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Compiled by
Lauri Johnson
EXPRESS SCRIPTS NAMES HOLMES CHIEF OF
HUMAN RESOURCES
Michael Holmes
has been named chief human resources officer and senior vice president
at Express Scripts. In his most recent position, he served as
principal and chief human resources officer at Edward Jones.
COCA ANNOUNCES NEW DIRECTOR OF GALLERY
AND VISUAL ARTS PROGRAMS
Belinda Lee, an arts administrator and award-winning artist, has
joined COCA as director of gallery and visual arts programs at
the Millstone Gallery. For the past eight years, she has been
a faculty member and administrator at the Sam Fox School of Design
and Visual Art at Washington University.
MURPHY, GERDES JOIN DANNA MCKITRICK
PATRICK
J. MURPHY
lawyer and accountant, Danna McKitrick PC |
LAURA
J. GERDES
litigation associate, Danna McKitrick PC |
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Law firm
Danna McKitrick PC has welcomed lawyer and accountant Patrick
J. Murphy to the firm’s transaction team. Murphy previously worked
in private practice. Laura J. Gerdes has joined the firm as a
litigation associate. She previously served as prosecutor for
Velda City, Bella Villa and Normandy, Mo., and as assistant city
attorney for other municipalities throughout St. Louis County.
SILVESTRI PROMOTED AT REGIONS BANK
ANN
SILVESTRI
senior vice president, Regions Bank |
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Ann Silvestri
has been promoted to senior vice president at Regions Bank. She
joined the bank in 1987 and has worked in the bank’s Commercial
& Industrial Lending Group.
CLAYCO NAMES WESTENDORF CIO
BEN
D. WESTENDORF
chief information officer, Clayco |
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Design-build
firm Clayco has selected Ben D. Westendorf as its new chief information
officer. Westendorf most recently founded The Hilt Network LLC,
an executive information technology consulting company in St.
Louis, for which he also served as CEO.
FOSTER APPOINTED TO MISSOURI CREDIT UNION
COMMISSION
JOVITA
M. FOSTER
senior associate, Armstrong Teasedale LLP |
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Attorney
Jovita M. Foster, a senior associate at Armstrong Teasdale LLP,
has been appointed by Gov. Matt Blunt to serve on the Missouri
Credit Union Commission. She will serve a four-year term ending
Jan. 1, 2009.
MORGAN ELECTED PRESIDENT OF CLAYTON CHAMBER
OF COMMERCE
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JEFFREY
S. MORGAN president, Clayton Chamber of Commerce
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Jeffrey S.
Morgan, a principal attorney with Clayton-based law firm Blumenfeld,
Kaplan & Sandweiss PC, has been elected president of the Clayton
Chamber of Commerce. He has served on the chamber’s board of directors
for six years.
ROSENBERG JOINS BLUMENFELD, KAPLAN & SANDWEISS
MATTHEW
A ROSENBERG
principal attorney, Blumenfeld, Kaplan & Sandweiss
PC |
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Matthew A.
Rosenberg has joined the Clayton-based law firm Blumenfeld, Kaplan
& Sandweiss PC as a principal attorney. He is a member of the
firm’s intellectual property, information technology and litigation
practice groups.
NEW OFFICERS ELECTED FOR GREAT RIVERS
GREENWAY DISTRICT
DAVID ROSENBERG
president, The Great Rivers Greenway District Board
of Directors |
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The Great
Rivers Greenway District has announced officers elected to the
board of directors for 2006. The president is David Rosenberg,
representing St. Louis County; the vice president is Anne Klein,
representing St. Charles County; the secretary is Jim Hall, representing
St. Louis County; and the treasurer is Neal Perryman, representing
the city of St. Louis. Each officer will serve a one-year term.
FIRST BANK ADDS TREASURY EXECUTIVE
John D. Spencer has joined First Bank as senior vice president
and director of treasury management services. Spencer left Kansas
City-based Commerce Bank to join First Bank. He has also worked
at Bank One, Centerre Bank and NationsBank.
SHANNON TO HEAD INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
COLLEGE ORGANIZATIONS
HENRY
SHANNON
chancellor, St. Louis Community College |
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St. Louis
Community College Chancellor Henry Shannon will serve in the primary
leadership position of two international community college organizations
this year. In January, Shannon began a one-year term as chairman
of the League for Innovation in the Community College Board of
Directors. He also will serve as president-elect of Renewal and
Change 2000, a membership federation of community colleges and
multicampus systems serving international urban cities. He will
begin a two-year term as president of the federation in January
2007.
THOMPSON COBURN ANNOUNCES THREE NEW PARTNER
Matthew S. Darrough, David B. Jinkins and Susan L. Werstak have
been named partners at Thompson Coburn. Darrough is a member of
the firm’s business litigation and appellate practices. He is
a former clerk to the Honorable Clifford H. Ahrens of the Missouri
Court of Appeals, Eastern District. Jinkins is a member of the
firm’s intellectual property practice. Werstak works in the firm’s
tobacco litigation practice and has represented most of the major
cigarette manufacturers.
ROBNETT NAMED PRESIDENT OF COMMUNITY ASSET
MANAGEMENT COMPANY
George Robnett Jr. has been named president of the Community Asset
Management Company. He previously served as the executive director
of the Garden District Commission, the group responsible for the
revitalization and stabilization of the four neighborhoods that
surround Missouri Botanical Garden.
