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Above: YWCA Leader Lunch Honorees (seated from left):Tiara Lyn Pettis, Future Leader, a senior at Parkway West High School and honor-roll student, gifted athlete and an accomplished poet; Karen Branding, Corporate Management, chairman, president and CEO of Busch Creative Services Corporation; Jacquelyn L. Dezort, Corporate Management, senior vice president and Midwest treasury management executive at Bank of America; and Kathleen Flemming, entrepreneur, president of Frontenac Bank; (Standing from left): Linda Locke, Corporate Management, vice president, technology communications for MasterCard International; Alison Nash, M.D., Professions, a pediatrician and community activist in the city of St. Louis; Maggie Potapchuk, Racial Justice, director of the Dismantling Racism Program for the National Conference for Community and Justice; Beverly Noble-Barnes, Government/Politics, a captain and 22-year veteran of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department; Sandra Farragut-Hemphill, Government/Politics, associated circuit judge of the 21st Judicial Circuit; and Patricia Whitaker, president and CEO of Arcturis, Inc.;. (Not pictured): Mary Burke, Ph.D., Education, head of Whitfield School; and Ellen Sherberg, Communications/ Media, publisher of the St. Louis Business Journal.
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YWCA Recognizes Achievements of Working Women
For 18 years, the YWCA of Metropolitan St. Louis has celebrated the achievement of working women. A YWCA tradition across the country, Leader Lunch is the only event of its kind that recognizes working women for the integral role they play in business, politics, education, science and technology, the arts, the professions and racial justice.
Each year, 10 extraordinary women are selected as Special Leaders and are inducted into the prestigious YWCA Academy of Leaders, which now numbers more than 185 women.
This year’s luncheon is chaired by Kathleen T. Osborn, senior vice president of the RCGA. “We are so pleased that this year’s luncheon will exceed all expectations in raising funds for the outstanding programs that the YWCA sponsors for women in the region.”
SLU General Counsel Named President of National Attorneys Association
William R. Kauffman, vice president and general counsel and secretary of Saint Louis University (SLU), was named president of the National Association of College and University Attorneys (NACUA). Kauffman, who served on the association’s board of directors from 1989 to 1992, recently completed a term as the president elect.
Kauffman joined SLU in 1995 after serving for nine years as vice president and general counsel of the University of Alaska higher education system. Prior to that position, he served as counsel to public university systems in Kansas and Pennsylvania. As the chief legal officer for SLU, he is responsible for the direction of all the University’s legal affairs.
Kauffman’s long tenure at NACUA includes service on numerous committees, including chairmanships for membership, continuing legal education, program for the annual conference, board operations and member services. Kauffman was a member-at-large of the board of directors from 1989 to 1992 and served as second vice president, first vice president and president elect prior to his recent election as president.
A graduate of Gettysburg College in Gettysburg, Pa., Kauffman received his law degree from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law in 1972.
A small group of attorneys who provided legal services to colleges and universities founded the NACUA in 1960. Since then, its international membership includes approximately 670 colleges and universities and 2,900 attorneys who represent those institutions.
Marketing Communications Agency Names VP Promotions
Osborn & Barr Communications, a full-service marketing communications agency with offices in St. Louis and Kansas City, Mo., promoted Rhonda Ries-Aguilar to vice president, controller, and Steve Loher, vice president, human resources.
Ries-Aguilar joined the agency in 1992 as an accounting assistant. She also has served as billing coordinator and assistant controller. In 1997, she was appointed agency controller. Ries-Aguilar was “instrumental in the continuous improvement of the overall financial position as a business,” says CEO Steve Barr. “She has become an integral participant in the contract development, negotiation and administration for all clients.”
Loher joined Osborn & Barr in 1997 as director of operations. Over the past two years, he has been responsible for the agency’s workplace operations, professional development and staff recruitment.
“Because of Steve’s commitment, the agency operates more efficiently, has been able to attract top-notch employees and has enhanced employee benefits,” Osborn says. Loher also helped evaluate, select and open the new office in Kansas City.
Founded in 1988, Osborn & Barr’s mission is to create and develop the most effective communications to maximize the image and profitability of its clients.
Webster University Announces New Board Members
Webster University elected William F. Compton, Robert A. Ingram, William Poole, Douglas H. Yaeger and David L. Steward to its board of trustees for three-year terms.
