Robert
L. Bagby
Chairman & CEO
A. G. Edwards & Sons, Inc.
Richard
Shank
Sales Center Vice President
AT&T Growth Markets
John M.
Rocco
General Manager
AT&T Solutions
Eric Stange
Managing Partner
Accenture
Victor
Anjeh, J.D.
Vice President, Corporate Strategy
AFRAM Corporation
Shaun Hayes
President & CEO
Allegiant Bank
Tom O’Brien
Vice President
AMDOCS, Inc.
Charles
W. Mueller
Chairman & CEO
Ameren Corporation
Robert
C. Cordes
Vice President-St. Louis Hub
American Airlines
Thomas
M. Allen
Manager
American Fiber Comm, LLC
Anthony
J. Raymon
Senior Vice President & General Manager
Ameristar Casino St. Charles
Larry R.
Katzen
Managing Partner
Andersen
Don Hubble
President & CEO
Angelica Corporation
August
A. Busch, III
Chairman & President
Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc.
Mark W.
Church
President
Application Engineering Group, Inc.
Betsy Ferguson
President & CEO
Applied Data Systems, Inc.
Rev. Monsignor
Richard F. Stika
Rev. Vicar General/Chancellor
Archdiocese of St. Louis
Patricia
D. Whitaker, IIDA
President
Arcturis
James Perry
President & CEO
Argosy Gaming Company
Kenneth
Teasdale
Chairman of the Firm
Armstrong Teasdale LLP
Les Diveley
President
Arnold Worldwide
Jerry C.
Sibley
CEO & President
ASTARIS LLC
James Smith
Chairman, President & CEO
Aurora Foods, Inc.
Frozen Foods Division
Kenneth
A. Johnson
President & CEO
Auto Club of Missouri
Kurtis
Harrison
Sales Director
AVAYA
Garrett
Balke
Chairman and CEO
Balke Brown Associates
David C.
Darnell
President Central Banking Group
Bank of America
Robert
A. Wetzel
President
TheBANK of Edwardsville
L. B. Eckelkamp,
Jr.
Chairman & CEO
Bank of Washington
Susan Stauder
Acting Executive Director
Bi-State Development Agency
Kenneth
McClendon
Councilman-at-large
City of Berkley
Philippe
Sans
President & CEO
bioMerieux, Inc.
Steven
H. Lipstein
President & CEO
BJC HealthCare
John O’Rourke
Chairman & CEO
Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Missouri
Gerald
E. Daniels
President
Military, Aircraft & Missile Systems
The Boeing Company
Jim Creegan
General Manager
Boise Cascade Office Products
Doris Harris
President
BRAL Environmental Services, Inc.
Donald
E. Breckenridge
President
D. E. Breckenridge Corporation
Above:
(Left to right) Cherie Fromm and her husband Ron Fromm, chairman,
president & CEO Brown Shoe Company, Inc. chat with fellow Leadership
Circle members, Jerome Glick, president Jerome E. Glick, Realtor,
and his wife Judy Glick.
Ronald
A. Fromm
Chairman, President & CEO
Brown Shoe Company, Inc.
Walter
L. Metcalfe, Jr.
Chairman of the Firm
Bryan Cave LLP
John Klein
President & CEO
Bunge Corporation
Michael
D. McLaughlin
Superintendent of Operations
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad
Karen Branding
Chairman, President & CEO
Busch Creative Services
Jim Taylor
Director of Sales & Marketing
Byrne Software Technologies, Inc
Brian Matthews
CEO
CDMVentures.com
Russell
Isaak
President
CPI Corporation
George
R. Edinger, Sr.
President & CEO
C & R Mechanical Company
Tammy Shields
Vice President and Area Leader
CAP Gemini Ernst & Young
Allen Cassens
Vice-Chairman
Cassens Transport Company
Larry Sosna
Chairman
Central Business Communications, Inc.
Brian Hupp
Sales Center Manager
Central States Coca-Cola Bottling Company
Douglas
A. Albrecht
President & CEO
Centric Group
Tom Moehn
Executive Director
CHALLENGE UNLIMITED, INC.
