Person

Cogo, Akif

1983

historian and archivist for the St. Louis Bosnians Inc., a nonprofit organization he founded in 2011; Born in the central Bosnian town of Zenica, Cogo moved to the United States in 2001, after briefly living in Germany as a refugee; He completed his undergraduate and graduate studies in St. Louis, where he lives today; In 2016, Cogo was recognized by the St. Louis Business Journal as one of the “40 under 40” most influential business and community professionals in the St. Louis region; In 2017 he received the St. Louis Mosaic Project’s Immigrant Professional Award as one of the impactful immigrant professionals in St. Louis