Ingram's Kansas City Business Magazine has been profiling Missouri business movers and shakers for a decade and this year Veterans Home Care CEO & Founder, Bonnie Laiderman, landed in that spotlight.
The article in their March 2020 edition focused on the key to Bonnie's success: finding a need and filling it.
Here's what Ingram's Magazine had to say about the CEO of Veterans Home Care:
Bonnie Laiderman started a company to solve a problem. She founded Veterans Home Care after becoming frustrated when the approval process for a little-known veterans benefit that could have helped provide care for her ailing mother wasn’t approved in time. Laiderman’s stepfather served in World War II, making her mother eligible for the “aid and attendance” pension offered by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
This perk assists vets, who have served in certain conflicts, and their spouses who need the help of another person. Laiderman learned that many veterans and their families fail to access available VA benefits because they just don’t know about them. Her experience made her realize there was a need and she decided she could fill it. Laiderman started her business in 2003.
Since then, her solo home care business has grown to about 100 employees across the country and is one of the largest women-owned companies in the St. Louis Metro Region with multiple locations throughout the country.
“We say we’re in the business of changing lives and we really do,” said Laiderman, who also serves on committees at the American Red Cross.”
Read more about the other 49 "Missourians You Should Know" at
"The list of Missourians honored by Ingrams is quite impressive. I'm flattered to be part of this group," said Laiderman.
The entire list includes:
Rob Adams
Bishop-McCann
Kansas City
Subash Alias
Missouri Partnership
St. Louis
Angie Besendorfer
Western Governors University
Lee’s Summit
Rob Dixon
Dept. of Economic Development
Jefferson City
Col. Ed Black
139th Airlift Wing
St. Joseph
Michael Byington
Musician
Camdenton
Fran Caradonna
St. Louis Brewery
St. Louis
Carolyn Chrisman
K-REDI, Economic Development
City of Kirksville
Jonathan Curtright
University of Missouri Health Care System, Columbia
Columbia
Scott Davis
Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica
St. Joseph
Hal Donaldson
Convoy of Hope
Springfield
Rhonda Hamm-Niebruegge
Lambert International Airport
St. Louis
Jay Felton
Lathrop GPM
Parkville
Dan Harbough
Ronald McDonald House
St. Louis
Patty Held
Wine Consultant
Hermann
Jason Holsman
Missouri Public Service Commission
Kansas City
Alan Hoskins
Energizer Holdings
St. Louis
Jeff Houghton
The Mystery Hour
Springfield
Jerry Jeffrey
Wells Fargo Advisors
City of Moberly
Jeff Jensen
United States Attorney, Eastern District of Missouri
St. Louis
Leonard Jones
Mayor
Grandview
Mike Kehoe
Lieutenant Governor
Jefferson City
Mary Kellogg-Joslyn
Titanic Museum
Branson
Jerry Kent
Cequell III
St. Louis
Bonnie Laiderman
Veterans Home Care
St. Louis
Ming Leu
Missouri University of Science & Technology,
Rolla
William Mahoney
Cox Medical Center
Branson
Rosalie O’Reilly Wooten
O’Reilly Auto Parts/Drury University
Springfield
Larry McIntire
Freeman Health System
Joplin
Brent Niemuth
J.Schmid
Kansas City
Jim O’Donnell
James O’Donnell Funeral Home
Hannibal
Jeanette Hernandez Prenger
ECCO Select,
Weatherby Lake
Rachael Martin
Mayor of Maryville
Maryville
Gary Parker
Intelica, Bamboo Equity Partners
St. Louis
Leslie Porth
Missouri Hospital Association
The Lake of the Ozarks
Carey Portell
Rancher and inspirational speaker/blogger,
St. James
Richard Robinson
Scholastic, Inc.
Jefferson City
Gregg Smith
Gregg Smith Ford Lincoln
Clinton
Donn Sorensen
Mercy Health Systems
St. Louis
Chrissy Taylor
Enterprise Holdings, Inc.
St. Louis
Steve Terry
Mark Twain Riverboat
Hannibal
Cindy Thompson
Vernon County Commission
Nevada
James Towery
Former owner of Steelman Transportation
Springfield
Bill Turpin
Missouri Innovation Center
Columbia
Carlos Vargas
Southeast Missouri State Univ.
Cape Girardeau
Day Veerlapati
S2Tech
Chesterfield
John “Nip” Weisenfels
Rouse Frets White Goss Gentile Rhodes,
Kansas City
Tim Wentworth
Express Scripts Holding Company
St. Louis
Bridgette Williams
Heavy Construction Association of Greater Kansas City
Kansas City
Warren Witt
Lake Ozark Watershed Alliance
Sunrise Beach