Carl Vogel
President & CEO
Charter Communications
Dean Chininis
Managing Director
Chase Park Plaza
Joey Suter
Vice President & General Manager
Cingular Wireless
Thomas
Wind
President & COO
CitiMortgage, Inc.
Robert
G. Clark
CEO
Clayco Construction Co.
Dr. Robert
D. Morgan
Executive Vice President
Clean Earth Technologies
Jack E.
Thomas, Jr.
President & CEO
Coin Acceptors, Inc.
Joseph
Hoffman
Partner
Colarelli, Meyer & Associates, Inc.
Gordon A. Gundaker
President
Coldwell Banker Gundaker
Paul Hrebec
President
Colt Industries, Inc.
David W.
Kemper
Chairman, President & CEO
Commerce Bancshares, Inc.
Marsha
Rolwes
Enterprise Sales Manager, Kansas-Missouri
Compaq Computer Corporation
James Kelly
Regional Manager
Computer Associates International, Inc.
Kenneth
B. Steinback
Chairman & CEO
Computer Sales International
Doug Sprague
President & CEO
Computerized Medical Systems, Inc.
Bridget
Trask
Senior Director, Operations
Convergys
Thomas
J. Corrigan
President
Corrigan Company
Dan Coughlin
President & Owner
The Coughlin Company, Inc.
Paul Koch
President
Creative Management, Inc.
Terri Custer
Director Business Development
CrossLogic
Craig Travers
General Manager
Crown Hotel at the Casino Queen, Inc.
Matt Matthews
President & CEO
Crown Optical
Steven
Stogel
President
DFC Group, Inc.
Larry H.
Munson
Executive Vice President & Managing Director
DHR International
James W.
Nihls
Plant Manager
DaimlerChrysler Corporation St. Louis Assembly North
Sandi Bouckley
Plant Manager
DaimlerChrysler Corporation St. Louis Assembly South
Ron Crooks
Managing Director/Chief Creative Officer
D’Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles
Ruby C.
Harriman
President & CEO
Daruby Enterprises
Michael
E. Zychinski
Office Managing Partner
Deloitte & Touche, LLP
Robert
J. Dierberg
Chairman, President & Treasurer
Dierberg’s Markets Incorporated
David Dobbs
President & CEO
Dobbs Tire & Auto Centers
Charles
L. Drury, Sr.
Chairman
Drury Development Corporation
Ramsey
Maune
Senior Vice President - St. Louis Operations
Duke-Weeks Realty Corporation
Stephan
B. Tanda
President
DuPont Protein Technologies
Alfred
H. Kerth, III
President
EADS Center
Dan Blakeley
Senior Area Executive-Missouri
EDS
John W.
Bachmann
Managing Partner
Edward Jones
Scott D.
Brown
Ally Specialist, State Government Affairs
Eli Lilly & Company
David N.
Farr
CEO
Emerson
John Beck
Senior Vice President/Market Manager Emmis St. Louis
Emmis Communications
J. Patrick
Mulcahy
CEO
Energizer Holdings, Inc.
Michael
F. Shanahan
Chairman & CEO
Engineered Support Services, Inc.
Gregory
D. Hoffmann
CEO
The Mary Engelbreit Companies
Andrew
C. Taylor
Chairman & CEO
Enterprise Rent-A-Car World Headquarters
John R.
Schott
Partner
Matthew J. Quinn
Partner
EPIC Systems, Inc.
James M.
Havel
Managing Partner
Ernst & Young LLP
Dennis
Moore
Chairman & CEO
ESCO Technologies, Inc.
Barrett
A. Toan
Chairman & CEO
Express Scripts, Inc.
Harry P.
Fabick
Chairman, President & CEO
John Fabick Tractor Company
Clifton
D. Berry
Director
St. Louis Partnership Office
Fannie Mae
Susan Sweat
Managing Director
Federal Express Corporation
Robert
G. Meckfessel
Regional Vice President
First American Title Insurance Co.
