Compiled by Lauri Johnson. ENTERPRISE FINANCIAL APPOINTS VAN TREASE TO BOARD SANDRA VAN TREASE group president, BJC HealthCare Sandra Van Trease, group president of BJC HealthCare, has been named to the board of directors for Enterprise Financial Services Corp., the parent company of Enterprise Bank & Trust. Van Trease has been at BJC HealthCare since 2004 after serving as president and CEO of UNICARE. OSBORN & BARR ANNOUNCES PROMOTIONS, NEW HIRES Osborn & Barr Communications has announced several new hires and promotions. Hugh Whaley has been promoted to senior vice president after nine years at the firm. HUGH WHALEY senior vice president, Osborn & Barr Communications JOY JOHNSON vice president of strategic marketing, Osborn & Barr Communications Joy Johnson has been named vice president of strategic marketing. She was hired in 2003 to open the firm’s Des Moines office and will continue to manage daily operations at that office. Marisa Snyder has been promoted to senior account executive on the contact relations team. She has been with the firm since 1999 in various account executive positions. Michelle Hummel has been named senior account executive on the account services team. She previously worked as an account executive for the contact relations group. Staci Falk has joined the firm as a senior copywriter. She previously worked for Drone & Mueller and Associates and Momentum in St. Louis. Amanda Heth has joined the firm’s contact relations team as an account coordinator. She graduated from Ohio State University with a bachelor’s degree in agricultural communications. Angie Hacker has been hired as team coordinator for the financial services group. She previously worked for the firm on a contract basis as a receptionist and financial audit assistant. GOVERNOR BLUNT NAMES SIX FROM ST. LOUIS TO REFORM COMMISSION Missouri Gov. Matt Blunt has named six St. Louisans to the newly created Government Reform Commission that will initiate a full review of state government and examine opportunities to restructure, reduce and eliminate state government functions. The commission members from St. Louis are John Fox Arnold, attorney at Lashly & Baer; Cynthia Brinkley, president of SBC; Jerry Hunter, attorney at Bryan Cave; Kathleen Osborn, executive director of The Regional Business Council; Sharon Rohrbach, CEO of Nurses for Newborns; and Ray Wagner, vice president of Enterprise Rent-A-Car. Blunt has charged the commission with examining each state department’s structure, efficiency and focused goals or duties and devising ways to make state government more effective, fiscally responsible and service oriented. SITE IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION ELECTS BOARD OFFICERS The SITE Improvement Association has elected the following officers for 2005: president—Michael Jerome, president of Bi-State Utilities Company; vice president—Thomas Milne, president of Oreo & Botta Concrete; and secretary/treasurer—Terry Daub, vice president of operations at Kirkwood Excavating. All will serve one-year terms. CHARTER APPOINTS NEW GENERAL MANAGER OF ST. LOUIS OPERATIONS James H. Renken has been named vice president and general manager of St. Louis Metro Operations for Charter Communications Inc. Renken joined Charter from Cox Communications Inc., where he was vice president of operations support. SLAVKIN NAMED PRESIDENT OF JUNE ROESSLEIN INTERIORS BARBARA SLAVKIN president, June Roesslein Interiors Barbara Slavkin is the new president of June Roesslein Interiors and will oversee all day-to-day operations at the design firm. She joined the firm in 1990 as director of marketing and was promoted to executive vice president in 1999. FLYNN JOINS EVANS & DIXON MELISSA FLYNN associate, Evans & Dixon LLC Melissa Flynn has joined Evans & Dixon LLC’s St. Louis office as an associate in the firm’s workers’ compensation practice. She will represent major insurance carriers and self-insured employers in workers’ compensation and employers’ liability cases. JETTON NAMED “GUARDIAN OF SMALL BUSINESS” REP. ROD JETTON (R-Marble Hill) The National Federation of Independent Business, the state’s largest small-business advocacy group, has named Speaker of the House Rod Jetton a “Guardian of Small Business” for his relentless support of small businesses. The award is presented to legislators who have at least a 70 percent voting record on issues deemed important by small-business owners. “Representative Jetton has been one of small business’ most staunch supporters,” states Brad Jones, state director of the National Federation of Independent Business/Missouri. “As a small-business owner, he knows and understands the issues our members face every day and he brings that perspective to every piece of legislation before him.” Rep. Jetton