Physician/Chief Executive Officer/President, Ozark Valley Medical Clinics, Limited Liability Company, 2014-present

Representative, Missouri State House of Representatives, District 140, 2021-2022

Candidate, Missouri State House of Representatives, District 140, 2020

No caucus information on file.

Physician/Chief Executive Officer/President, Lift Up Springfield Medical and Dental Mission Clinic, 2014-present

Volunteer, Big Brothers-Big Sisters

Volunteer, Boy Scouts of America

Board Member, Christian County Sheltered Workshop

Member, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

Board Member, Hackett Hemwall Patterson Prolotherapy Foundation

Member, Impact 100 Ozark

Volunteer, Junior Achievement

Founder/Chairperson, Lift Up Someone Today

Volunteer, Ozark High School Student Jobs Development

Volunteer, Shopping for Seniors

Awards:

1997 SBA Missouri Entrepreneur of the Year
1998 Manufacturer of the Year
2004 Recognized by President George Bush for Contributions to the Community
2005 SBJ Top 20 Most Influential Women of the Year
2014 Graduated Medical School: Summa Cum Laude
2016 Founded Lift Up Springfield Medical - Dental Mission
2017 SW Missouri Jefferson Award
2017 Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Award in Washington DC. Nobel Peace Prize for community service: only 5 recipients are awarded annually. Dr. Derges is the only recipient in Missouri history
2018 SW Missouri Top Nonprofit in under $500,000 category
2018 Springfield Humanitarian of the Year
2019 SW Missouri Top Nonprofit CEO of the Year