Donald
Williams
President
First Bank-Missouri
Joseph
E. Hasten
Vice Chairman
Firstar Corporation
Joe Bobnar
Plant Manager
Ford Motor Company Vehicle Operations Division
Dr. Bernard
J. DuBray
Superintendent
Fort Zumwalt School District
Peter F.
Sanderson
President & CEO
Fru-Con Construction Corporation
Wilbert
G. Holliman, Jr.
Chairman, President & CEO
Furniture Brands International
Clifford
D. Franklin
Chairman & President
FUSE, Inc., A Division of Final Phase Marketing
Greg A.
Sullivan
President & CEO
G. A. Sullivan
James J.
Fitzsimmons
President & CEO
GKN Aerospace Services-St. Louis
Donald
P. Gallop
Chairman
Gallop, Johnson & Neuman, L.C.
Joyce Eisel
President & CEO
Gateway Blood Association
Brian E.
Ulione
Vice President & General Manager
Gateway International Raceway
Roger D.
Miller
President & Chairman
Gateway Packaging Company
Kevin Eichner
President & CEO
GenAmerica Financial Corporation
Above:
The RCGA hosted
a reception for Leadership Circle members prior to the St. Louis
Speakers Series program featuring Dr. Beck Weathers. Leadership
Circle members are CEOs and regional leaders from a wide range of
companies who are major investors in the RCGA. Members receive special
benefits, including participation in exclusive events.
Michael
H. Camp
Plant Manager
General Motors Corporation
Jerome
E. Glick
President
Jerome E. Glick, Inc.
Robert
A. Reynolds, Jr.
Chairman, President & CEO
Graybar Electric Company, Inc.
Daniel
J. Barnard
President
Greater Missouri Builders, Inc.
Jeffrey
Clinton
President & CEO
Grey Eagle Distributors, Inc.
Charlie
Stark
President & CEO
Group Health Plan Inc.
Raymond
W. Harmon
Chairman
Growing Family
Charles
Oertli
Chairman
Guarantee Electrical Co.
Fred S.
Kummer, Sr.
President
HBE Corporation
Rick E.
Cunningham
Senior VP, Marketing Manager
HDR Engineering, Inc.
Keith A.
Hinkebein, P.E.
Associate Vice President
HNTB Corporation
Sam Fox
Chairman & CEO
Harbour Group Ltd.
Andrew
F. Puzder
President & CEO
Hardee’s Food Systems, Inc.
Dr. Henry
Givens Jr.
President
Harris-Stowe State College
Larry M.
Kirby
Regional President
Heartland Bank
Gerard
Gilmore
Senior Vice President-Marketing
Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum, Inc.
Ben Hynds
President
Herman Miller/Workplace Resource
Andrew
Weder
Vice President International Operations
Highland Supply Corporation
Ronald
H. Silverman
Senior Vice President-Regional Manager
Historic Restoration, Inc.
Bruce B.
Holland
President
Holland-Hinrichs Construction
Barry Lower
Vice President-Manufacturing
Holcim, Inc.
Ruth Smith
Executive Director
Human Development Corporation of Metropolitan St. Louis
Stephen
Brauer
President
Hunter Engineering Company
Joseph
P. Conran
Chair of the Management Committee
Husch & Eppenberger, LLC
Joe Hindsley
General Manager
Hyatt Regency-St. Louis
Joyce Blackwell
Director of Customer Satisfaction/Americas
IBM Corporation
Anthony
W. Hooper
Chairman, President & CEO
Insituform Technologies, Inc.
Kevin Boles
President
J. S. Companies
John N.
Cochran, Jr.
President
JS Logistics
Robert
F. McCoole
President
J. S. Alberici Construction Co., Inc.
Richard
E. Beumer
Vice Chairman
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.
Mike McCracken
President & CEO
Jakel, Incorporated
Robert
D. Henderson
Plant Manager
Johnson Controls, Inc.
Robert
E. Jones
Chairman & CEO
The Jones Company
Kay Berry
Vice President & Manager
KBK Financial, Inc.
Karen Carroll
Vice President & General Manager
KMOX Radio
Ralph W.
