Compiled by Lauri Johnson. JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT ELECTS NEW BOARD MEMBERS Junior Achievement of Mississippi Valley’s President Rick Franke and Board of Directors Chairman Michael E. Zychinski (Office Managing Partner of Deloitte) welcome the following new members for the 2005-2006 fiscal year: Mark Darrell, general counsel, The Laclede Group Inc. Craig Desnoyer, partner, Ernst & Young LLP Nancy Garvey, vice president/general manager, Cingular Wireless Barry Guild, site finance director, Pfizer Inc. Debra S. Hellmann, senior vice president and senior credit products manager, Bank of America Paul E. McKnight, vice president of organization planning, Emerson John K. Nickel, president, The Spark Agency Deborah Schroeder-Saulnier, managing principal and senior vice president for organization consulting, Right Management Consulting Shari K. Wenker, partner, Accenture The secretary for 2005-2006 will be Robert Brinkmann of Brinkmann Constructors, and the treasurer will be Michael Deniszczuk of PricewaterhouseCoopers. Brinkmann has served on Junior Achievement’s Board since 1999 and Deniszczuk has served since 2004. POLSINELLI SHALTON WELTE SUELTHAUS EXPANDS STAFF MAUREEN M. MILLER attorney, Polsinelli Shalton Welte Suelthaus Four attorneys have joined the St. Louis office of Polsinelli Shalton Welte Suelthaus PC. Maureen M. Miller has joined the firm’s business law department. She previously worked as a tax consultant with Price Waterhouse and as general counsel and chief financial officer for a large privately held company. M. Kathleen O’Blennis and Sally S. Pitlyk have joined the wealth planning group of the business law department. O’Blennis has 20 years of experience in wealth preservation law in California and Missouri. Pitlyk received her law degree from Saint Louis University School of Law. Elizabeth J. Thomas has joined the business law department’s employment and labor law practice group. She earned her law degree from Washington University School of Law. THE WORK CENTER HIRES NEW MARKETING EXECUTIVE GREG FIX vice president of marketing and program development, The Work Center Inc. Greg Fix has joined The Work Center Inc. as vice president of marketing and program development. He brings more than 20 years of experience as a sales and marketing professional in manufacturing, distribution and health care. Most recently, Fix spent six years as sales and development director for St. Louis-based PRORehab. RBG&CO PROMOTES BEHNEN, HIRES SMITH Rubin, Brown, Gornstein & Co. LLP has promoted accountant Cathy Behnen to partner in its internal audit services group. She joined the firm in 1997 and has more than 17 years of experience in the financial industry. Previously, Behnen served as group manager of financial accounting and reporting for the aerospace division of Boeing. Accountant Gregory Smith has joined the firm as a manager in its internal audit group. Smith previously worked as director of finance for Cardinal Health Inc. in Dublin, Ohio. KOHUT, KARLEN JOIN CANNON DESIGN Cannon Design has hired architects Fred Kohut and Carl Karlen. Kohut has more than 30 years of experience as an architect, working on a variety of educational, retail, commercial/industrial, housing and municipal projects. Karlen has more than five years of experience in architecture. BROWN SMITH WALLACE EXPANDS RISK MANAGEMENT TEAM Kurt Griggs has joined Brown Smith Wallace LLC as a manager in the risk management services practice. He previously worked as an IT audit manager in the corporate audit department at SBC Communications and also served as a principal credit union examiner for the Texas Credit Union Department. FRITZSCHE NAMED VP AT GEMS CATHERINE FRITZSCHE vice president of client services, Government e-Management Solutions Inc. Catherine Fritzsche has been promoted to vice president of client services at Government e-Management Solutions Inc. Fritzsche joined the company in 2002 as client services manager after serving as operations manager for the Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co. FOCUS ST. LOUIS WELCOMES NEW OFFICERS AND BOARD MEMBERS Five officers and four new members have been named to FOCUS St. Louis’ volunteer board, which is composed of 32 individuals who set policy for the organization. The new officers are as follows: President: Jim Weddle, partner, branch administration, Edward Jones Vice president: Mark Miller, vice president of corporate relations, Enterprise Rent-A-Car Vice president: Deborah Patterson, president of Monsanto Fund Secretary: Melanie Adams, consultant, Kaleidoscopes LLC Treasurer: Bayard Clark, executive vice president and chief financial officer, Commerce Bancshares Inc. The new board members are as follows: John Baricevic, judge, State of Illinois Lyn Hurst, director of human resources, Pfizer Inc. Kathleen Mazzarella, vice president of human resources and strategic planning, Graybar Theodore Sanditz, principal, The O’Connor Group FOCUS St. Louis also welcomes two youth members to the board: Brandon Bander of St. Mary’s High School and Rachel Winston of Ladue Horton Watkins High School. BOND ELECTED CHAIRWOMAN OF SECURITIES BOARD Amelia A.J. Bond, senior vice president and director of public finance at A.G. Edwards, has been elected to a one-year term as chairwoman of the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board. She is a 23-year industry veteran who began her career at A.G. Edwards in 1987. LASHMETT NAMED CIO AT ST. ANTHONY’S Gordon Lashmett has been appointed chief information officer at St. Anthony’s Medical Center. He previously worked