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SAULSBERRY JOINS BLACKWELL SANDERS PEPER MARTIN



CHARLES R. SAULSBERRY
partner, St. Louis office,
Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin LLP

The Corporate Department of Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin LLP welcomes Charles Saulsberry as a partner to its St. Louis office.

Prior to joining Blackwell Sanders, Saulsberry practiced at Thompson Coburn as a partner in its St. Louis office, at Winston & Strawn as a partner in its Chicago office, and most recently, at the St. Louis firm of Blumenfeld, Kaplan & Sandweiss. Saulsberry has served as underwriter’s counsel and bond counsel to The City of St. Louis, and has represented Bank of America on several secured loan and public finance transactions. He also serves as counsel to the State of Missouri on its Urban Enterprise Loan program.

Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin, a commercial-based law firm with 300 attorneys, has offices in St. Louis, Kansas City and Springfield, Mo.; Overland Park, Kan.; Omaha, Neb.; Edwardsville, Ill.; Washington, D.C.; and London, England; and serves regional, national and international clients.

TRIPOS APPOINTS SALES AND MARKETING VICE PRESIDENTS



ELIZABETH HOLBROOK
vice president of sales,
Tripos Inc.

Tripos Inc., a provider of drug discovery chemistry, discovery software and enterprise informatics, has named Elizabeth Holbrook as vice president of sales and Dr. Deepak Thakkar as vice president of marketing. Both will report to the company’s senior vice president and chief commercial officer, Douglas Danne.

Holbrook most recently held U.S. and European sales management positions with Affymetrix Inc. and Ciphergen BioSystems Inc.; two pioneers in creating breakthrough tools that are driving the genomic innovation. She also held U.S. sales, marketing and channel management positions with Life Technologies Inc., before its acquisition by Invitrogen Inc.

Before joining Tripos, Thakkar was senior director of marketing for California-based Silicon Genetics, a provider of software solutions for gene and protein informatics. Throughout his career, Thakkar also held a variety of senior marketing, product development and business development positions at Genometrix Inc., Neomorphic Inc., and Rosetta Inpharmatics.

TAYLOR NAMED VP OF SPECIAL PROJECTS FOR ALBERICI GROUPS



THOMAS TAYLOR
vice president of special projects,
Alberici Constructors

Alberici Constructors has promoted Thomas Taylor to vice president of special projects, which includes areas of gaming, automotive and general building. In addition, he will continue to serve as a member of the board of directors for Hillsdale Building Materials Inc. Taylor began his career with Alberici in 1987 as a field engineer on the Robert A. Young Federal Building in downtown St. Louis.

AMEREN PROMOTES MENNE TO VP




MICHAEL MENNE
vice president—environmental,
safety and health,
Ameren Corp.

Ameren Corp. has named Michael Menne as vice president of environmental, safety and health. Menne joined the newly formed Environmental Services Department of Union Electric Co., now doing business as AmerenUE, in 1976. He became manager of Environmental Affairs in 1998 and has served as manager of the Environmental, Safety and Health function since 2000.

JACOBS NAMED GM OF ADAM'S MARK ST. LOUIS HOTEL



JEFFREY JACOBS
general manager,
Adam's Mark St. Louis

Jeffrey Jacobs, a 20-year hospitality industry veteran, has joined the Adam’s Mark St. Louis hotel as general manager. Previously, Jacobs served as executive director of food and beverage for the Plaza Hotel in New York, and before that as executive assistant manager of the Ritz-Carlton in Philadelphia. His career also includes 12 years of catering and food and beverage management with various Marriott hotel properties.

The flagship property of Adam’s Mark Hotels & Resorts, the downtown St. Louis hotel features 910 rooms, including 96 elegant suites, and more than 76,000 square feet of meeting space.

G.A. SULLIVAN ADDS REGIONAL OPERATIONS MANAGER FOR KANSAS CITY AND ST. LOUIS

St. Louis-based information technology solution company G. A. Sullivan has appointed Mike Fraser as regional operations manager for the company’s St. Louis, Mo. and Overland Park, Kan. locations. Fraser joined G. A. Sullivan in March 2002. He brings more than 20 years of IT and senior management experience in the professional services industry to the company, including large corporate IT project management and consulting.

CHASE PARK PLAZA WELCOMES NEW CATERING DIRECTOR



KIMBERLY RITTER
director of catering,
Chase Park Plaza Hotel

Kimberly Ritter has joined the Chase Park Plaza Hotel as director of catering. Her prior catering experience includes Ritter’s most recent position at the Doubletree Hotel and Conference Center.

REYNOLDS JOINS MIDWEST BANCENTRE AS SENIOR VP



KENT REYNOLDS
senior vice president of trust services, Midwest BankCentre

Finance industry veteran Kent Reynolds became a member of the Midwest BankCentre team as senior vice president of trust services. Reynolds joined Midwest BankCentre following eight years with A.G. Edwards & Sons Inc. as an investment banker and stock research analyst. Prior to A.G. Edwards, he practiced corporate and securities law with Bryan Cave LLP in St. Louis and Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe and Hawkins, Delafield & Wood, both of New York.

TENET NAMES ANAYA AS COO OF SOUTHPOINTE HOSPITAL



MICHAEL ANAYA, SR.
COO,
Tenet SouthPointe Hospital

Tenet Saint Louis appointed Michael Anaya, Sr. as chief operating officer at SouthPointe Hospital. A native of New Mexico, Anaya was most recently CEO at Dundy County Health System in Benkelman, Neb. Prior to that, he served the U.S. Navy for 21 years in a variety of health care positions, including chief financial officer of a naval hospital in Sigonella, Italy.

A.G. EDWARDS CEO ELECTED TO BOARD OF SECURITIES INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION

Securities industry executives have elected Robert Bagby, chairman and chief executive officer of A.G. Edwards & Sons Inc., to serve on the board of directors of the Securities Industry Association (SIA) for a three-year term, ending November 2005. Bagby has been with A.G. Edwards for 27 years and was named chairman and CEO in 2000.

MINNICK HEADS LOCKWOOD GREENE'S ST. LOUIS OPERATIONS



GARY MINNICK
manager of St. Louis operations,
Lockwood Greene

Lockwood Greene named Gary Minnick to assume the helm as manager of the firm’s St. Louis office. He replaced Lenny Burns, who moved to Lockwood Greene’s Atlanta operations center. Minnick has been with Lockwood Greene since the St. Louis office opened in 1997. In that time, the staff has grown from three to 70 professionals, serving the firm’s engineering and construction business partners.

FIRST BANK APPOINTS TWO VICE PRESIDENTS


First Bank has appointed Harry Daw as vice president of the St. Charles Commercial Lending Group and First Bank’s subsidiary FB Commercial Finance Inc. has named Marian Kammerer as vice president.

Daw is responsible for soliciting commercial loans and account relationships in St. Charles, Lincoln and Warren counties. The St. Charles Commercial Lending Group is located at 10710 Veterans Memorial Parkway in Lake St. Louis, Mo.

Kammerer, with 21 years of experience in commercial financing, will serve as the senior underwriter for FB Commercial Finance. Established in 1998, FB Commercial Finance is a wholly owned subsidiary, provides asset-based lending to middle market manufacturing and distribution companies.
 

 

 


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