Clermont
Managing Partner
KPMG LLP
Lynn Beall
President & General Manager
KSDK NewsChannel Five
Senior Vice President
Gannett Broadcasting
Dale V.
Keller
President
Keller Construction, Inc.
Hal Upbin
Chairman, President & CEO
Kellwood Company
James G.
Koman
President
Koman Properties, Inc.
Ralph F.
Korte
Chairman
The Korte Company
John R.
Kuhlmann, Jr., P.E., S.E
President & CEO
Kuhlmann design Group, Inc.
David A.
McNutt
Owner/CEO
Laclede Cab Company
Douglas
H. Yaeger
Chairman, President & CEO
The Laclede Group, Inc.
Jerry Sammons
Business Unit Manager
LAFARGE North America, Inc.
Steve Lanter
President & COO
Lanter Company
Robert
S. Holmes, Jr.
Senior Vice President
LaSalle Bank N.A.
Roger Fritz
President
Leadership by Design, Inc.
Dr. Dale
T. Chapman
President
Lewis & Clark Community College
Brent St.
John
CEO
Lumimove Inc.
Mark Stuenkel
Foundation President
The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod
Klaus Von
Horde
President & CEO
MEMC Electronic Materials Inc.
Honorable
Rudolph J. Papa
Chairman
Madison County Board
Dr. Gregory
A. Bayer
President & COO, Workplace Group
Magellan Behavioral Health
C. Ray
Holman
Chairman of the Board
Mallinckrodt Inc.
W. Stephen
Maritz
Chairman & CEO
Maritz Inc.
Paul N.
Brauss
Senior Vice President Operations
Mark Andy, Inc.
Joe Uhl
General Manager
Marriott Hotel-St. Louis Airport
Dan Gustafson
General Manager
Marriott’s Pavilion Hotel
Ronald Brawley
Managing Director
Marsh Advantage America
Dr. Keith
Lovin
President
Maryville University of Saint Louis
Jerry McElhatton
President
Global Technology & Operations
MasterCard International
Eugene
S. Kahn
Chairman of the Board & CEO
The May Department Stores Company
Richard
T. Sullivan, Jr.
CEO
McBride & Son, Inc.
Michael
Hurst
President & COO
McCarthy Building Companies
W. Robert
Sanders
Regional Vice President
McDonald’s Corporation
Dr. James
M. Dennis
President
McKendree College
Glen Bogner
Executive Director
Mercy Health Plans of Missouri
Arnold
W. Donald
Chairman & CEO
Merisant
Robert
Johnson
Senior Resident Vice President
Merrill Lynch, Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc.
Willie
Horton
Executive Director & CEO
Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District
Clifford
R. Sanderson
President
Mid America Airlines, Inc.
Keith Gundlefinger
General Manager
MILLENNIUM HOTEL ST. LOUIS
Robert
D. Millstone
President
The Millstone Company
Don Roberts
Vice President & CFO
Mississippi Lime Company
Eric W.
Thornburg
President
Missouri-American Water Company
Dr. Peter
Raven
Executive Director
Missouri Botanical Garden
W. Nick
Marianos, Jr.
Associate
Modjeski & Masters
Mark Shapiro
Chairman & CEO
Momentum-St. Louis
Hendrik
A. Verfaillie
President & CEO
Monsanto Company
James J.
Murphy, Jr.
President
Murphy Company
Thomas
Mann
Site Manager - St. Louis
National Imagery & Mapping Agency
James R.
Elsesser
CFO
Nestlé Purina PetCare Co.
Brenda
Newberry
President/CEO
The Newberry Group, Inc.
Frank A.
Martin
Chairman & CEO
Nooter Corporation
Patrick
Banger
City Administrator
City of O’Fallon, Missouri
Timothy
G. Beffa
President & CEO
Outsourcing Solutions, Inc. (OSI)
William
J. Laurie
Chairman
Paige Sports Entertainment
Paul J.
McKee, Jr.
Chairman & CEO
Paric Corporation
David Payne
President
PayneCrest Electric, Inc.
Irl Engelhardt
Chairman & CEO
Peabody Energy
Paul Birdseye
Director-St. Louis Operations
PeopleSupport
James E.
