Ingram's April 2024

CLASS of 2024

DATHA SANTOMIERI “Less than four years ago,” says Datha Santomieri, “Steadily was just an idea; there was no company, no product, no

35, she’s managing director of operations for CrowdPharm, which provides brand communications services for health care, medical and pharmaceutical marketers. She’s the agency’s leader in operations, strategic partnerships, talent acquisition, and quality assurance, and says, “I’ve had the privilege of building our organization from the ground up. In the five years since its inception, I have helped CrowdPharm grow from six employees to over 40 full-time team members, increased our talent network from 200 to 9,400 members across the world, and recently opened our first international office.” Her leadership is focused on improving quality and efficiency, and CrowdPharm has earned a spot on Inc. magazine’s fastest-growing team.” But she and two business part ners had a vision: Let’s build the best rated landlord insurance solution in the world. “I took a leap of faith and left my 10-year career at Brown & Brown to launch Steadily, believing that we could disrupt the archaic insurance industry,” the 38-year-old says. “At the time, I was newly pregnant with my second daughter and knee-deep renovating a 7,000 square foot flip in Leawood.” Drawing on her background in insurance sales, customer experience, underwriting, claims, prod uct, pricing, talent acquisition, and opera tions, she built what she hails as “a team of incredible leaders who are exceptional at what they do, and together we move mountains. In 3½ years, we’ve grown to 130-plus team members (40 percent of

company list each of the past three years, as well as its Best Places to Work the past year (there’s been zero employee turnover in five years). She herself was recognized as a PM360 ELITE Transformational Leader just last year. “Though I appreciate the fulfillment I’ve found in my career, I am most passionate about where my time is spent outside the office,” she says. “My husband (Mark) and I strive to raise our four children to demonstrate integrity, strength of conviction, kindness and faith.” She serves in leadership positions for charities alongside Mark, and says they enjoy serving as a family, particularly in adoption/foster care ministry efforts “which we cherish, because we’ve adopted ourselves,” she says. whom are based in our KC office). We have grown revenue 325 percent year over-year and provide insurance for $60 billion in property value.” There are no plans to tap the brakes: “We plan to 3x that next year,” she asserts. “We’re build ing to go public within a few years, and it keeps me going knowing that the event will create personal wealth for our team who have invested their talent and energy in making Steadily stellar.” Most impor tant, though, are her “two precious little girls who want to be ‘entrepreneurs like mama’ and I have the world’s most sup portive husband (Nathan). We are deeply involved in our local church in Kansas City,” she says, adding: “I’m passionate about encouraging women to figure out how to balance career and family.”

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40 UNDER FORTY Ingram’s Magazine’s annual 40 Under Forty program recognizes the achievements and promise of the area’s young executives, professionals and community leaders. Next year, Ingram’s will recognize its 27th class of honorees and it’s never too soon to start identifying potential candidates. We will consider nominees who are younger than 40 as of April 1, 2025, and who excel in the following areas: ETHICS AND INTEGRITY, LEADERSHIP SKILLS, ACHIEVEMENT IN BUSINESS, ENTREPRENEURSHIP, EXECUTIVE-LEVEL MANAGERIAL STATUS, PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS, APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, COMMUNITY SERVICE We encourage nominations from an array of industries and interests, and in general, we discourage the nomination of relatives. If you are interested in submitting a 40 Under Forty nomination, please email Editorial@Ingrams.com, or go to www.Ingrams.com/Nominate. 40 UNDER FORTY 2025: WHO WOULD YOU NOMINATE?

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April 2024