Missouri
2024 Honoree -
Biography
Mayor Tishaura O. Jones is a true champion of the arts in St. Louis, Missouri. A native of St. Louis, her steadfast love of the arts started when she was a teenager, and her first job was serving as an usher at The MUNY the nation’s oldest and largest outdoor musical theatre that produces seven world-class musicals and welcomes over 350,000 theatre goers each summer.