O’Mara
Business Manager & Secretary/Treasurer
Pipefitters Union, Local #562
John Capps
President
Plaza Motor Company
William
C. Rusnack
President & CEO
Premcor Inc.
John Aylsworth
President & COO
President Casinos, Inc. LLP
Steven
O. Swyers
Managing Partner
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Allan Ivie,
IV
President & COO
The PrivateBank
Theresa
E. Lynch
President
Project Professionals, LLC
Ed Pundmann,
Jr.
President
Pundmann Ford
Steve L.
Ellsworth
Managing Director
Quest Diagnostics
Randall
Schilling
President
Quilogy
Robert
L. Plummer
President
R. P. Lumber Company, Inc.
Don M.
Royster, Sr.
President
Reliable Life Insurance Company
Brad Robinette
General Manager
Renaissance Grand Hotel
Debbie
Karcanes
General Manager
Renaissance St. Louis Hotel
Bradley
J. Hughes
Executive Vice President
REPCO Graphics
Dr. Paul
W. Doerrer
Superintendent
Ritenour School District
Charles
B. Harper
General Manager
The Ritz-Carlton, St. Louis
Jan L.
Newton
President–Missouri
SBC Southwestern Bell
Anthony
Thompson
Joint Venture Spokesman
The SPK Team
Sister
Mary Jean Ryan, FSM
President & CEO
SSM Health Care
Robert
J. Murdick
CEO
Sachs Electric Company
David Seifert
President & CEO
St. Anthony’s Medical Center
Honorable
Patricia York
Mayor
City of St. Charles
Honorable
Joseph R. Ortwerth
County Executive
St. Charles County
Honorable
John Baricevic
Chairman
St. Clair County Board
Michael
Morgan
President & CEO
St. John’s Mercy Health Care
Ellen Sherberg
Publisher
St. Louis Business Journal
Honorable Francis Slay
Mayor
City of St. Louis
Dr. Henry
Shannon
Chancellor
St. Louis Community College District
Honorable
Buzz Westfall
County Executive
St. Louis County
Michael
Pulitzer
Chairman
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Dr. Cleveland
Hammonds, Jr.
Superintendent
St. Louis Public School System
John Shaw
President
St. Louis Rams
Rev. Lawrence
Biondi, S.J.
President
Saint Louis University
Richard
J. Mark
President & CEO
St. Mary’s Hospital of East
St. Louis
William
P. Charnisky
City Administrator
City of St. Peters
Barry H.
Beracha
CEO
Sara Lee Bakery Group
Bill Moran
President & CEO
Save-A-Lot
Joe Galloway
CEO
Savitar, Inc.
Scott C.
Schnuck
President & COO
Schnuck Markets Inc.
A. Mark
Schupp
President
Schupp Company, Inc.
David R.
Harvey
President & CEO
Sigma-Aldrich Corporation
Ed Hurley
Manager, Legislative Affairs
Smurfit-Stone Container
John C.
Hunter
Chairman, President & CEO
Solutia Inc.
Dr. David
J. Werner
Chancellor
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Andrew
N. Baur
Chairman
Southwest Bank
Elmer Kirchoff
President
Southwestern Illinois College
Peter T.
Kachris, Ph.D
Superintendent of Schools
Special School District of St. Louis County
Julian
L. Carr, Jr.
Chairman & CEO
Spectrum Healthcare Services, Inc.
Jeff Klein
Branch Director
Spherion Technology Business Solutions
Daniel
E. Fetcho
General Manager
SportService Corporation
Catherine
S. Dunkin
Principal
The Standing Partnership
George
H. Walker, III
Chairman Emeritus/Chairman of the Executive Committee
Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Inc.
Phillip
Schaengold
CEO
Tenet Saint Louis
W. D. Spencer
President
Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis
John R.
Musgrave
Managing Partner
Thompson Coburn
Thomas
C. Kurzenberger, Sr.
President
Title Insurers Agency, Inc.
Frank Foster
President
The Trinity Companies, LLC
Andrew
Trivers, AIA
President
Trivers Associates Architects
Michael
L. Desmond
Vice President of Human Resources
UGS
Peter J.