FIRST BANK ADDS VP IN BUSINESS BANKING
DIVISION
KENNETH B. EISLER
vice president, business banking division, First Bank
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Kenneth B.
Eisler has joined First Bank as a vice president in the business
banking division. He joins First Bank from US Express Leasing
in New Jersey, where he served as general manager for the company’s
commercial and industrial finance division.
CB RICHARD ELLIS NAMES NOONEY HEAD OF
LOCAL OFFICE
At CB Richard Ellis, Patricia A. Nooney has been appointed managing
director of the St. Louis office. Previously she worked as chief
operating officer and senior vice president for American Spectrum
Realty Inc.
KLEIN JOINS PSC GROUP
DAN
KLEIN
vice president of operations, St. Louis branch, PSC
Group LLC |
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Dan Klein
has joined PSC Group LLC as vice president of operations for the
St. Louis branch. Klein is an entrepreneur with an information
technology background. He is the former CEO of bigwidesky and
also helped start Avalanche and Austen Taylor Corp.
BYRNE ELECTED PRESIDENT OF REAL ESTATE
GROUP
LISA
POOL BYRNE
president, St. Louis Chapter, Commercial Real Estate
Women |
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Attorney
Lisa Pool Byrne has been elected president of the St. Louis Chapter
of Commercial Real Estate Women. She has served as an officer
and a member of the organization’s executive board for several
years. She is a member of the business and real estate practice
groups at Blumenfeld, Kaplan & Sandweiss PC.
HILLYER APPOINTED TO CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT
REVIEW BOARD
VINCE
HILLYER
president, Boys & Girls Town of Missouri |
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Vince Hillyer,
president of Boys & Girls Town of Missouri, was named to the State
of Missouri Child Abuse and Neglect Review Board. He was appointed
by Gov. Matt Blunt and confirmed by the Missouri Senate Gubernatorial
Appointments Committee. Hillyer has led Boys & Girls Town of Missouri
since 1999.
BROWN SMITH WALLACE PROMOTES FOUR EMPLOYEES
Four accountants have been promoted at Brown Smith Wallace. Kelly
Weis has been promoted to principal in the firm’s audit group.
She brings more than 14 years of auditing, accounting and corporate
taxation experience to her new role. Robin Bell, Jim Schwartz
and Ted Flom have been named members. Bell has 20 years of experience
as a tax advisor and specializes in serving privately owned businesses.
Schwartz has 18 years of experience in public accounting and industry.
Flom is a co-leader of the firm’s risk management services practice.
ARMSTRONG TEASDALE HIRES EIGHT ATTORNEYS
Armstrong Teasdale has expanded its practice with attorneys Carla
R. Allen, Winston E. Calvert, Brent M. Covington, Piran Farhadieh,
Sara E. Finan, Michael J.A. Leinauer, Chad D. Silker and Jennifer
A. Simmons. All eight attorneys graduated from law school in 2005.
Calvert, Covington, Finan, Silker and Simmons previously served
as summer associates with Armstrong Teasdale.
GALVIN ELECTED TO SUSTAINING MEMBERSHIP
IN ADVISORY COUNCIL
JOHN
GALVIN
sustaining member, Product Liability Advisory Council
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John Galvin,
a founding partner of Fox Galvin LLC, has been elected to sustaining
membership in the Product Liability Advisory Council. In his 20-year
career, Galvin has specialized in handling high-stakes litigation
and has served as a national trial counselor for companies such
as Shell Oil Company, GlaxoSmithKline and Baxter Healthcare.
POLSINELLI SHALTON WELTE SUELTHAUS EXPANDS
HEALTHCARE PRACTICE
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DONALD
G. MUELLER JR. attorney, Polsinelli Shalton Welte
Suelthaus PC |
MEGAN
R. FLASHKAMPER
attorney, Polsinelli Shalton Welte Suelthaus PC |
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Donald G.
Mueller Jr. and Megan R. Flaskamper, two prominent healthcare
attorneys, have joined Polsinelli Shalton Welte Suelthaus PC.
Mueller has 20 years of experience representing hospitals, health
systems, physicians and other healthcare organizations. Flaskamper
focuses on provider and managed care contracting and regulatory
issues. Both attorneys are graduates of the Saint Louis University
School of Law.
LEADERSHIP COUNCIL NAMES SPIZZO AS EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR
The Leadership Council Southwestern Illinois has selected veteran
economic development professional Mark D. Spizzo as the organization’s
new executive director. Spizzo most recently served as director
of employee relations for Alton Steel Inc.
MARK
D. SPIZZO
executive director, Leadership Council Southwestern
Illinois |
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Spizzo brings
more than 20 years of experience in regional economic development
to his new role as Leadership Council’s executive director.
As Leadership Council’s executive director, Spizzo will be responsible
for identifying and mobilizing leaders in business, industry,
labor, education and government, and building effective partnerships
to address regional economic development issues. He is filling
the position vacated by James Pennekamp, who left the Leadership
Council in December after 16 years at the helm of the organization
to accept a newly created regional position at Southern Illinois
University Edwardsville, where he is now serving as special assistant
to the chancellor for regional economic development and executive
director of University Park.
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