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HUGHES RECEIVES TRI-COUNTY ENTREPRENEUR AWARD


THOMAS R. HUGHES
president,
T.R. Hughes Inc.

Thomas R. Hughes, president of T.R. Hughes Inc., has received the Circle of Champions Tri-County Entrepreneur Award in the real estate and construction category. Sponsored by St. Charles Business magazine, the Economic Development Center of St. Charles County and Brown Smith Wallace LLC, the awards program recognizes outstanding local entrepreneurs in Lincoln, Warren and St. Charles counties.

DOE RUN NAMES NEW CIO



SHARON GIETL
chief information officer,
The Doe Run Company

Sharon Gietl has been appointed chief information officer at The Doe Run Company. Prior to joining Doe Run, Gietl served as the director of information services for Bryan Cave LLP in St. Louis.

SCHUKAR CHOSEN AS TOP OPERATING OFFICER AT AMERENIP


SHAWN SCHUKAR
vice president of energy delivery operations & top operating officer,
AmerenIP

Ameren Corporation has named Shawn Schukar vice president of energy delivery operations and the top operating officer at AmerenIP, the former Illinois Power. Schukar served as senior vice president of utility operations at Illinois Power before Ameren acquired the company. He had been with Illinois Power since 1984.

KLEIN SUCCEEDS MULCAHY AT ENERGIZER HOLDINGS

Energizer Holdings Inc. has announced that Pat Mulcahy will retire as CEO and Ward Klein took over the role following the company’s annual meeting of shareholders on January 25, 2005. Mulcahy will remain on the board of directors and will become vice chairman upon his retirement. Klein, who has also been nominated to the board of directors, has served as president and chief operating officer since January 2004.

WILSON NAMED CONSTRUCTION MAN OF THE YEAR


SCOTT WILSON
president,
S.M. Wilson & Co.

Scott Wilson, president of S.M. Wilson & Co., has been named “2004 Construction Man of the Year” in the management category by the Building and Construction Trades Council of St. Louis. The council presents awards annually to individuals who have worked diligently to improve the community, the lives of working men and women, and labor-management relations.

GARVEY PROMOTED AT CINGULAR WIRELESS

Cingular Wireless has named Nancy Garvey vice president and general manager of its greater Midwest market. Based in St. Louis, Garvey will be responsible for Cingular’s operations in Missouri and Kansas. Prior to her promotion, Garvey served as vice president and general manager of Arkansas and Oklahoma for Cingular.

TSUNAMI RESEARCH NAMES NEW CEO


KEVIN HAAR
CEO,
Tsunami Research

Software company Tsunami Research has announced the appointment of Kevin Haar as CEO. He will be responsible for advancing the company’s leadership position in the emerging hive computing market. Haar joined Tsunami in September 2003 as a member of its board of advisors. He is a former executive at Rational Software Corp.

LaRUSSA HEADS DANCE ST. LOUIS CAMPAIGN



Tony LaRussa, manager of the St. Louis Cardinals, has been selected to head the annual campaign for Dance St. Louis. LaRussa is a new member of Dance St. Louis’ board of directors and has supported the organization since he joined the Cardinals in 1995.

SUGGS HONORED AS ST. LOUIS CITIZEN OF THE YEAR


DR. DONALD SUGGS
president & publisher,
St. Louis American Newspaper

Dr. Donald Suggs, president and publisher of the St. Louis American Newspaper, has been selected as the 2004 St. Louis Citizen of the Year. The honor is sponsored by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and was
presented to Suggs for his lifetime of leadership and service to the community. Suggs, an oral surgeon by profession, became publisher of the St. Louis American Newspaper in 1984, and under his leadership, the newspaper’s circulation has grown from 6,000 to
nearly 70,000. The newspaper has earned national recognition for its journalism and captured the National Newspaper Publishers’ Association’s Russwurm Award as the No. 1 African-American newspaper in the country for 2002.

JOY APPOINTED CITY SPECIALIST AT COLDWELL BANKER GUNDAKER


ERIN JOY
city of St. Louis specialist,
Coldwell Banker Gundaker

Coldwell Banker Gundaker has named Erin Joy as a city of St. Louis specialist in the company’s new homes division. In her new role, Joy will be responsible for marketing and promoting all new residential developments in the city of St. Louis to real estate agents and to the public. Joy previously worked as a real estate sales broker in the company’s new homes division.

METCALFE, JACKSON REAPPOINTED TO ST. LOUIS FED BOARD

At the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, Walter L. Metcalfe Jr. and Gayle P.W. Jackson have been reappointed as chairman and deputy chairman, respectively, of the board of directors. Metcalfe is partner and former chairman of the law firm Bryan Cave LLP, and Jackson is managing director of FondElec Clean Energy Group Inc.

