One of Missouri Southern’s own is named as one of the area’s most influential women.

Dr. Terri Agee, senior vice president, will be honored today during a luncheon award ceremony at Mythos Banquet Center inside the Joplin La Quinta Inn. She and nine others will be featured in the Sept. 22 edition of Joplin Tri-State Business.

Agee is recognized for her role in the community and at Missouri Southern. Last fall during the presidential search she served as Southern’s interim president.

The Joplin Tri-State Business, a biweekly business newspaper, profiled 10 women out of the more than 250 nominations. The other honorees are: Sharon Beshore, chairwoman of the Missouri Arts Council and Cultural Trust; Christine Fogliasso, university professor at Pittsburg (Kan.) State University; Dr. Mindi Garner, a Pittsburg-based physician; Terri Heckmaster; executive director of the Freeman Foundation; Sue Joslen, administrator of St. Luke’s Nursing Center in Carthage; Rhonda Justice-Neal, owner of Just Us Girls; Kim Lester, operations director for the Joplin Area Chamber of Commerce; Ruth Kolpin Rubison, president of Ruth I. Kolpin Enterprises LLC; and Teddy Steen, regional sales manager for CableOne Advertising.