Vector Fun Facts

1) How many Vector employees hold Master’s Degrees?

Four: Laurna, Amy, James and Taylor

2) How many Vector dogs are part of the team?

Five: Beaux, Bento, Buster, Dinero, and Winston

3) What did our dress code used to require of our women employees?

Pantyhose (hey, we’re 25 years old!).

4) What St. Louis landmark previously housed the Vector office?

City Museum

5) Laurna is a eucharistic minister? True or False.

True

6) What nonprofit fundraising campaign did Laurna bring to St. Louis?

Give STL Day

7) How many Emmy awards has the Vector team collectively won?

Six

8) How many projects has the Vector team completed in the past 25 years?

Over 400 projects.

9) How many mayors have served St. Louis since Vector began?

Four: Mayors Harmon, Slay, Krewson and Jones

10) What is Vector’s actual anniversary date?

June 1, 1998

11) Who is the oldest Black woman-owned communications firm in St. Louis?

Vector, of course! 

12) Who was Vector’s first client?

Environmental Protection Agency, Region 7 and St. Louis Community College

13) How many not-for-profit boards and committees do Vector team members serve on?

10

14) How many boards has Laurna chaired?

Four: St. Louis Community Foundation, Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri, Blackburn College and currently High Point University’s Strickland Women’s Leadership Council in High Point

15) What does Vector’s STARR™ engagement philosophy stand for?

Sustainability, transparency, accessibility, representative and results-oriented.

16) What Vector team member had the late Ed Bradley as their godfather?

Cordell Whitlock

17) Which Vector team member was born and raised in New Hampshire?

Taylor Bardsley

18) Which local organization has a scholarship named after Laurna’s mother?

The Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri, the Corrynne F. Godwin Scholarship

19) Which Vector employee started their career as a sports broadcaster?

Amy Winchester

20) How many Vector employees are native to St. Louis?

Four: Darby, James, Stephen and Katie

21) Which Vector employee auditioned for the MTV reality show “The Real World”?

James White

22) Which Vector team member is a certified full-stack software developer?

Darby Latham

23) How many Vector team members are originally from the East Coast?

Three: Laurna, Cordell and Taylor

24) Which Vector team member went to high school with M. Night Shyamalan?

Cordell Whitlock

25) Who is the youngest member of our Vector team?

Our fearless COO, Darby Latham!

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