2026 Best In Business Awards

October 29, 2026 11am-1pm, St. Charles Convention Center

PRESENTED BY BANK OF AMERICA. We asked St. Louis area businesses to help us identify the 70 BEST businesses in the St. Louis area. Not the biggest, but the best businesses. We've counted the nominations and votes, and we'll bring the top 70 companies to one luncheon to honor them. Come and meet these outstanding companies and find out what makes them the very BEST.  Event Sponsors:  Bank of America, Archford and Vistage. Cost:  $59, Tables of 10 are $590. Call 314.569.0076 

Schedule
11:00am-11:20am--Networking
11:20am-1:00 pm--Lunch and keynote Speaker
Tickets are $59 (Tables of 10/$590)

Or, call 314.569.0076

KEYNOTE SPEAKER:

Courage is Built Here™

The best businesses aren't built on the biggest budgets or the boldest strategies. They're built by people who show up fully, tell the truth, and keep going when it's hard. In this keynote, Justine Froelker, Licensed Professional Counselor, two-time TEDx speaker, and author of 15 books, draws on 25 years of work in human behavior and leadership development to show what actually makes a workplace one people want to belong to. Leaders don't lose their skills. They lose themselves. Justine invites the room to remember who they are, to lead with clarity and heart, and to build the kind of culture that earns "best" long after the applause fades. You'll leave with practical tools to feel it all, be fully you, love others well, and do the work, because courage isn't something you find. It's something you build. Right here.