Genovese
President
UMB Financial Corporation
Nathaniel
S. Walsh
President/CEO & General Counsel
U.S. Title Guaranty Company, Inc.
Robert
Baer
CEO
UniGroup, Inc.
Rick Turner
Vice President Customer Satisfaction
Union Pacific Railroad Co.
Michael
Ross
President & CEO
Union Planters Bank, N.A. -
St. Louis Region
Vic Turvey
President & CEO
UnitedHealthcare of the Midwest
Thomas
Langsdorf
Vice Chairman
Universal Printing Company
Dr. Blanche
Touhill
Chancellor
University of Missouri-St. Louis
Lisa Grote
Campus Director
University of Phoenix, St. Louis Campus
Donna M.
Vandiver
CEO & President
The Vandiver Group
Don Neely
Director/External Affairs
Verizon Communications
Tom Muth
Director of Marketing & Sales Operations
Verizon Wireless
Audie D.
Sisson
Manager of Contracts & Industrial Relations
Washington Group International, Inc.
Dr. Mark
S. Wrighton
Chancellor
Washington University
Peter Desloge
Chairman & CEO
Watlow Electric Manufacturing Co.
Bob Simons
Acting President & CEO
WAVE Thomson Learning
Thomas
P. Dunne, Sr.
Chairman, President & CEO
Fred Weber Inc.
Dan Harrison
Managing Director
Weber Shandwick Worldwide
Dr. Brent
Underwood
Superintendent of Schools
Webster Groves School District
Dr. Richard
S. Meyers
President
Webster University
John Duddy
Vice President
Western Union
David L.
Steward
Chairman & CEO
World Wide Technology, Inc.
Leadership
Circle Profile
The RCGA’s Leadership Circle exists to create added membership
value by providing a unique and invigorating forum to connect
executives of small, medium and large companies to the broad base
of influential leaders in the St. Louis region.
Union Planters Bank
 |
With 786
branches and nearly 1,000 ATMs in 12 states, Union Planters Bank
has what it takes to carry out our mission: to consistently and
responsively deliver the highest quality financial services by
meeting the needs of our clients, delivering superior profit to
our shareholders, providing opportunities for growth and fulfillment
for all associates, and making a difference in our communities.
These goals are shared by senior management and 12,000 associates.
To serve both traditional and nontraditional banking customers,
Union Planters Bank provides a range of financial services including
consumer, commercial, and corporate lending; retail banking; and
additional services provided by full-service financial institutions.
Customers can access their accounts at a local branch or ATM or
via telephone or the Internet. Whether it’s checking accounts,
savings accounts, short- or long-term investments, personal loans,
or home loans, we’re doing everything we can to serve our customers
today—and into the future.
Business banking services from Union Planters are designed to
help any size business grow. Our full-service Commercial Lending
Department provides loans, lines of credit, and letters of credit
tailored to meet specific business needs. Union Planters Bank
offers small business financing through the Small Business Administration
and Rural Development guaranteed loan programs. Through the dedication
of our lenders, Union Planters Bank has been named one of the
nation’s top five small-business-friendly lenders for the third
consecutive year. Other business banking services range from deposit
services and cash management to qualified retirement plans.
If you need help preserving and managing your personal and family
finances more effectively, Union Planters Trust and Investment
Management offers customers a full range of personal trust, investment
management, and retirement plan services.
Additional services include mortgage origination and servicing,
the issuance of debit cards, the offering of credit cards, full-service
and discount brokerage, and the sale of annuities and bank-eligible
insurance products.
Consumers have many choices today. That’s why our vision is to
be the trusted advisor of choice, delivering financial solutions
better than anyone else.
UMB
 |
One day,
you’ll get to a point in your life or career when making the right
financial choices becomes a higher priority than ever before—this
is when you’ll feel right at home with UMB Bank. And it’s at these
crucial times that UMB Bank wants to be there to help you make
your goals a reality with the right financial tools and the right
financial savvy.
