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REUTERS
NAMES FOX SENIOR VP, ADDS OPERATIONS IN ST. LOUIS
JIM
FOX
senior vice president, Reuters |
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Reuters has joined a group of companies in St. Louis locating several
mission-critical operations to the region. Reuters, more than 150
years old, is the leading global provider of financial information,
news and technology solutions to financial institutions, the media,
businesses and individuals.
Jim Fox has recently been named senior vice president, finance business
services—the Americas. In this role, he will develop the Finance
Business Services capability and organization in St. Louis, providing
services to all internal customers in the Americas.
His previous experience includes project management of the Finance
Business Services element of the Bridge integration program. Prior
to that, he was vice president and controller for the Bridge business
globally. He joined Bridge in 2001 after 10 years with Deloitte
& Touche, LLC.
SYMPHONY SCORES MUSICAL COUP
WITH
PERLMAN RECRUITMENT
 The
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra has appointed violin virtuoso
Itzhak Perlman as music advisor for the 2002-2003 and 2003-2004
seasons. In this role he will provide counsel on structuring
future seasons, participate in the audition process and other
aspects of orchestra administration, and conduct at least
two concerts per season.
They recently began searching for a music director after Maestro
Hans Vonk, who has held the position since September 1996,
stepped down for health reasons in May, at the end of the
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra’s 2001-2002
| ITZHAK
PERLMAN will serve as music advisor for The
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra during the 2002-2003
and 2003-2004 seasons. |
season. With a small committee of board members, staff and
musicians, the Symphony is working hard to identify its next
music director—the organization’s 13th since 1880.
“We are thrilled to work with Itzhak and have him as part
of our team,” says Virginia Weldon, chairman of the board
of trustees. “His artistic counsel and leadership over the
next two years will enable us to conduct a more thorough search
for our next music director and principal conductor. St. Louis
is fortunate to have a musician of Itzhak’s stature commit
his talent and energy to our orchestra.”
Perlman is well known to generations of St. Louis audiences,
having first performed here in December 1966, and most recently
in December 2001. He has appeared as conductor and soloist
with the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony,
Philadelphia Orchestra, Boston Symphony, National Symphony,
Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the symphony orchestras of San
Francisco, Dallas, Detroit, Houston, Pittsburgh, Seattle and
Toronto.
On television, Perlman has entertained and enlightened millions
of viewers of all ages on shows as diverse as “The Late Show
with David Letterman,” “Sesame Street,” the Grammy awards
telecasts, several “Live From Lincoln Center” broadcasts,
and PBS specials “A Musical Toast” and “Mozart by the Masters,”
both of which he hosted. Perlman has been honored with four
Emmy Awards, most recently for the PBS documentary “Fiddling
for the Future,” a film about the Perlman Summer Music Program
and his work as a teacher and conductor there.
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CID NAMES BAIRD DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH
RICHARD BAIRD PH.D
director, Harold W. Siebens Hearing Research Center
at Central Institute for the Deaf |
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Central Institute for the Deaf (CID) has announced Richard Baird,
Ph.D., is the director of the Harold W. Siebens Hearing Research
Center. As director of research at CID, Baird oversees both the
Fay and Carl Simons Center for Biology of Hearing and Deafness and
the Center for Childhood Deafness and Adult Aural Rehabilitation.
Baird joined CID in 1998 as a senior research scientist and director
of the Simons Center. In addition, he is the Spencer T. Olin professor
of vestibular physiology in the Washington University department
of speech and hearing and holds additional adjunct appointments
in the University’s departments of otolaryngology and anatomy and
neurobiology.
GALLOP, JOHNSON & NEUMAN NAMES PARTNERS
AND ASSOCIATES
Four veteran attorneys have joined Gallop, Johnson & Neuman L.C.
as partners, and two associate attorneys with the firm have been
promoted to partner status.
Joining the firm as partners are:
- Jeffrey
Hunt, the firm’s Litigation practice;
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Thomas Nutter, the firm’s Intellectual Property practice;
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Virgil Hill, the firm’s Business Services department;
and
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Sandra Dannehold, also in the Business Services department.
