KIMBERLY STEMLEY
Chief Financial Officer, Rx Outreach Alzheimer’s didn’t come to Kimberly Stemley with old age. It came when she turned 30. It rang her phone at 7 one morning because it had her mother, Dorothy, dazed and confused, making her way down Martin Luther King Drive. Kimberly would later confess that she noticed unusual behaviors for years, but denied Dorothy’s transformation into someone unrecognizable— someone whose erratic behavior and resulting depression would soon require care beyond what her only daughter could provide. With this debilitating disease came the introduction of the Alzheimer’s Association, which assisted the Stemley’s in the tall order of regaining a semblance of normalcy. As Chief Financial Officer of Rx Outreach Inc., a non profit mail order pharmacy, she has gone on to champion the cause of increasing the communities understanding of Alzheimer’s and liaisons between the Alzheimer’s Association and Rx Outreach. Kimberly has turned tragedy into triumph, fighting daily to improve mental health in our communities and ensure that affordable medications are provided for people in need.
COURTNEY MCCALL Director of Marketing
IWhile most people seem to live by the quote, “Be the change you want to see in the world,” Harris-Stowe State University Assistant Vice President for Communications, Marketing, Alumni Affairs and Development has totally aligned those words with her life objectives. She feels blessed that HarrisStowe has given her a platform to execute that saying. After a brief stint at Boeing Defense, Space and Security as a communications specialist for Operations and Supply Chain, McCall realized a major part being that change was to return to Harris-Stowe. In July of this year, McCall came back to the job she’s loved for the past seven years and assumed a new role as an assistant vice president. “This campus is my life, and I have the best job in the world,” said McCall. “I am in a unique position to establish positive student relationships while doing what I love, and that is all things communication-related. I am working in my dream job right now, and I wouldn’t have it any other way.” She is passionate about educating young people and thinks that we as a community don’t emphasize the importance of a college degree enough. “Education is definitely power…it has been such a sword and weapon for me,” she said. “I would not be where I am today had it not been for my undergrad and graduate school experiences. I want to see students value their educational opportunities with all of their hearts and souls, therefore being able to reach out and serve as a role model is a blessing and keeps me on my path of being that positive change…”