Mission

 Artrea Gross Smith has been employed by ComPsych Corporation for the past 10 years, currently serving as a Clinical EAP Counselor. Working overnight from home, she takes incoming calls from employees from various organizations who may be experiencing an array of crises, including grief, anxiety, suicidal ideation, and domestic violence. As a sexual assault and domestic violence survivor, Artrea’s passion for justice runs deep.
She is the mother of 3 children, who keep her VERY BUSY with their gymnastics and martial arts activities. She is very active in her church community, and is a Soloist in her choir at Second Baptist Church of Moberly.
In addition to working and Momming full time, Artrea also juggles more than one side business, including booking travel as an agent, being a Health & Wellness Ambassador for Shaklee Corporation, singing at funerals and weddings, and baking pies and cheesecakes for her own business, Diva’s Delights.
Artrea received her MA in Counseling from Missouri Baptist University, and her BSBA in Finance and Banking from the University of Missouri-Columbia. She has served in a number of capacities previously, including being on the Board of Directors for NECAC, as a Banking Center Manager for two regional banks for a number of years, and as a Senior Department Manager for JCPenney in Columbia, MO for 7 years after graduating from Mizzou.
In her spare time, Artrea loves spending quality fun time with her children, family, friends, and her love. She loves reading, traveling, Happy Hours, brunches, and MUSIC is one of her main sources of therapy!! You might also catch her walking at the gym or the park to try and stay healthy and reduce stress!! Artrea also serves as the chair of the Reveal the Teal Brunch.

Anastasia Ferguson is the VP of  Treasury Relationship Manager at MidAmerica Bank. My passion is truly helping my customers in all their banking needs as well as my coworkers learning the banking world around us. I also love offering my services and knowledge as a treasury manager in the community, by volunteering for the chamber business board, SBDC at Lincoln University, and serving on the board at Missouri State Tech.  When I am not helping customers, I am spending time my husband and my four beautiful kids, I call them my mini best friends. We are car and sports fanatics and love a good car show or baseball and football game. We have 3 girls and 1 boy, and they keep us on our toes with how adventurous and busy they are!  I also love to spend my spare time either baking, or in the community as much as possible. I manage Helping Hands of Fulton, and we love to give back to the kids and elderly in our community by raising money for their needs.

Heidi N. Lucas is currently the Executive Director of the Missouri Rural Health Association.  She is a nonprofit and association executive with 15+ years of experience in association and non-profit management, public relations, advocacy, and coalition and community building.  Previously, Heidi was the Executive Director of the Missouri Nurses Association, held various roles throughout the Missouri Community Action Network, has worked in the labor sector in Pennsylvania, and in human resources and recruiting in Chicago. Ms. Lucas currently resides in Jefferson City, MO and is very active in her community.  She currently serves on the board of the Central Missouri Foster Care and Adoption Association where she is a past president.  She has her Master’s Degree in Public Affairs from the Truman School of Public Affairs at the University of Missouri and Bachelor’s Degrees from Pennsylvania State University.