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Don Kelly, who
concentrates his practice in commercial and product liability litigation,
and Melanie King, who focuses on commercial litigation, have also
been promoted to partner status.
RBG&CO. WELCOMES THREE PARTNERS; PROMOTES
ASHER TO CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER
Michael Ferman, CPA; Frederick Kostecki, CPA; and Stephen Beluk,
certified internal auditor; have joined Rubin, Brown, Gornstein
& Co. LLP (RBG&Co.) as partners. In addition, RBG&Co. promoted Laura
Asher to chief administrative officer.
Beluk brings 28 years of internal audit experience to RBG&Co. He
has served as general auditor for Anheuser-Busch Companies Inc.,
and most recently in the internal audit services practice for Arthur
Andersen LLP.
Ferman will specialize in financial and investment advisory services
for the accounting and consulting firm. He has 31 years experience
working in financial services, particularly with security brokers
and dealers. Prior to joining RBG&Co., he was a managing director
in the investment banking division at A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc.
Ferman also served as partner at Touche Ross & Co. in both St. Louis
and New York.
As a former senior manager at Arthur Andersen LLP, Kostecki worked
in the firm’s audit division for the past 12 years. As a partner
in the Assurance Services Group at RBG&Co., he will continue in
his areas of expertise, specializing in manufacturing and distribution,
technology and retail, with an emphasis on emerging and mid-sized,
private or family businesses.
With more than 18 years of experience in human resources, Asher
joined the firm in 1996. Previously, Asher held various positions
at Mark Twain Bancshares Inc.
SCHROEDER-SAULNIER JOINS RIGHT MANAGEMENT
AS VICE PRESIDENT
Right Management Consultants has appointed Deborah Schroeder-Saulnier
as vice president, organizational consulting. She brings approximately
20 years experience in the areas of strategic alignment, leadership
coaching and development, change management, sales and customer
service, survey design and feedback process implementation, workshop
design and delivery.
Prior to Right Management Consultants, she served as director of
organizational development, training and communications for Ingersoll-Rand/Climate
Control Sector, and president of Excel Consulting Group, Inc. Schroeder-Saulnier
also has been an adjunct professor at Webster and Maryville universities.
EICHNER PROMOTED TO PRESIDENT AND CEO AT
ENTERPRISE FINANCIAL
KEVIN
EICHNER
president and chief executive officer, Enterprise
Financial |
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Enterprise Financial Services Corp. has named Kevin Eichner as president
and chief executive officer. He replaces Fred Eller who co-founded
the bank with Ron Henges in 1988. Previously, Eichner was Enterprise
Financial’s vice chairman. Eller remains as a director of the Clayton-based
bank.
UMPHRYES JOINS GUARANTEE ELECTRICAL
DONALD
UMPHRYES SR.
senior project manager and national operations manager,
Guarantee Electrical Co. |
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Guarantee Electrical Company's new senior
project manager and national operations manager is Donald Umphryes
Sr. He brings more than 30 years of electrical construction experience
to Guarantee. Umphryes' current focus includes pursuing heavy industrial
projects for Guarantee's national and St. Louis Division.
ST. LOUIS CVC PROMOTES MING
With his recent promotion at the St. Louis Convention
& Visitors Commission, Leo Ming is vice president of human resources
and administration. In 1994, Ming joined the CVC as human resources
manager for America's Center convention complex, and he was promoted
to director the following year. His prior experience includes director
of human resources at the St. Louis branch of the U.S. Postal Service.
AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CPAs HONORS RUBIN
MAHLON
RUBIN
CPA, co-founding partner of RBG&Co. and 50-Year Honorary
Member of American Institute of CPAs |
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Mahlon Rubin, CPA, co-founding partner of Rubin, Brown Gornstein
& Co. LLP (RBG&Co.), has been named a 50-year Honorary Member
of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA).
Rubin is a former member of the Board of Directors and Governing
Council of the AICPA. In 1996, Rubin received the association's
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