Please join us as we award two outstanding Missourians for their contributions to public service through their professional or volunteer activities. After the award is presented, the awardees will each give a brief lecture and we will recognize the student scholarship recipient.

Sara Parker Pauley, Director of the Missouri Department of Conservation and Joni Wickham, City of Kansas City, Missouri Mayor’s Office will be presented with the eighth and ninth Governor Mel Carnahan Public Service Awards for their contributions to public service.