeovercoaching.com
Location
MoMo Coffee Champagne Kitchen
9500 Manchester Rd, Rock Hill, MO 63119
Location: MoMo Coffee Champagne Kitchen
9500 Manchester Rd
Rock Hill, MO 63119
There are currently 9 spots remaining out of 10
2025 Trailblazer Award Luncheon
5/2/2025
This event is open to Forum members and prospective members.
Ticket Information
Members: $50.00
Guests $60.00
Event description goes here.
Registration Begins: 5:00 pm
Speaker/Meal Begins: 5:30 pm
Event Concludes: 7:00 pm
Important Notes
if there are any particular things about the event that people should know (This event requires physical activity; The entertainment for this event includes flashing lights/strobes.)
Registration will close on one week prior to the event. Refunds are available to your prepay balance or original payment method prior the close of registration. Once registration has closed, we have submitted our expected attendance count to the venue and/or caterers. Please note that we may opt to extend registration for circumstantial reasons. The date above will continue to be the last date that a refund will be available. For more information, please contact admin@stlforum.org.
Location: The Trolley Room at Forest Park Visitor Center
5595 Grand Drive
St. Louis, MO 63112
Registration is Coming Soon for this event
5/2/2025
This event is open to Forum members and prospective members.
Ticket Information
Members: $50.00
Guests $60.00
Event description goes here.
Registration Begins: 5:00 pm
Speaker/Meal Begins: 5:30 pm
Event Concludes: 7:00 pm
Important Notes
if there are any particular things about the event that people should know (This event requires physical activity; The entertainment for this event includes flashing lights/strobes.)
Registration will close on one week prior to the event. Refunds are available to your prepay balance or original payment method prior the close of registration. Once registration has closed, we have submitted our expected attendance count to the venue and/or caterers. Please note that we may opt to extend registration for circumstantial reasons. The date above will continue to be the last date that a refund will be available. For more information, please contact admin@stlforum.org.
Location: The Trolley Room at Forest Park Visitor Center
5595 Grand Drive
St. Louis, MO 63112
Registration is Coming Soon for this event
5/6/2025
This event is open to Forum members and prospective members.
Ticket Information
Members: $40.00
Guests $50.00
Program Description
Join us for an engaging panel discussion on “Exploring For-Profit and Nonprofit Boards.” Examine the key differences between these two types of board service and what makes each uniquely rewarding.
Panelists, Anna Crosslin and Betsy Cohen, will delve into the criteria for service on each type of board, highlighting skills, responsibilities, and governance practices that are critical in each space.
While for-profit boards often emphasize financial performance and shareholder value, nonprofit boards focus on mission-driven outcomes and community impact. For-profit boards can include service in public and private companies.
Nonprofit boards can be an excellent steppingstone to gain experience, network, and contribute to meaningful causes, offering their own deep sense of satisfaction. Among other engagement opportunities, attendees will learn about BoardBridge, a matching program through FOCUS STL, which helps individuals connect with nonprofit boards.
Participants will be encouraged to share their own experiences, fostering a collaborative and insightful discussion on the pathways and opportunities in board service.
Refreshments will be provided. Street parking will be available.
Panelists
Betsy Cohen
Philanthropic Futurist, FutureGood
Betsy Cohen leverages her business, government and nonprofit expertise as a Philanthropic Futurist working with advisory firm FutureGood. This builds on her prior expertise as a corporate futurist and her work in business, government and nonprofits. Betsy was the Executive Director of the St. Louis Mosaic Project 2013-2025, a regional initiative of the non-profit World Trade Center-St. Louis within the St. Louis Economic Development Partnership. This was a public-private partnership whose goal was to attract and retain foreign-born people to St. Louis, resulting in a #1 rating in the US for growth in 2024 data. Prior to the work above, Betsy had a long career at Nestle Purina where she was a Vice President of marketing, sustainability, new products, new ventures and other operations. She was a corporate futurist for business goals.
She is on the external board for Washington University McDonnell International Scholars Academy and on the Cortex Innovation Community Committee for Talent and Community. She is on the advisory board of the consulting firm CEdge. She is the author of a book to help international people find a good US job. She gave a TEDx talk on immigration in 2023. She is a well-known multicultural leader and has been honored by many of the regional ethnic organizations. In 2025 she was honored as one of the St. Louis top 500 business leaders by St. Louis Magazine for economic development. She is a 21/64 Certified Philanthropic Advisor. Betsy is a graduate of Wellesley College and has her MBA from the Harvard Business School.
