LACLEDE LEADER Doug Yaeger pilots gas utility through increasingly complex environment. TRANSPLANT GAP Organ demand continues to outpace supply, but businesses can help through employee education. CLASSROOM PHILANTHROPY Annual giving and other gifts help keep private school tuition in check. STATE COLLEGES FEEL BUDGET CUTS Higher education institutions seek ways to cope with less funding. PLANNING CALENDAR COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE WOMEN: LEADERSHIP AND 20 YEARS OF VISION St. Louis women are recognized as leaders in the industry, locally and nationally. (ROUND) TABLE TALK Economic development officials hang together in St. Charles County. LOOKING UP Advanced technology manufacturer eyes growth. ARE PRICES GOING UP OR DOWN? ANDREW TRIVERS THE ART OF TRANSFORMATIONS COMMERCE COMMENTS COMMERCE IN BRIEF MAKING HEADLINES INVESTING IN THE REGION CONSTRUCTION ACROSS THE BOARD NEWSMAKERS TRENDS

December 2002 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Cover Story, DOUG YAEGER, chairman, president and CEO, Laclede Group Healthcare, DEAN F. KAPPEL, president and CEO, MTS - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - www.stlrcga.org - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - www.technologygateway.org - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (Round) Table Talk Profile, ANDREW TRIVERS founder and president, Trivers Associates