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Greenbaum Appointed to World Agricultural Forum Board of Advisors



Above: Stuart Greenbaum, dean of the Olin School of Business at Washington University, has been appointed to the board of advisors for the World Agricultural Forum.

The World Agricultural Forum (WAF) based in St. Louis has appointed Stuart Greenbaum to its board of advisors. Greenbaum is dean of the John M. Olin School of Business and Bank of America Professor at Washington University in St. Louis.

Established in 1997, the World Agricultural Forum is an independent organization providing open discussion about providing food, fiber and fuel for people around the world. It serves as an ongoing forum for world leaders in industry, government, academia, non-governmental organizations, and international governmental organizations. Through research, communications and a biennial World Congress, the WAF brings together experts from all sectors responsible for providing for the world’s population. Currently, John Danforth is chairman of the WAF advisory board and Leonard Guarraia, is chairman and president of the Board of directors.

Greenbaum has been dean of the Olin School of Business at Washington University since July 1995 and was named the Bank of America Professor of Managerial Leadership in July 2000.

Before joining the Olin School, Greenbaum spent 20 years at the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University where he was the Director of the Banking Research Center and the Norman Strunk Distinguished Professor of Financial Institutions. From 1988 to 1992, he served as Kellogg’s Associate Dean for Academic Affairs. Before Northwestern, Greenbaum served as Chairman of the Economics Department at the University of Kentucky, and on the staffs of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Federal Reserve.

Cloar Named President of Downtown Saint Louis Partnership

The Downtown Saint Louis Partnership selected James Cloar as its new president and CEO. He assumed his new position in St. Louis in December 2001.

Since 1992, Cloar has been president of the Tampa Downtown Partnership. He has been a consultant or advisor to more than 40 cities in the U.S. and Europe. Cloar’s accomplishments in Tampa include assembling land and commissioned pre-development studies for the Ice Palace; establishing the Downtown special assessment district; positioning the Tampa Downtown Partnership as a transportation management organization; developing Lykes Gaslight Square; and facilitating a “choice” elementary school in downtown.

Poscover Named Chair of ABA Board of Governors

Maury Poscover of Husch & Eppen-berger LLC has been named chair of the operations and communications committee of the American Bar Association’s (ABA) Board of Governors. He has been a member of the ABA Board of Governors for two years.

Poscover joined Husch & Eppenberger in 1969 and now serves on the firm’s management committee. He is also a member of the firm’s Land Use Development and Financing and Business Practice groups.

Doe Run Names Chief Administrator and COO


The Doe Run Company has named Jerry Pyatt as chief operating officer (COO) and appointed Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Marvin Kaiser to the additional post of chief administrative officer. Based in St. Louis, Doe Run focuses on mining, recycling and fabrication of base metals.

As COO, Pyatt is responsible for all mining, smelting, fabrication and recycling operations for Doe Run in the U.S. He joined the company in 1991 as a metallurgical engineer. He moved to general manager of the Resource Recycling Division in 1996 and assumed additional responsibilities in 1998 as president of Fabricated Products Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Doe Run. Two years ago, Pyatt became vice president of Secondary Smelting.

Kaiser joined Doe Run in 2001 as vice president of finance and CFO. He has 24 years of management experience in the mining industry. Previously, Kaiser served as vice president and CFO of Amax Gold Inc. in Colorado.

Zornes Joins Trammell Crow as Area Director of Global Services



Above: Jeffrey Zornes, area director of Global Service, Trammell Crow Co.

Jeffrey Zornes has joined Trammell Crow Company as the Area Director of Global Services in St. Louis. Zornes’ appointment to this newly created position is part of a Trammell Crow reorganization, which repositions the firm’s offices throughout the U.S. and Canada into 14 “mega markets.”

The new structure consolidates all of the property and facility management, brokerage and project management services under a single leadership infrastructure known as Global Services. A second operational division, the Development and Investment Group, will handle all real estate development and investment activities. Mark Branstetter, principal in the St. Louis office, leads these efforts locally.

Zornes comes to Trammell Crow from Foreman Zornes Inc., a firm he founded in 1996. Zornes served as president of this diversified holding company, which specializes in real estate, outdoor advertising and other related service businesses. Prior to owning his own company, Zornes was president of Kohner Properties’ Realty Division. He also gained experience in the Investment Division at Turley Martin, now Colliers Turley Martin Tucker, and as a commercial broker for Collier Thorton.
 

 

 


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