Cycle 8 of the Show Me Challenge concluded on September 30, 2024. Nine finalist teams presented their ideas to a panel of judges made up of state government senior leaders. The presentations were high in creativity and identified practical ways to solve challenges and how we can work better together.

Congratulations to the winners!

1st Place

Space Rangers

2nd Place

data for all

3rd Place

movest

Space rangers

Document Solutions needs to find an additional ~20,000 square feet of space to maximize print efficiencies by acquiring additional equipment. 

Team Members:

Brandon Bailey
Lance Clingman
Erin Coles
Kenneth Cummings
Aaron Dickey
Terry Groner
Bradley Malone
Maddie Meyer

OA
OA
OA
OA
OA
OA
OA
OA

Data for all

Creating curriculum, checklists, and other resources to educate state team members, leadership, and communications to help increase accessibility of documents published online by the State of Missouri.

Team Members:

Tori Chance
Katie McDaniel
Hope Moorhead
Lainie Strange
Jesus Tomas
Tyler Trusk
Ian White
AJ Womack

DESE
DOR
DMH
OA
OA
DED
OA
OA

mOVEST 

Missouri Virtual Empowerment for State Teams, or Recommendations, or MoVEST, is a cross-departmental, virtual learning experience that will provide a unique opportunity for all 44,000+ state team members to grow their professional networks, develop new skills, and enhance their abilities.

Team Members:

Diane Ries
Tynesha Bryan
Carley Chinnis
Bri Nicholson
Belinda Clinton

OA
MoDOT
MoDOT
DESE
DNR

RECOVERy

RECOVERY is designed to help the Department recoup money spent repairing MoDOT property by automatically bringing together information from a variety of sources to make it easier to recover outstanding funds

Team Members:

Tim Taylor
McKeegan Needham
Brandon Daniel
Michael Warren
Tristan Londre

MoDOT
MoDOT
MoDOT
MoDOT
MoDOT

hands on deck

Seeks to establish in the Children’s Division of DSS a pool of experience retired/former employees to be paid on an hourly basis as they step in to cover workforce gaps when an office/facility experience inadequate workforce numbers, extended absence, or crisis situations.

Team Members:

Susan Rusk
Marci Williams
Paul Stevens

DSS
DSS
DSS

MO guide to business tax

Proposes a centralized, step by step guide that outlines the steps a taxpayer would take from starting their business on day one.

Team Members:

Mindy Noel
Kelley Carver
Michael Escala
Sydney Flores
Evan Wilkerson

DOR
DOR
DOR
DOR
DOR

PROJECT MANAGEMENT CENTER OF EXCELLENCE

The Project Management Center of Excellence will offer Project Management Institute accredited training and certifications to State employees. This comprehensive training will standardize our methods and equip team members with the skills and best practces to successfully manage projects

Team Members:

Brent Gholson
Dale Clark
Jamie Bish
Clay Allen
Delana Luebbert
Travis West

OA
OA
OA
OA
OA
OA

MO CLEAN

Utilizing Qualitrics, an existing service already provided through OA ShareMO program, we have created a web-based filtering system (survey) to ensure citizens are provided the correct agency the first time they interact with Missouri Government, at no increased expense to the department.

Team Members:

Josh Segretto
Allison Sheets
Katherine Herries
Alex Hilke
Heather Rhodes
Mike Cook

DNR
DNR
DNR
DNR
OA
JEFF COUNTY STORMWATER

show me childcare

To help Missouri State team members and build momentum to stop the childcare crisis Show Me Childcare proposes to develop a team to implement a pilot Show Me Childcare Program within 5 miles of the downtown Jefferson City area.

Team Members:

Abigail Mathis
Pearl Kmiec
Emma Baltzell
Dana O’Connell
Kristin Kempker

DOR
DOR
DOR
DOR
DOR