Welcome to UMB. This is how we want you to feel when you walk
into one of our bank locations, visit with one of our commercial
calling officers, call us, or log on to umb.com… welcome. Since
1913, UMB has served communities across the Midwest with outstanding
customer service, innovation and sound banking principles. We
strive to be a trusted guide that helps our customers reach their
financial goals. And to achieve this, we welcome our customers
into our world as we would welcome a friend into our home.
UMB Bank is a
full-service financial company that offers a wide range of products
for individuals and organizations including: traditional banking
services, loans, financial planning, investments, trust and wealth
management, insurance, annuities, brokerage services and treasury
management.
The story of UMB Bank and its holding company, UMB Financial Corporation,
is a success story in the best tradition of American free enterprise.
From a storefront bank in Kansas City, Mo., with first-day deposits
of $1,100, it has grown to a multi-bank institution with assets
of more than $7.3 billion and locations throughout Missouri, Illinois,
Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma and Nebraska. Today, all of our affiliate
banks continue to practice the kind of community involvement that
has resulted in our growth, not only as a financial institution,
but also as a responsible community leader.
Size is only one measure of UMB’s success, and the Company’s earnings
have reflected outstanding growth over the years. We are proud of
our history and our reputation as bankers who are dynamic enough
to take advantage of opportunities, innovative enough to act on
changing customer needs and traditional enough to emphasize quality
above all else.
In our decades of experience we’ve learned that it’s easy for a
financial organization to offer generic banking products, but more
challenging and more rewarding to be a trusted financial partner
and guide. So this is where UMB has found its niche—not just providing
financial products, but also providing the right products
and services for each person’s or organization’s needs and providing
the guidance and expertise to support those products.
So if you or your business is ready for a trusted guide that can
help you reach financial success, welcome to UMB.
Korte Company
 |
It is no
coincidence that The Korte Company, a design-build commercial
construction firm, is having the best year in its 43-year history.
Under the stewardship and guidance of new president and CEO Todd
J. Korte, the company’s annual volume has grown by almost $100
million to an estimated $240 million from last year. At 34 years
old, Todd’s age belies a wealth of experience in business, leadership,
and community service. Growing up, he watched as his father grew
The Korte Company from a local to a regional and, ultimately,
to a national construction powerhouse. All with a solid philosophy
of: “Build it better, faster and less expensively.”
Todd has never been afraid to get his hands dirty. He began working
in the Korte warehouse at age 17. After college, he spent several
years working for another company out of state to see how other
companies did business. Then, in 1994, he realized it was time
to rejoin the family business. He spent several years enhancing
his business acumen (and earning an MBA from Washington University
in 1997) by working as a Project Engineer, Estimator, member of
the Special Services Team, Project Manager and Vice President
before being named President and CEO in 2001.
As President and CEO, Todd is responsible for the overall management
and direction of The Korte Company. Assuming the leadership of
this company was the natural next step to his career, but Todd
defines himself with a broader definition that includes significant
social and community service. He has the personal vision and drive
to seek out organizations and institutions that address pressing
issues, such as underprivileged youth, education, and responsible
business.
Todd has been an active member of a wide variety of community
groups, among them:
- Young
Presidents Organization (2001-Active)
- Liberty
Mutual Insurance Advisory Board (2000-Active)
- FOCUS
St. Louis Board of Directors (2000-Active)
- Business
Education Alliance — Highland Community Unit School (2000-Active)
- Construction
Advisory Council for Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville
(1999-Active)
- Young
Zoo Friends, St. Louis Zoo (1999-2001)
- United
Missouri Bank Advisory Board, St. Louis (1999-Active)
- Jackie
Joyner-Kersee Association Youth Center Foundation Board
of Directors (2000)
- Highland
Manufacturers Association, Former President (1999-2000)
- Young
Professionals Group (1996-1998)
- Experience
St. Louis (1994)
- Urban
League of St. Louis (2001-Active)
- Red
Cross of St. Louis (2001-Active)
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Todd is dedicated
to developing an ever-expanding network of local, regional and national
contacts as he fuses his professional and personal communities to
their mutual benefit.
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