BUILD-A-BEAR WORKSHOP APPOINTS NEW GENERAL COUNSEL

T. William “Bill” Alvey III has assumed general counsel duties for Build-A-Bear Workshop Inc. In his new role, Alvey will be responsible for all legal, corporate governance and disclosure matters for the company. He has 12 years of legal experience, including nearly six years serving as corporate counsel or general counsel for publicly traded companies.

ENTERPRISE BANK & TRUST HIRES NEW VP OF MORTGAGE LENDING

William R. Bruce has joined the mortgage division of Enterprise Bank & Trust as the new vice president and director of mortgage lending. He has more than 25 years of mortgage lending experience and previously worked for Town and Country Mortgage.

HUNTER JOINS S.M. WILSON


JOHN HUNTER
senior project manager,
S.M. Wilson & Co.

John Hunter has joined S.M. Wilson & Co. as a senior project manager. He previously worked for J.E. Dunn Construction Co. Inc. as a senior project manager and has nearly 30 years of experience in the construction industry.

SAMPLES PROMOTED TO PRINCIPAL AT MPP&W


TERI M. SAMPLES
principal,
MPP&W P.C.

Teri M. Samples has been promoted to principal at MPP&W P.C., a St. Louis-based certified public accounting firm. She has been with the firm since 1994 and is director of real estate services.

CAMPBELL NAMED MANAGING PARTNER AT GALLOP, JOHNSON & NEUMAN

Thomas Campbell has been selected to succeed Sanford Neuman as managing partner at Gallop, Johnson & Neuman LC. The transition will occur during 2005 when Neuman becomes chairman of the law firm. Campbell began his career at the firm as a summer law clerk and currently leads the firm’s government law and relations department.

METAPHORE PHARMACEUTICALS APPOINTS NEW CHAIRMAN

Richard U. De Schutter has been appointed chairman of the board for Metaphore Pharmaceuticals, an emerging pharmaceutical company with research and development facilities in St. Louis. De Schutter joined Metaphore’s board as vice chairman in February 2002.

THE VANDIVER GROUP ANNOUNCES PROMOTIONS, NEW HIRES


The Vandiver Group Inc. has promoted three employees and hired two new ones. Mack Bradley, who has more than 15 years of experience in public affairs and strategic communications, has been promoted to senior vice president. Patricia Olsen and Neita Coleman have been promoted to account coordinator and administrative assistant, respectively. Olsen has been with the firm since 2002; Coleman joined the firm in 2003 as an intern. Elizabeth Lustgarten has joined The Vandiver Group as a team member after working as a research assistant at The Pennsylvania State University. Terry Ross has joined the firm as a team leader after a six-year stint as operations and marketing manager of Build-A-Bear Workshop.

HRABKO TAKES OVER AS INTERIM DIRECTOR OF LAMBERT


RICHARD HRABKO
intern director,
Lambert-St. Louis International Airport

Richard Hrabko has been selected to succeed the retired Leonard Griggs as interim director of Lambert-St. Louis International Airport until a permanent director is found. Hrabko has been St. Louis County’s director of aviation since 1980 and has served on the Lambert Airport Commission for the past three years.

CMS NAMES COWEN PRESIDENT AND CEO


ANDREW C. COWEN
president & CEO
CMS Inc.

Andrew C. Cowen has been named president and CEO at CMS Inc., a company that develops and supports radiation treatment hardware and software. Cowen spent the past 12 years as an executive at Brown Brothers Harriman and has served on CMS Inc.’s board of directors for the past seven years. He succeeds Douglas M. Sprague, who will continue to serve the company as an advisor.

EILERMANN NAMED PRESIDENT OF HOME BUILDERS ASSOCIATION


JOHN EILERMANN
president,
McBride & Son Homes

John Eilermann, president of McBride & Son Homes, has been elected president of the Home Builders Association of Greater
St. Louis. The local trade association has more than 1,100 member firms that represent the residential construction industry.

ZHANG JOINS HUSCH & EPPENBERGER

Yi Zhang has joined Husch & Eppenberger LLC’s health law practice group as an associate attorney. She will concentrate her practice in the areas of transactional health care law and general corporate law. Zhang earned her law degree from Saint Louis University School of Law in 2004.

CLAYCO ADDS BOROVIC TO PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Clayco Construction Company has expanded its construction team with project manager Marko Borovic. He will provide project management and other services in Clayco’s concrete division. Most recently, Borovic served as a project manager and estimator for another construction company.
 

 

 


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