Membership Criteria

St. Louis Forum, the region’s foremost organization for influential women leaders, creates an engaging environment that facilitates connections, learning and collaboration. St. Louis Forum promotes the advancement of women through distinctive experiences that enable influential women leaders to connect and grow professionally and personally.

Eligibility Guidelines and Member Expectations

The purpose of the St. Louis Forum is to provide a forum for professional women in the greater St. Louis area who have distinguished themselves through significant achievements in their chosen fields. The goals of the organization are:

To provide networking opportunities for the members to meet, seek guidance, and share common interests and ideas;
To advance women in their professions and in the community;
To recognize and celebrate the success of women in their professions and in the community; and
To give members access to information about a wide range of issues and topics through discussions, experiences, access to outstanding speakers and thought leaders at meetings.

Members comprise a broad continuum of disciplines and variety of industries, with a balance of for-profit and not-for-profit organizations represented. All members have achieved a level of influence in their professional and civic life in St. Louis.

Prospective members shall be considered according to the following membership statement and criteria:

Leadership position within the company or organization
Community, charitable, political and religious leadership roles
High potential professional with demonstrated leadership competencies

Forum members are expected to:

Pay annual dues (1^st year includes one-time administration fee)
Attend at least 3 events each year
Consider participation on a committee

Applications

We accept applications between April 1 through June 30. New applications will be considered after the close of the application process and will be considered by July 31 each year for membership beginning September 1.

Please use the following button to express your interest or submit a name for consideration. We will notify you when there are opportunities to attend open events as well as when the nomination season begins.
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Ways to Nominate New Members

When our application season opens, we will provide a link to an online form as well as a downloadable form.

Questions? Please contact our St. Louis Forum Administrators at admin@stlforum.org. Thank you for your interest, and we look forward to being in touch!

Membership Levels

Active: $420 This plan includes member dues of $300 plus a pre-paid event fee of $120 to use for events in the current membership cycle.
Active All: $650 This plan includes member dues of $300 plus all events that are produced by St. Louis Forum during the membership cycle.
Note: All new members will have a one-time initiation fee of $300 added to her first dues payment.