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SHANNON BEGINS TERM AS AACC CHAIRMAN
 HENRY D. SHANNON
chairman of the board of directors,
American Association of Community Colleges |
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Henry D. Shannon has been elected to a one-year term as chairman of the board of directors for the American Association of Community Colleges, whose membership includes nearly 95 percent of all two-year accredited colleges. Shannon previously served as chairman of the Association’s committee on membership. He has been chancellor of St. Louis Community College since 2000.
AMERINET MAKES BOWEN CEO
ROBERT P. "BUD" BOWEN
CEO and board director,
Amerinet |
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Amerinet has promoted Robert P. “Bud” Bowen to CEO and has appointed him to serve as a director on the company’s board. Bowen has been with the organization since its inception in 1986 and was named president in 1998. Amerinet has also promoted Todd Ebert from executive vice president to president of operations. Industry veteran Wayne A. Thompson has been hired to fill the new officer position of president of health systems integration. He previously served as president and CEO of Joint Purchasing Corporation.
BROWN SHOE ELECTS
KORN TO BOARD
Steven W. Korn, former vice chairman and COO of CNN, has been elected to the board of directors of Brown Shoe Company. He is expected to serve a three-year term. Korn joined Turner Broadcasting System in 1983 and ultimately served as vice chairman and COO from 1996 to June 2000.
BURGGRAF NAMED GROUP EXECUTIVE FOR PEABODY’S COLORADO OPERATIONS
Peabody Energy has named Charles “Chuck” Burggraf group executive of Colorado operations. He will be responsible for mines owned by the Twentymile Coal Company and the Seneca Coal Company and will also oversee the development of additional coal reserves in Colorado. Burggraf most recently served as operations manager of the Twentymile Mine and is a registered professional engineer with 26 years of mining experience.
ROMAN JOINS BLACKWELL SANDERS
CHARLES P. ROMAN
biotechnology advisor,
Blackwell Sanders |
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Charles P. Roman has joined Blackwell Sanders as a biotechnology advisor in the firm’s intellectual property group. He will assist attorneys as a scientific expert in biotechnology-related patent and patent litigation issues. Romano has more than 13 years of experience in the biotechnology industry and has served as a research director at both Monsanto and Apath.
SAM FOX ARTS CENTER APPOINTS MACKEITH
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR
Peter MacKeith has been appointed associate director of the Sam Fox Arts Center at Washington University in St. Louis. MacKeith, who also serves as associate dean for the school of architecture, will be responsible for public programming, organization of collaborative teaching
and research, and organization of the Whitaker Foundation Learning Lab. He joined the school of architecture in 1999 as assistant dean.
LOGAN COLLEGE OF
CHIROPRACTIC HIRES
WILLIS TO DIRECT PR
JAMES WILLIS
director of public relations,
Logan College of Chiropractic |
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James Willis has been appointed to the newly created position of director of public relations for Logan College of Chiropractic. Prior to joining Logan, Willis worked as an executive at Fleishman-Hillard and had been with the firm since 1996. He is also a former press secretary for U.S. Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D.
CHALLIS RETURNS TO POLSINELLI SHALTON WELTE SUELTHAUS
T. JACK CHALLIS
shareholder,
Polsinelli Shalton Welte Suelthaus |
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T. Jack Challis has rejoined Polsinelli Shalton Welte Suelthaus as a shareholder in the firm’s wealth planning practice group. Challis has been the chairman of Enterprise Trust, a division of Enterprise Bank, since 2001. He will resume his 25-year estate planning and trust law practice and will concentrate on estate and trust planning, estate gift and income tax planning, and fiduciary litigation.
VATTEROTT COLLEGE NAMES WALSH VICE PRESIDENT
JIM WALSH
executive vice president,
Vatterott College |
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Jim Walsh has been promoted to executive vice president at Vatterott College. He will be responsible for campus operations, including sales and marketing, and will oversee all campus co-directors. He joined Vatterott Educational Holdings in 2003 as vice president of sales and marketing.
MOHR PROMOTED TO PRESIDENT AT ST. JOSEPH
SHERRY I. MOHR
president-designate,
SSM St. Joseph Hospital |
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At SSM Health Care, Sherry L. Mohr has been promoted to president-designate at SSM St. Joseph Hospital of Kirkwood and will succeed Carla Baum as president on Jan. 31, 2005. She is currently the executive vice president/COO at SSM DePaul Health Center.
HUSCH & EPPENBERGER
WELCOMES WEEKS
TO PRACTICE
Joel L. Weeks has joined Husch & Eppenberger as a member of the firm’s tax and estate planning practice group. He relocated to St. Louis from a practice in Boston.
RAVEN RECEIVES ANZAAS MEDAL
PETER H. RAVEN
director,
Missouri Botanical Garden |
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Peter H. Raven, director of the Missouri Botanical Garden, has received the prestigious ANZAAS Medal from the Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science. He is the first person from outside of Australia and New Zealand to receive the award. Raven was selected for his outstanding contributions in several areas, including promoting public awareness of the importance of science and biodiversity, promoting biological education, providing scientific leadership and research, and contributing heavily to Australasian science.