Anna E. Crosslin
Executive-in-Residence, FOCUS STL
For more than 42 years until her retirement in February 2021, Anna Crosslin served as President & CEO of the International Institute of St. Louis, leading our region’s immigrant services and community engagement hub, which serves more than 6,000 immigrants annually from 60 countries.
During her tenure, Crosslin received numerous awards and recognitions from immigrant, business, government, education, and civic groups. She was frequently identified as one of the St. Louis Business Journal’s “Most Influential St. Louisans” including awards for Diversity and Women’s Leadership. She is a STL Forum Trailblazer.
In June 2015, Crosslin was recognized as a White House Champion of Change for World Refugee Day. She was also awarded two honorary doctorates – one from Webster University and another from Washington University, her alma mater. In 2025 in recognition of her continuing community impact, she was named a “Living Legend” in St. Louis Magazine’s inaugural St. Louis Business 500 special edition.
Since her retirement from IISTL, Crosslin has maintained and, in fact, strengthened ties with St. Louis through expanded volunteerism. She serves on the Steering Committee of the St. Louis MOSAIC Project, has joined the Board of Directors of STL Forum, is an advisory member of Greater St. Louis Inc., and is a member of the Board of Trustees and Executive Committee of the Missouri Historical Society, including the Missouri History Museum, Soldier’s Memorial and the State Archives. In 2023, Crosslin was appointed by Mayor Tishaura Jones to serve on the St. Louis Charter Commission, a nine-member body responsible for reviewing and recommending ballot measures to change the city’s charter.
Crosslin has also served as an Executive-in-Residence for FOCUS STL since 2023. There, she has developed and continues to oversee BoardBridge, a program which aims to help non-profits in our region build more diverse Boards of Directors. To date, more than 150 St. Louisans have participated in the selection process.
Registration will close on one week prior to the event. Refunds are available to your prepay balance or original payment method prior the close of registration. Once registration has closed, we have submitted our expected attendance count to the venue and/or caterers. Please note that we may opt to extend registration for circumstantial reasons. The date above will continue to be the last date that a refund will be available. For more information, please contact admin@stlforum.org.
Location: World Trade Center St. Louis
120 South Central
Clayton, MO 63105
Registration ends on 4/29/2025
Annual Meeting and Lunch
8/15/2025
Save the date for St. Louis Forum's Annual Meeting! This year we'll review the 2024-25 fiscal year, share what to expect in 2025-26, and will hold board member elections over lunch with plenty of time for networking and socializing. More information on the location to follow.
Location: To be announced
, MO
Registration is Coming Soon for this event
8/15/2025
Save the date for St. Louis Forum's Annual Meeting! This year we'll review the 2024-25 fiscal year, share what to expect in 2025-26, and will hold board member elections over lunch with plenty of time for networking and socializing. More information on the location to follow.
Location: To be announced
, MO
Registration is Coming Soon for this event
8/15/2025
This event is open to Forum members.
Ticket Information
Members: $50.00
Please join us for a quarterly networking luncheon with our Trailblazers. You'll have the opportunity to connect with other members and get to know and learn from our Trailblazer Award winners. Location to be announced.
Registration will close at midnight on Sunday, February 10th. Refunds are available to your prepay balance or original payment method prior the close of registration. Once registration has closed, we have submitted our expected attendance count to the venue and/or caterers. Please note that we may opt to extend registration for circumstantial reasons. The date above will continue to be the last date that a refund will be available. For more information, please contact admin@stlforum.org.
Location: To be announced
Online Registration has been Temporarily Suspended for this event
11/14/2025
This event is open to Forum members.
Ticket Information
Members: $50.00
Please join us for a quarterly networking luncheon hosted by our Trailblazers. You'll have the opportunity to connect with other members and get to know and learn from our Trailblazer Award winners.
Registration will close on one week prior to the event. Refunds are available to your prepay balance or original payment method prior the close of registration. Once registration has closed, we have submitted our expected attendance count to the venue and/or caterers. Please note that we may opt to extend registration for circumstantial reasons. The date above will continue to be the last date that a refund will be available. For more information, please contact admin@stlforum.org.
Location: Panorama at the Saint Louis Art Museum
1 Fine Arts Drive
St. Louis, MO 63110
Registration ends on 11/7/2025
There are currently 29 spots remaining out of 30