Nathan Anderson

Leasing and selling industrial properties brings Nathan Anderson, 34, to all corners of the metro area. “I spend a lot of time in areas of town where people don’t think they should be driving, where there’s always a guy with a cardboard sign. I grew tired of wondering what to do.” Anderson serves on the board of City Union Mission, where he also teaches a class and spends his spare time with the homeless and impoverished. “I call my work at the mission the ‘good stuff’,” he says, “because I get to hang out with people who are at a place in their lives where they are absolutely broken and in need of assistance to get back on their feet. Now I do get out of the car to help, because I feel comfortable with these people.” Anderson has applied his deeply held values to his professional life. When he became principal and director of brokerage of Harbinger Property Group in 2006, he was determined to create an atmosphere that valued people and their families. “At the same time, I wanted to provide excellent service and be one of the top firms in the city,” he says. “It’s okay to want to be excellent at what you do so long as you’re not driven by the accumulation of wealth and toys.”

Valencia Broadus

Valencia Broadus, 39, president of the Broadus Law Firm, attributes her interest in the law to an incident early in her childhood. “I got into a fight on the school bus and ended up being detained by the juvenile authorities,” she recalls. “My juvenile officer made sure I stayed in school and stayed encouraged.” Part of her supervision involved after-school jobs at various offices around her hometown of Columbia, MO. “I grew up in a very, very poor household,” she explains. “Those experiences gave me structure I did not have in my household.” Given her limited resources, her graduation from Columbia College and MU Law School is impressive; considering she had her first child at 13, and was a single mother of two by 20, the feat is astounding. She credits her success to time management: “My kids went to school, I went to school,” she says, “and whatever they were doing, I always had my books with me.” In addition to practicing municipal bond and real estate law, Broadus provides career coaching and mentorship to hundreds of young people in the community. She also fulfills public speaking engagements, most recently the keynote speech at the retirement of her juvenile officer.

Julie Browne

Julie Browne manages fifteen departments and more than 150 employees as vice president of managed care & marketing at GEHA, the Government Employees Hospital Association, Inc. She is responsible for product development and case management, as well as management of the PPO network contracting process. GEHA, a national health plan for federal employees, will celebrate its 70th anniversary this August, and is going strong with $1.8 billion in annual revenue.  Browne, 39, is enthusiastic about the growth of the company’s network of coverage, which is one of the largest nationwide. “I feel proud of what we offer to federal employees,” she says, “and proud of the quality of the products we have made available.” She has been with GEHA since 1991, when she began as a market analyst. In her free time, she enjoys working with the United Way and being active with her church. She adds that she has spent the last four years having kids, and lately she has spent most of her free time with her children. “My family is undoubtedly my greatest joy and accomplishment,” she says.

Michael Campo

Michael Campo says he’s blessed. “I work for one of the premier insurance organizations in the industry and it’s headquartered in my hometown, the city where I choose to raise my family. I have the best of all worlds.” Campo, 38, is a senior vice president and unit manager at Lockton. His job is to anticipate the needs of a client and deliver the services that meet those needs. “I’m the quarterback,” he explains. “As a unit manager, I am responsible for everything from actuary loss prevention, claims, claims cost control, IT consulting to insurance placement. It’s a wide gamut.” He has worked in the property & casualty industry for 17 years, the last 10 at Lockton. After graduating from Northwest Missouri State with a degree in finance, he spent seven years in Chicago working for Aetna and later Zurich American. Campo takes every opportunity to give back to the community through his company. “Lockton, as a whole, is so involved in the community,” he says. “Whether it be our leadership of United Way, or the countless number of ways to participate, it’s a way of life for an associate of Lockton. It’s integrated into what we do.”