Springfield Business Journal_2019-03-18

MID-MISSOURI BANK Live. Work. Play. Bank. ™ MidMoBank.com Springfield ● Republic ● Willard ● Mt. Vernon ● Bolivar ● Stockton El Dorado Springs ● Lebanon ● Joplin ● Webb City The Best Banking Solutions. ©201 9 Mid-Missouri Bank. Member FDIC. Trusted Local Experts. Bank Better at MidMoBank. SPRINGFIELD BUSINESS JOURNAL · 43 MARCH 18-24, 2019 40 UNDER 40 YEARBOOK 2016 TIM GARRISON, 42 Then: Assistant Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Missouri Now: U.S. Attorney, Western District Tim Garrison is moving up the national ranks for attor- neys in the Justice Department. As the former assistant at- torney for the U.S. attorney’s office for Missouri’s Western District, Garrison was confirmed as the lead U.S. attorney for the district in April 2018. He was recommended for the position by Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Missouri. “I’d say planning to be the U.S. attorney is like planning on being struck by lightning,” he says. In his military roles, Garrison works at the Pentagon as deputy legal counsel for the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and serves as lieutenant colonel. His office prosecutes drug trafficking and violent crimes cases, and he now personally oversees 130 personnel, in- cluding 65 attorneys covering 66 counties. Garrison serves as part of the federal executive branch, and he’s tasked with executing the “principals and priorities of the president’s agenda.” —Kyle Boaz, Reporter 2017 TRYSTA HERZOG, 35 Then: Communications and public engagement director, Greene County Now: Chief relations officer, Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Ozarks While she wasn’t looking into employment in the non- profit world in early 2018, Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Ozarks came at the right time for Trysta Herzog. It came in the aftermath of a state auditor’s investigation into alleged misuse of public funds in Greene County, for which Herzog was the first whistleblower in late 2017. “It wasn’t a very good, healthy environment,” she says. At BBBSO, Herzog says the organization rebranded at the end of 2018 and is working to match more “bigs” and “littles” to reduce the roughly 100 children – 85 percent of which are boys – on the waiting list annually. “We know even if it’s just one child that we’re helping, it really is the future of our community,” she says. “That’s a pretty amazing feeling.” —Mike Cullinan, Reporter 2018 CRYSTAL QUADE, 33 Then: District 132, Missouri House of Representatives Now: Minority floor leader, Missouri House It’s been a momentous year at the state Capitol for Crys- tal Quade. The House democrat was elected by her peers as minority floor leader for the 2019 legislative session. “Having both the speaker and minority leader from the same community will be great for Springfield, and I am ex- cited to see what we get done,” she says, pointing to Rep. Elijah Haahr, R-Springfield. “I consider becoming minority leader a personal life change, as well as professional. The Missouri Democrats are in a unique time of rebuilding. We have diverse and young leadership and are making a lot of infrastructure changes.” First elected to office in 2016, Quade was re-elected in November 2018, when she defeated Republican challenger Sarah Semple. Her legislative priorities this session include protecting the state Sunshine Law, funding care for older Missourians and people with disabilities, and education and tax issues. —Geoff Pickle, Web Producer