as director of information technology for St. John’s Hospital in Springfield, Ill., where he spent the last 10 years. NEGWER MATERIALS PROMOTES BRENNAN TO GENERAL MANAGER TOM BRENNAN general manager for central Illinois, Negwer Materials Inc. Tom Brennan has been promoted to general manager for central Illinois at Negwer Materials Inc. Since joining Negwer in 1986, Brennan has worked as a salesman and Illinois sales manager. He previously worked as a salesman for Celotex and Oakite Chemicals. LEEKER ASSUMES COMMAND COLONEL ROBERT LEEKER commander of 131st fighter wing, Missouri Air National Guard Colonel Robert Leeker assumed command of the 131st Fighter Wing, in a formal Change of Command ceremony on August 6. Colonel Michael Brandt, the 131st FW’s former commander, was formally assigned as Chief of Staff, Headquarters Missouri Air National Guard on August 7. Colonel Leeker, who began his career as an Airman Basic in the Missouri Air National Guard served in several positions during his 24-year military career and was the unit’s Vice Commander since 1991. The 131st Fighter Wing is a Missouri Air National F-15C Eagle unit, collocated with Lambert –St. Louis International Airport. NETEFFECTS ANNOUNCES PERSONNEL CHANGES Stephanie Schroeder has been promoted to vice president of NetEffects, a locally owned contract-staffing firm. Schroeder has been with the firm for seven years and will manage the company’s three branches. NetEffects also has hired Alan Hay as sales manager and Bridget Riley as receptionist and office manager. VAUGHAN JOINS PARIC AS PROJECT MANAGER TIM VAUGHAN project manager, Paric Corporation Tim Vaughan has joined Paric Corporation as a project manager. He is managing Paric’s historical renovation projects in downtown St. Louis. Vaughan has a bachelor’s degree in construction management from Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville. BLACKWELL SANDERS HIRES NEW LITIGATION ATTORNEY JEFFREY R. BARON associate, Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin Jeffrey R. Baron has joined Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin’s corporate department as an associate, where he will focus on business and commercial litigation. Prior to joining Blackwell Sanders, Baron spent three years as an associate at a local law firm. FONTBONNE UNIVERSITY SELECTS CALECA FOR COUNCIL OF REGENTS Tony Caleca, a member of Brown Smith Wallace LLC, has been selected to serve on the Fontbonne University Council of Regents. Caleca is a 1992 Fontbonne University graduate who started his career at Brown Smith Wallace as an intern while attending the university. ELKINS PROMOTED AT UNIGROUP Gene Elkins has been named vice president of operations support at Fenton-based UniGroup Inc. He has more than 28 years of moving and storage industry experience and previously worked in business development for UniGroup. MCBRIDE & SON ANNOUNCES LEADERSHIP CHANGES At McBride & Son Enterprises, Rick Sullivan, John Eilermann and Ted Dettmer have been promoted to new leadership positions, effective Jan. 1, 2006. Sullivan has been serving as both chairman of the board and chief executive and will move full time into his role as chairman. Sullivan joined the company in 1973 and has been CEO since 1991. RICK SULLIVAN, chairman, McBride & Son JOHN EILERMANN, CEO, McBride & Son Eilermann is currently president of McBride & Son Homes and will move into the role of CEO. He joined the company in 1986 and was named president of the McBride & Son Homes division in 1998. Ted Dettmer has been named president of the company’s largest division, McBride & Son Homes. Dettmer started at McBride more than 28 years ago as a crew carpenter and worked his way up through the ranks. In 1993, he formed McBride’s subsidiary, Vantage Homes, and will continue to serve as its president. NEW CEO CHOSEN FOR ST. JOHN’S MERCY HEALTH CARE DENNY DENARVAEZ president & CEO, St. John’s Mercy Health Care Denny DeNarvaez has joined St. John’s Mercy Health Care as president and CEO. She brings more than 20 years of health care experience to her new role, most recently serving as president of Allina’s Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis. WATSON PROMOTED AT MIDWEST BANKCENTRE JIM WATSON regional president, Midwest BankCentre Jim Watson has been named regional president of commercial banking at Midwest BankCentre. Prior to joining Midwest BankCentre in 2000, Watson served as a regional president for Firstar, where he managed the company’s Southwestern Illinois region. CORRIGAN RECEIVES HIGHEST HONOR FROM LAW SCHOOL WILLIAM M. CORRIGAN JR. partner, Armstrong Teasdale LLP William M. Corrigan Jr., a partner at the law firm Armstrong Teasdale LLP, has received the University of Missouri–Columbia School of Law’s Citation of Merit Award. The alumni award recognizes Corrigan’s professional achievements since graduating from law school. Corrigan recently served as president of The Missouri Bar and has also been listed in The Best Lawyers in America 2005-2006.

November 2005 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Nora Akerberg, Vice President and Co-Director of HOK Interiors, shares her thoughts on design. AGC President Len Toenjes comments on construction trends. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - www.stlrcga.org - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - www.technologygateway.org - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Director Kevin Dolliole is making a very focused enhancement effort at Lambert. John Pitcher of OPUS gets in on a national trend. McEagle’s Paul McKee loves to build.