has a 100 percent voting record on such issues, according to the advocacy group. MIDWEST BANKCENTRE— ST. CHARLES ELECTS TRENARY, GOSS TO BOARD Midwest BankCentre—St. Charles has appointed Jim Trenary and Brad Goss to its board of directors. Trenary is the founder and president of Jim Trenary Automotive Group, and Goss is principal of the Law Office of Brad Goss. MARKETING DIRECT HIRES NEW MARKETING COORDINATOR Ryan Corley has joined Marketing Direct Inc. as a direct marketing coordinator. He has a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Drury University and previously worked as a summer intern for Marketing Direct. RAMEY SELECTED AS MANAGER AT BROWN SMITH WALLACE JANET RAMEY manager, Brown Smith Wallace LLC Janet Ramey has joined Brown Smith Wallace LLC’s audit group as a manager and will focus on the not-for-profit sector. Prior to her arrival at Brown Smith Wallace, Ramey spent nearly 10 years at Schmersahl Treloar & Co. as a manager in the audit group. SHANNON & WILSON ANNOUNCES PROMOTIONS FOR 2005 Six employees at Shannon & Wilson Inc. have been named to new positions. Murray Meierhoff has been promoted to vice president after a 15-year career at the firm. He has served as the St. Louis office manager since 2003. Russ Schwab has been named a senior principal geologist and has been with the firm for 16 years. The firm also announced four other promotions: Rachel Goeke—level IV engineer, Rachel Hudson—level III lab manager, William Brewen—senior field technician, and Angie Battreal—level III lab technician. POEHLER TO LEAD CROSS COUNTY METROLINK EXPANSION Chris Poehler has been named project director of the Cross County MetroLink Extension. He brings work experience on four MetroLink projects to his new job. Poehler previously worked for engineering firms that helped design the original alignment during Phase I of MetroLink and has since worked for Metro on the St. Clair County extensions. CLAYCO FORMS FINANCIAL FACILITIES GROUP Clayco has launched Clayco Financial Facilities, a new group that will focus on providing development and design-build services to the financial services industry. Led by vice president Paul Barrath, the team will include Tom Lombardo, Bruce Wolferding, Mary Smolar, Scott Florini and Clarence Steele. PAUL BARRATH vice president, Clayco TOM LOMBARDO Clayco BRUCE WOLFERDING Clayco PITTMAN CHOSEN FOR CORO WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP PROGRAM COURTNEY PITTMAN development director, Habitat for Humanity Courtney Pittman, development director of Habitat for Humanity St. Louis, has been selected to participate in the Coro Leadership Center’s Women in Leadership Program. The Women in Leadership Program offers an opportunity for women from the St. Louis region to enhance the leadership skills and community awareness through experiential learning, group interaction, valuing diversity and expanding involvement in the community. ARMSTRONG TEASDALE ELECTS NEW PARTNERS Casey O. Housley, Connie McFarland-Butler and Mark L. Stoneman have been named partners at Armstrong Teasdale. Housley and McFarland-Butler are members of the firm’s litigation department, and Stoneman is a member of the firm’s business services department. All three lawyers were elected because of their outstanding accomplishments in their respective areas of practice. COMMERCIAL LETTER EXPANDS SENIOR MANAGEMENT At Commercial Letter Inc., Ken Wartman has been promoted from president to CEO and David Pocost has joined the company as its new president. Wartman has been a member of the company’s management team for nearly 20 years. Pocost joined Commercial Letter after spending 11 years at Spartech Corporation in senior management positions. ENTERPRISE FINANCIAL RESTRUCTURES BOARDS FOR HOLDING COMPANY AND BANK Enterprise Financial Services Corp., the parent company of Enterprise Bank & Trust, has decided to restructure the boards for its holding company and legal bank. The holding company board is being reduced from 18 members to 13, with five members moving to the legal bank board and two retiring. The company is searching for two new members to fill the remaining holding company board openings. Transferring from the holding company board to the legal bank board are Jerry McElhatton, James Wilhite and James Williams from St. Louis and Ted Murray and Steve Oliver from Kansas City. Ronald Henges and William Moskoff, both of St. Louis, are retiring from the board. BARKOFSKE AND BIERMAN NAMED PARTNERS AT GALLOP, JOHNSON & NEUMAN Attorneys Peter Barkofske and Jon Bierman have been named partners at the law firm of Gallop, Johnson & Neuman. Barkofske joined the firm in 2002 and practices in the products liability and litigation practice groups. Bierman specializes in labor and employment law. Prior to