INTERIORS BY DESIGN
PROMOTES LEWIS TO VP
Debbie Lewis has been promoted from senior designer to vice president at Interiors By Design. She has been with the firm for more than 20 years and works predominantly with residential design, focusing on large residential projects and custom houses.
ENGINEERED SUPPORT
SYSTEMS PROMOTES
POTTHOFF
GERALD A. POTHOFF
vice chairman, CEO and president,
Engineered Support Systems |
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Gerald A. Potthoff has been named vice chairman, CEO and president of Engineered Support Systems. Potthoff has spent the past five years as the company’s president and chief operating officer. He replaces Gerald Daniels, who recently retired. Potthoff will be responsible for all functional areas of the company and for effectively leading the defense firm on a daily basis.
DUBÉ TO LEAD DISTRICT OFFICE FOR SBA
MAURICE DUBÉ
district director, St. Louis district,
U.S. Small Business Administration |
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Maurice Dubé has been selected to serve as the new district director of the U.S. Small Business Administration’s St. Louis district office. He has been with the administration for 17 years and worked as deputy district director of the Maine district office before his promotion. He succeeds Bob Andrews, who retired.
WEISS TO LEAD CENTENE’S MANAGED HEALTH SERVICES
Centene has named Bruce Weiss president and chief executive of the company’s managed health services unit. Weiss succeeds Kathleen Crampton, who has been promoted to chairwoman. Weiss previously served as the president of Weiss Consultants.
PENDLETON JOINS ALBERICI GROUP
DAVID E. PENDLETON
vice president and
chief administrative officer,
Alberici Group |
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David E. Pendleton has joined Alberici Group as vice president and chief administrative officer. He will be responsible for overseeing project controls, subcontracting and quality management at the firm. Pendleton has worked as manager of preconstruction at Jacobs Facilities and also worked as the deputy director of construction operations for Sverdrup Corporation.
ST. LOUIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS HIRES SPAMPINATO
CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICER
The St. Louis Public Schools Board of Education has hired Lynn Spampinato, a nationally-recognized instructional leader, as the new chief academic officer. She previously worked as superintendent of schools at Summit School District in Frisco, Colo. In her new role, Spampinato will oversee
the education of 38,000 students in the
St. Louis school system, which is the
state’s largest district.
MCPHERSON JOINS
ENTERPRISE BANK & TRUST
LINDA McPHERSON
assistant vice president of
business development,
Enterprise Bank & Trust |
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Enterprise Bank & Trust has hired Linda McPherson as an assistant vice president of business development for St. Charles County. She has more than 25 years of banking experience, 17 of which have been in the St. Charles County market. Prior to joining Enterprise, McPherson was the senior financial service representative at Commerce Bank in St. Peters.
FALCON NAMES
FLEETWOOD CFO
Gene Fleetwood has succeeded Phillip Pacey as the CFO of Falcon Products. Fleetwood has been the company’s director of finance and administration for the past two years. Prior to joining Falcon in 2002, he was the operations controller for Graham Packaging Company.
MASON BECOMES PUBLISHER AT ST. LOUIS HOMES & LIFESTYLES
MELISSA MANSON
publisher,
St. Louis Homes & Lifestyles |
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Melissa Mason has been hired as the new publisher for St. Louis Homes & Lifestyles, a St. Louis home decorating and entertaining publication. Mason has 13 years of experience in the publishing business and has managed sales and marketing for several media outlets, including the Suburban Journals and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Most recently she worked as general manager of Clear Channel Airports–St. Louis.
BRANDT JOINS MARITZ RESEARCH AS VP
D. RANDALL BRANDT
vice president of customer experience and
loyalty research,
Maritz Research |
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D. Randall Brandt has joined Maritz Research as vice president of customer experience and loyalty research. Before taking on his new role, Brandt worked for Burke as a senior vice president and practice leader. He will spend his time leading the company’s customer experience and loyalty research efforts and help clients integrate research with performance improvement efforts.
GUAGENTI TO HEAD
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT FOR CLAYCO
GEORGE B. GUAGENTI
director of business development,
Clayco Construction |
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George B. Guagenti has joined Clayco Construction as director of business development. He has 24 years of sales and business development experience, and most recently owned Golf Greens “Fore” U of Kentucky and Cincinnati, a Lexington, Ky.-based landscaping business. Guagenti spent 13 years with James N. Gray, a Lexington-based design-build firm, where he served as vice president of sales and regional manager.
LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS APPOINTS CUTAK LEAD ARCHITECT
Rich Cutak has been named lead architect at Logistics Management Solutions. In his new role, Cutak will be responsible for providing developmental support for the company’s Web transportation management system and for creating architecture for new system applications.
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