Captain William F. Compton, president and CEO of Trans World Airlines, Inc., began his flying career in 1966 as a flight instructor. During his career with TWA, Compton piloted 707, 727, 767, DC-9, MD-80 and L1011 aircraft. In addition to serving as president and CEO, Compton maintains his rating as a MD-80 captain and “flies the line” on a regular basis.
Robert A. Ingram is CEO of Glaxo Wellcome plc and chairman of its U.S. subsidiary, Glaxo Wellcome, Inc. He joined Glaxo Wellcome in 1990 where he served as executive vice president of administration and regulatory affairs, group vice president, executive vice president and president and COO before being named to his current position.
William Poole, president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, previously was the Herbert H. Goldberger Professor of Economics at Brown University. He joined the faculty at Brown in 1974 and twice served as chairman of the economic department. He was a member of the Council of Economic Advisors from 1982 to 1985 during the first Reagan administration and was a member of the Academic Advisory Panels of the Federal Reserve banks of New York and Boston. Currently, Poole directs the activities of the bank’s head office in St. Louis as well as its three branches in Little Rock, Louisville and Memphis.
Douglas H. Yaeger, chairman of the board of directors, president and CEO of Laclede Gas Company, joined the company in 1990 after spending nearly 20 years in the interstate gas pipeline industry. He has held numerous positions at Laclede Gas, including vice president of planning, vice president of operations, gas supply and technical services, senior vice president and executive vice president of operations and marketing.
David L. Steward, chairman and CEO of World Wide Technology Inc. (WWT), founded the company in 1990. WWT is a leading provider of hardware, software and networking solutions and services that enable companies to share, distribute, organize and analyze information. WWT has become one of the fastest growing Internet solution integrators in the United States. Headquartered in St. Louis, WWT has offices in Dallas, Kansas City, London, San Diego and Washington, D.C. In 1998, Steward was named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year and the SBA Business Person of the Year for Missouri, Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska in 1997.
Southwest Bank Appoints Board Member and Branch VP
Karen Schuster has been named vice president and manager of Southwest Bank’s Crestwood location. She replaces Susan Gioia, who will become manager of Southwest Bank’s new Des Peres office.
Schuster joined the bank in 1995 as auditor. Previously, she worked for Ernst & Young, LLP, where she was a senior auditor. Schuster has a bachelor’s degree in accounting from the University of MissouriColumbia and is a licensed CPA.
Mississippi Valley Bancshares, Inc., the holding company for Southwest Bank, elected Andrew S. Baur to fill a new position on its board of directors. Baur is a senior vice president of Southwest Bank and has managed the bank’s Concord Village location since it opened in 1995. He also recently assumed responsibility for branch operations.
Baur joined Southwest bank in 1993 and was elected a vice president in 1995. He is a graduate of Washington and Lee University.
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Above: Ronald G. Evens, M.D., president of Barnes-Jewish Hospital and senior executive officer of BJC Health System
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BJC Health System Announces New Barnes-Jewish Hospital President
BJC Health System appointed Ronald G. Evens, M.D., as the new president of Barnes-Jewish Hospital and senior executive officer of BJC Health System. Evens succeeds Peter L. Slavin, M.D., who resigned to become chairman and CEO of Massachusetts General Physician Organization in Boston.
Since 1971, Evens has been head of the Department of Radiology, director of the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology at Washington University School of Medicine and radiologist-in-chief at Barnes-Jewish and St. Louis Children’s hospitals. He also has been Elizabeth Mallinckrodt Professor since 1972. In assuming the Barnes-Jewish Hospital presidency, Evens will resign his positions at Washington University School of Medicine.
Evens served as president and CEO of St. Louis Children’s Hospital from 1985 to 1988, during which time the hospital strengthened its financial position, increased medical and surgical programs, enhanced patient services and increased community support. From 1988 to 1990, Evens served as vice chancellor for financial affairs and professor of medical economics at Washington University.
An internationally recognized expert in business and radiology, Evens has served as a consultant to industry, medical centers, universities and governmental organizations. His studies of the clinical and socioeconomic aspects of diagnostic imaging have been used to improve the effectiveness of health-care delivery. He has given more than 25 named lectureships throughout the world and has published more than 250 scientific journal and textbook articles.
Bass Named VP of Bethesda Health Group
R. Kenneth Bass, Jr. was recently named vice president of marketing/fund development for Bethesda Health Group, Inc., an independent and non-denominational senior care provider with nine St. Louis metropolitan area locations. In his newly created position, Bass assumes corporate management responsibility for all aspects of marketing, sales and fund development and serves as a member of the Bethesda management committee.