joining Gallop, Johnson & Neuman in 1998, he was a collateral liquidation specialist with GE Capital-Small Business Finance Corporation. SANKAR JOINS THE VANDIVER GROUP SANDIP SANKAR team member, The Vandiver Group Sandip Sankar has joined The Vandiver Group Inc. as a team member after working at the firm as an intern in 2004. He has a bachelor’s degree in media communications from Webster University. SCHNUCK APPOINTED CHAIRMAN OF ZOO’S BOARD OF TRUSTEES MARK J. SCHNUCK president & CEO, The DESCO Group Mark J. Schnuck, president and CEO of The DESCO Group, has accepted a two-year position as chairman of the Saint Louis Zoo’s board of trustees. He has served on the board since 1995, most recently as vice chairman. BLACKWELL SANDERS PEPER MARTIN ELECTS NEW PARTNERS, EXPANDS PRACTICE SARAANN S. PARKER partner, Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin PETE SALSICH III partner, Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin R. LANCE WITCHER partner, Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin Law firm Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin has elected three new partners from the firm’s St. Louis office and has also expanded its practice with three new attorneys. The new partners are Saraann S. Parker, Pete Salsich III and R. Lance Witcher. Parker joined the firm’s corporate department in 2001. Salsich has been at the firm since 2002 and is a member of the litigation department. Witcher joined Blackwell Sanders in 1996 and primarily represents employers in employment litigation. Gary A. Pierson II has joined the firm’s litigation department as an associate and will focus his practice on intellectual property litigation. For the past year, he has been associate counsel and director of advancement at Greenville College in Greenville, Ill. Paul A. Grana, principal of Paul A. Grana & Associates, and Associate Melissa M. Jackson, also of Paul A. Grana & Associates, have joined Blackwell Sanders’ health care practice. Grana will manage the firm’s health care practice as a member of the corporate department. MCBRIDE & SON HOMES PROMOTES BERGER, STONE At McBride & Son Homes Inc., Jeffrey M. Berger has been named general counsel and Fredrick “Skip” Stone has been promoted to land development manager for the company’s St. Louis division. Berger will oversee all legal matters affecting McBride and will also focus on the company’s land acquisition and development operations in St. Louis, Kansas City, Louisville and Atlanta. Stone, who has been with McBride for five years, will head the land development operations for the St. Louis market in his new role. UPCHURCH APPOINTED TO CBHE GREGORY UPCHURCH board member, Coordinating Board for Higher Education Gregory Upchurch has been appointed to the Coordinating Board for Higher Education after being nominated by Gov. Matt Blunt and confirmed by the Missouri Senate. Upchurch practices law at Husch & Eppenberger LLC in St. Louis and is also an adjunct professor at Washington University School of Law. CITIZENS FOR MISSOURI’S CHILDREN ANNOUNCES NEW DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR AND BOARD OFFICERS JOAN CHEANEY director of development, Citizens for Missouri’s Children Citizens for Missouri’s Children has hired Joan Cheaney as its new director of development. Cheaney previously worked as director of resource development for the St. Louis region of the National Conference for Community and Justice. The organization’s board of directors has elected the following officers for 2005: president—Claudia Daugherty, an organizational development consultant with The Rome Group; vice president—Patty Wolfe Hasselbring, head of Patty Wolfe Consulting of Kansas City; treasurer—Cathy Carney, former president of Brunson Associates; and secretary—Brian McGinnis, director of financial planning for Emerson Electric’s Motors and Appliance Components Group. MCMANUS JOINS PREMIER BANK Premier Bank has hired Sean P. McManus as senior vice president and commercial lending officer. He has more than 28 years of banking experience and will be responsible for developing commercial business in the St. Charles area.

May 2005 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - John Eilermann, president of McBride & Son Homes, sees more choices for homeowners. Jerry Rombach, executive officer of the Home Builders Association of Greater Southwest Illinois, talks about the Illinois boom. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - www.stlrcga.org - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - www.technologygateway.org - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Joe Hasten works to stay ahead of Internet fraudsters. Aaron Neville performed in 2004, see this years’ Jazz Fest line-up online. Barrett Toan comments on success.