Kansas City Business Journal 2008 WWMB Honoree: Kansas City Business Journal 2008 WWMB Honoree: Our very own Sonia Garapaty, M.S. (EE) has been awarded one of the 2008 Top 25 Women Who Mean Business. Each year, the Kansas City Business Journal and its partners – the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, the UMKC Henry W. Bloch School of Business and Public Administration and M&I Bank – recognize 25 outstanding women in the Kansas City area for their career accomplishments and contributions to the success of other women in our community.