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Jovita Foster, Drury Hotels Company
Staff Report//January 14, 2026//
Senior VP & Chief Legal Officer
St. Louis
In law school, Jovita Foster won both the Milton F. Napier Award and the American College of Trial Lawyers Medal for her excellence in trial advocacy, Foster would represent clients ranging from public utilities to Fortune 100 companies.
She dispensed sage advice on everything from vendor disputes to regulatory concerns over the better part of two decades at Armstrong Teasdale, where she not only became the first woman of color to be named a partner but garnered a spot on the firm’s executive committee.
She took her talents in-house at Drury Hotels where, since 2019, she has served as general counsel and corporate secretary for an organization that employs more than 5,000 people across 25 states.
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