Compiled by Lauri Johnson
The St. Louis region and its companies make the national news.
QUALIFIED REMODELER RANKS BOA CONSTRUCTION AMONG TOP 500 REMODELERS
Artisan homebuilder/remodeler Boa
Construction has been ranked No. 244 on the 2007 Top 500 Remodelers list published by Qualified Remodeler, a national trade
journal. The firm’s 2006 remodeling volume topped $4.3 million.
LAWRENCE GROUP PROJECTS
FEATURED IN HEALTHCARE DESIGN
The September 2007 issue of Healthcare Design magazine featured two projects designed by architectural firm the Lawrence Group in its Architectural Showcase. The SSM DePaul Health Center and Herrin Hospital are two of the 180 projects selected by the publisher through a peer review process.
The Lawrence Group served as architect and interior designer for the $2.2 million SSM DePaul Health Center in Bridgeton, Mo., a 5,827-square-foot structure with a two-story atrium and an adjacent four-level medical office building.
The showcase also featured the newly renovated and expanded Herrin Hospital in Herrin, Ill. The Lawrence Group served as the architect and interior designer for the hospital’s new main entrance, reception area, gift shop, education center, patient admissions area and outpatient services area. The team also renovated the hospital’s second floor and parts of an inpatient rehabilitation unit.
CENTRAL INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF STUDENT’S STORY FEATURED IN KHALEEJ TIMES
The story of one family’s journey from the United Arab Emirates to the Central Institute for the Deaf in St. Louis was featured in the Oct. 19 issue of the Khaleej Times, an English-language daily newspaper published from Dubai in the United Arab Emirates.
In “Finding Hope for a Deaf Child,” United Arab Emirates national Mariam Ahmed Sawad Salem-Al-Ameri writes about her
family’s quest to find help for her first son, Yussuf, who was diagnosed as being deaf when he was four months old. After struggling to find treatment for her son at home and in her husband’s native country, India, Salem-Al-Ameri searched the Internet and
discovered that they might find help in the United States.
The family visited the John Tracy Clinic in Los Angeles in June 2006, where they learned about “a magical place called
St. Louis, Mo., the only city in the world
with three schools dedicated to helping hearing-impaired children learn to talk and participate in the world around them,” writes Salem-Al-Ameri.
After considering all three schools, the family enrolled Yussuf at the Central Institute for the Deaf in August 2006.
“Right away, our whole family fell in love with the way the teachers brought joy to
the children and made them love to come to class. Yussuf was no exception. Finally,
there was someone in the world to listen
to him.”
RSM McGLADREY
FEATURED IN THREE
NATIONAL PUBLICATIONS
Professional services firm RSM McGladrey made headlines last fall by appearing in three national publications. In September, Public Accounting Report ranked the firm, along with McGladrey & Pullen, as the fifth-largest accounting, tax and business consulting firm in the United States. With combined 2006 revenues of nearly $1.4 billion, the two firms maintained their No. 5 ranking from the previous year’s list.
RSM McGladrey President Steve Tait appeared in the pages of Accounting Today as one of the Top 100 Most Influential People in Accounting. Released in the magazine’s Sept. 24 issue, the list includes accountants, attorneys, regulators, educators and vendors who exemplify leadership and influence in the accounting field.
In October, Working Mother magazine named the firm on its 100 Best Companies list for the second year. The magazine noted that “Employees who want to be with their kids or pursue a personal interest full-time and rejoin the company later can do so. The FlexCareer program enables staffers to take a personal leave of up to five years, with the company subsidizing continuing professional education so they can maintain their licenses and keep their skills up to date.”
U.S. BANCORP WOMEN NAMED
TOP BANKING TEAM IN THE UNITED STATES
U.S. Banker has ranked U.S. Bancorp No. 1 in the nation for the second year in a row for its “Top Banking Team.” The award was announced in October’s “Most Powerful Women in Banking” issue.
A state-by-state list of the U.S. Bancorp women recognized with the team award includes three women in
St. Louis: Frankie Eichenberger, senior vice president, consumer banking; Karen Myers, senior
vice president, corporate banking; and Kathy Bader, senior vice
president, Community Development Corporation.
Two U.S. Bancorp women also made the Top 10 Most Powerful Women in Banking category. Pam Joseph, vice chairman for payments, and Diane Thormodsgard, vice chairman of wealth management at U.S. Bancorp, were ranked No. 6 and No. 10, respectively.
U.S. Banker, a monthly magazine
published by SourceMedia, is not affiliated with U.S. Bancorp.
MIDWEST CONSTRUCTION RANKS GRAY DESIGN GROUP AMONG TOP
DESIGN FIRMS
Gray Design Group was ranked No. 83 among the top design firms in the Mid-west for 2007 in Midwest Construction’s October issue. The firm claimed the No. 83 spot with $3.5 million in total billings for projects completed in Illinois, Indiana, Eastern Missouri and Wisconsin.
Gray Design also was ranked No. 11
by Eastern Missouri revenue, No. 81 by Illinois revenue and No. 86 by worldwide revenue.
SSM HEALTH CARE’S
RYAN NAMED ONE OF
20 PEOPLE WHO MAKE HEALTHCARE BETTER
Sister Mary Jean Ryan, CEO of SSM Health Care, was featured in the “20 People Who Make Healthcare Better” cover story of HealthLeaders magazine’s November issue. The article offers snapshots of people who have made health care better in ways both large and small.
“Some hospital CEOs misuse the word ‘journey’ when they talk about their hospital’s quality program,” writes HealthLeaders Editor Jim Molpus. “But Sister Mary Jean Ryan, FSM, president and CEO of St. Louis-based SSM Health Care, can talk about a journey to quality that started almost two decades ago—and includes highs and lows, like all true journeys do.”
To read more about Ryan’s special role in the health care industry, visit www.healthleadersmedia.com/magazine.cfm and check out the archives for the November 2007 issue.
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