KRAPF JOINS MIDWEST BANKCENTRE AS VICE PRESIDENT OF COMMERCIAL LENDING JULIE KRAPF vice president of commercial lending, Midwest BankCentre Midwest BankCentre has selected Julie Krapf as its new vice president of commercial lending. She has worked in banking for 12 years, most recently as vice president of business banking at U.S. Bank. TRAMMELL CROW NAMES HOLLAND PRINCIPAL JOSEPH F. HOLLAND II senior vice president, Trammell Crow Company Joseph F. (Jay) Holland II, senior vice president at Trammell Crow Company, has been made a principal of the world-wide commercial real estate firm. In addition to his duties as a broker, Holland heads the St. Louis office’s corporate advisory services group, which helps implement the firm’s national business plan. Holland is a 25-year veteran of the commercial real estate business and has been with Trammell Crow since 1999. MACKEY RECEIVES MISSOURI DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD EUGENE J. MACKEY III chairman, Mackey Mitchell Associates The American Institute of Architects has honored Eugene J. Mackey III, of Mackey Mitchell Associates, with the 2004 Missouri Distinguished Service Award. Mackey received the award for providing outstanding contributions and continuing services to the institute. He has more than 35 years of experience and has earned numerous awards for project design, firm management and community involvement. MARKETING DIRECT ADDS GRIFFIN AS ACCOUNTING ASSISTANT NATALIE GRIFFIN accounting assistant, Marketing Direct Inc. Natalie Griffin has joined Marketing Direct Inc. as an accounting assistant. Prior to joining the company, Griffin interned at an accounting firm in St. Charles. She is currently pursuing a bachelor’s degree in accounting at Lindenwood University. UMB BANK ELECTS BAXTER TO BOARD OF DIRECTORS, HIRES SMITH Warner Baxter has been elected to UMB Bank’s board of directors, and Janet Smith has joined the company as the senior vice president and manager of the treasury management and technology services department. As a new board member, Baxter will help counsel and guide banking operations in the St. Louis region. He is currently executive vice president and CFO of Ameren Corp. In her new position, Smith will be responsible for new business development and client management for the eastern Missouri region’s treasury management department. She has 13 years of experience in the financial services industry, most recently as vice president and manager of electronic product management at Commerce Bank. BALKE BROWN PROMOTES PERKS TO PROJECT MANAGER Mike Perks has been promoted to project manager at Balke Brown Associates. Perks joined Balke Brown in 1996 as a service technician. HUSCH & EPPENBERGER ADDS SNYDER AS ASSOCIATE ATTORNEY TODD S. SNYDER associate attorney, Husch & Eppenberger LLC Todd S. Snyder has joined Husch & Eppenberger LLC as an associate attorney in the firm’s tax and estate planning practice group. Prior to joining the firm, Snyder worked as a presidential management fellow in Washington, D.C., where he examined tax policy for the IRS. VITT JOINS COMMERCE BANK AS SENIOR RELATIONSHIP MANAGER Commerce Bank has appointed Dennis Vitt as vice president and senior relationship manager for its business banking department. Previously, Vitt was a vice president with Bank of America, where he was responsible for business banking. DANIEL AND HENRY CO. NAMES ALABACH AND SCHREINER DIRECTORS Stephen J. Alabach and John G. Schreiner Sr. have been elected as directors at The Daniel and Henry Co. Alabach is a vice president at the firm, and Schreiner is an executive vice president. DRAINER JOINS SCI ENGINEERING AS MARKETING MANAGER Brian Drainer has joined SCI Engineering Inc. as the firm’s marketing manager. He has a bachelor’s degree in design from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, Ill., and an associate’s degree from Lewis and Clark Community College in Godfrey, Ill. LIFE SKILLS FOUNDATION NAMES FOUR NEW MEMBERS TO BOARD Life Skills Foundation has named Marian Rhodes, Lisa Turvey, Michael Sullenschuetter and Robert Budenholzer to its board of directors. HARDY JOINS CLAYCO AS PROJECT MANAGER ROBERT C. HARDY project manager, Clayco Construction Co. Robert C. Hardy has joined Clayco Construction Co. as a project manager. He has more than 17 years of project management experience and most recently worked for St. Louis-based Poettker Construction. His work experience also includes Duke Realty Corp. in St. Louis and Schal/Bovis and Morse Diesel International, both in Chicago. METROPOLITAN MEDICAL SOCIETY ELECTS NEW OFFICERS St. Louis Metropolitan Medical Society 2004 Officers and Councilors. Back row (left to right): Drs. Stephen A. Kamenetzky, Robert C. Frazier, James W. Fleshman, Jeffrey L. Craver and Jay L. Meyer. Front row (left to right): Drs. Louis P. Dehner, Ravi s. Johar, Norman S. Druck, Al A. Elbendary, Jeffrey L. Thomasson and Eli R. Shuter. St. Louis Metropolitan Medical Society, the largest physician- member association in St. Louis, recently elected new officers and councilors at its annual meeting. The following physicians were installed as officers: Norman S. Druck, president; Al A. Elbendary, president-elect; Ravi S. Johar, vice-president; and Louis P. Dehner, secretary. RAVEN APPOINTED TO NATIONAL MEDAL OF SCIENCE COMMITTEE PETER RAVEN director, Missouri Botanical Garden Peter Raven, director of the Missouri Botanical Garden, will be appointed to the President’s Committee for the National Medal of Science. In March, President George W. Bush announced that Raven and three others will serve on an independent, 12-member committee that reviews all nominations for the award and makes recommendations for the final selection. STREMMING RE-ELECTED AS PRESIDENT OF GAMING ASSOCIATION TROY STREMMING vice president of governmental affairs, Ameristar Casinos Inc. Troy Stremming, vice president of governmental affairs for Ameristar Casinos Inc., will serve a second term as president of the Missouri Riverboat Gaming Association. Prior to being elected president of the association in 2003, Stremming served as chairman of the legislative and government affairs committee. PALLESEN JOINS ADAMSON AS DIRECTOR OF INTERACTIVE MARKETING THOMAS PALLESEN director of interactive marketing, Adamson Advertising Adamson Advertising has appointed high-tech entrepreneur Thomas Pallesen as director of the agency’s interactive division. Pallesen’s 15-year career in multi-media includes creating Black Box Technologies LLC, a St. Louis-based company that specialized in creating desktop and Internet applications. He has also been a guest curator and multimedia consultant for the St. Louis Science Center. MAUNE JOINS GRUBB & ELLIS/KROMBACH AS PARTNER RAMSEY MAUNE partner, Grubb & Ellis/Krombach Partners Ramsey Maune has become a partner in Grubb & Ellis/Krombach Partners. Maune, a 14-year veteran of commercial real estate, founded Maune Development Company in 2002. Previously, he served as senior vice president of St. Louis operations for Duke Realty Corp. WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCILS OF AMERICA ELECTS FISCHER TO BOARD OF DIRECTORS BOB FISCHER executive director, World Affairs Council of St. Louis Bob Fischer has been elected to the national board of directors for the World Affairs Councils of America. He is currently the executive director of the World Affairs Council of St. Louis, a position he has held since 2002.

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