In this episode of The Rundown with Rene Knott, Rene sits down with Orvin Kimbrough, the President and CEO of Midwest BankCentre, for a powerful conversation about resilience, leadership, and purpose.
Kimbrough shares his deeply personal journey from growing up in North St. Louis and navigating foster care after the loss of his mother, to eventually becoming the leader of a major bank. Along the way, he reflects on anger, faith, imagination, and the intentional choice to turn pain into purpose.
The conversation explores what it means to lead with love instead of anger, why personal agency matters, and how imagination can help young people see beyond the circumstances around them. Kimbrough also discusses the responsibility of role models and the importance of “showing your math” so others can see what’s possible.
It’s a story about survival, faith, and using success not just to climb the mountain—but to help others climb with you.
Sponsored by I Got Dan, LLC and Midwest BankCentre.
Recorded at Carbon Member's Club in downtown Clayton, MO.
The Rundown with Rene Knott is produced by Rene Knott, Dan Brown, Cali Hughes, Jared Boyd, and Conner Kerrigan. Video and audio recording and editing done by Prime Glass Media and Large Chocolate Shake Media Solutions.
