The Junior League of St. Joseph is expanding our educational component and bringing women together to raise their impact through discussions and community relations through a Women’s Forum. This event is intended to bring a wide variety of women from St. Joseph and surrounding areas together to better understand themselves and their relationship to the community and its needs.
March 7, 2026
Cultivate: provide the time and space for women to meet
Connect: a wide range of women participate in order to provide networking and resources across interests and ages
Engage: take time to learn and set goals that will impact the St. Joseph community through the improvement of the lives of women
Event Details
March 7, 2026
10 am – 4 pm
Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art
Lunch is included with your registration fee.
Keynote Speaker
Elisabeth Wykert – Stand-up Comedian
Elisabeth Wykert is a Comedian and Internet Personality. She grew up in the St. Joseph area. After earning a Bachelor’s degree from UMKC, she took a career left turn all the way to California where she studied acting, improv, and comedy. During the pandemic, after garnering online success being unapologetically herself (often in a leotard), she returned back to St. Joseph where she currently resides with her husband, 2 daughters, and 2 fur-daughters.
Elisabeth continues to grow her online presence promoting living life to the fullest, being confident exactly as you are, and in a serious world, not taking it so seriously. Her stand up comedy has been seen across the US and has been a part of many fun projects including being Patti LaBelle’s body double. She also runs an online fitness program to amplify her message of living through joyful movement.
We Speak Panelists
Deborah White, PMHNP
Debbie has been part of the Mosaic family most of her life. She started as a candy striper (many years ago) then went on to become a social worker and then a nurse. Debbie is honored and feels very privileged to continue my journey as a nurse practitioner with her work family.
Debbie’s passion is being an advocate for children. She’s had the opportunity to sit on several boards in our community that involve the well-being of children. She was also selected by Governor Nixon to serve on the Missouri Child Abuse and Neglect Review Board. Debbie and her husband love to bike ride and after 30 years of marriage, we are taking dance lessons
Stacia Studer, SJSD Assistant Superintendent of Academic and Education Services
Stacia Studer is a product of St. Joseph as she is a graduate of Lafayette and Missouri Western. She has served the St. Joseph community as an educator for the last 21 years. She earned her Ed.S. in Educational Leadership from Arkansas State University. She received her M.A. in School Administration from William Woods, and her B.S. in Middle School Education with an emphasis in English Language Arts and Social Studies from Missouri Western State University. Ms. Studer is currently working on her on a doctorate in Educational Leadership through William Woods
Brandi Dredge, Author
Brandi is a mom, encourager, and author devoted to empowering survivors through storytelling and service. As a passionate advocate, she played a key role in helping Missouri ban child marriage and is active in several organizations, such as the National Coalition to End Child Marriage and the Saint Joseph Junior League. In 2024, Brandi founded the Panel, a group dedicated to promoting healing after trauma. Her memoir, Girl, Uncoded, shares her journey of resilience and hope, inspiring women to find strength in their own stories.
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