Prior to joining Bethesda, Bass was senior vice president of Mercantile Bank NA and a member of the parent company’s management committee. During his 15 years with Mercantile, Bass held a number of senior management positions, including regional senior commercial lending officer and head of the St. Louis Private Bank.
A St. Louis native, Bass received his undergraduate degree from the University of Tulsa and a master’s degree in business administration from Washington University’s Olin School of Business.
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Above: John Huhn, Right Management Consultants
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Systems Consultants Names New President
Systems Consultants, Inc. (SCI), one of the region’s top 50 fastest growing companies, has named Executive Vice President Scott Clark as president and chief operating officer. While he continues to manage company growth and expand SCI’s share of the public sector marketplace, he now oversees the day-to-day operations and all SCI departments.
Before joining SCI, Clark served as vice president and general manager of Computer Systems Group Worldwide Business Solutions at Unisys, where he established the global channel strategy and business alliances with solution partners and global integrators. He has more than 19 years of sales, marketing and management experience.
SCI offers state, county, local governments, public utilities and school districts a full range of financial, payroll/human resources and property management software.
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Above: Cliff Drozda, III, manager of marketing of Bowman International Real Estate Marketing Directors, the marketing agency for Fountain Place in Clayton
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Drozda Returns To His Hometown to Market Fountain Place
With the construction of Fountain Place at Clayton, a $100 million, 150-suite residential development of ultra-luxury condominium homes, the St. Louis housing market is entering a new era of sophisticated high-rise living.
This makes Cliff Drozda, the newly appointed manager of Marketing of Bowman International Real Estate Marketing Directors, feel right at home. A native St. Louisan with extensive experience in the marketing of luxury condominium developments in major markets such as Chicago, Toronto and southeast Florida, Drozda is the marketing agency for Fountain Place, which will be located next to the Ritz Carlton hotel in downtown Clayton.
“St. Louis has been waiting for this quality lifestyle for some time,” Drozda says. “Fountain Place will be one of the most exciting and glamorous high-rise residential communities anywhere in the country, just a few blocks from the house where I grew up. Its location on Carondelet Plaza is superb—near the heart of Clayton, yet away from the traffic congestion generated by Clayton’s thriving commercial business district.”
With revenues surpassing $115 million last year, St. Louis-based MLP Investments, LLC, has joined forces with FRAMAmerica, LP, to sell and build the 29-story complex. Construction is scheduled to begin early next fall.
“The developers offer the best of modern construction materials, technologies and design, as well as exceptional community facilities, services and security,” Drozda adds. “This winning combination has never before been offered in this market.”
The base price for the one-, two- and three-bedroom condominiums, which range in size from 1,300 to 2,700 square feet, begin at $350,000 to $800,000. Larger suites and penthouses range from 3,500 to 7,000 square feet with a price tag of $1 million to $3.5 million. Special amenities include a large private garden deck with indoor pool, spa and fitness area, as well as a rooftop Sky Club overlooking the Clayton and downtown skylines.
Drozda first collaborated with Bowman International Marketing Directors in the mid 1970s in the marketing of one of the first major condominium developments in Toronto, a 450-unit landmark tower on Lake Ontario overlooking the downtown skyline. Drozda also marketed a 742-unit luxury tower in downtown Chicago overlooking the Yacht Club and Lake Michigan, which is considered the largest high-rise condominium tower in North America.
Drozda represents the fourth generation of a family who has been active in the real estate business in St. Louis since 1891. During the early 1980s, Drozda and his wife, Millie, marketed a series of condominium conversions in West St. Louis County and the Central West End, including Cambridge Court in Ballwin, Pierre Chouteau on Lindell (across from the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis) and the Executive House on West Pine.
Stifel, Nicolaus & Company Recruits New Investment Banker
Chris H. Pauli, the former president of Pauli Johnson Capital & Research, joined Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated, as a member of its investment banking group.
In his new position, Pauli provides investment banking and financial advisory to non-financial companies and their executives throughout the Midwest. Founded in 1890, the financial services company has more than 300 investment executives and operates more than 50 offices through 13 Midwestern states. A subsidiary of Stifel Financial Corp., the company specializes in general securities brokerage, investment banking and money management.
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