Heart Work

ine years ago, when teenager Michael Brown was shot and killed by a police officer in Ferguson, Annissa McCaskill looked into the eyes of her 10-year-old son and realized she didn't have the answers. Amid the uprising that followed, McCaskill was eager to find them—for her son, for herself, and for the world. McCaskill, whose career has spanned more than 25 years of service in local government and the nonprofit sector, says she's committed to ensuring that the St. Louis region is a