ERNST & YOUNG MAKES HICKENBOTHAM, KONING PARTNER Ernst & Young has named two new partners at the firm. Mike Hickenbotham and Randy Koning have each been promoted to assurance and advisory services partner. Hickenbotham has been with the firm for 12 years and serves clients within the manufacturing, retail and distribution, construction and cable industries. Koning has also been with the firm for 12 years and specializes in working with clients in the health sciences industry. ANDERS MINKLER & DIEHL ADDS HINSEN AS SENIOR MANAGER MARK G. HINSEN senior manager of assurance and advisory services group, Anders Minkler & Diehl Mark G. Hinsen has joined accounting and consulting firm Anders Minkler & Diehl as a senior manager in the firm’s assurance and advisory services group. He relocated from an accounting firm in Overland Park, Kan., to assist with Anders Minkler & Diehl’s new business development efforts. He has more than 14 years of experience working with businesses in the technology, construction, manufacturing, automotive and equipment industries. FITZGERALD SELECTED AS BOARD PRESIDENT FOR ASSOCIATION OF CHILDREN'S MUSEUMS BETH FITZGERALD board president, The Association of Children’s Museums The Association of Children’s Museums has elected Beth Fitzgerald, president of The Magic House, as president of its board of directors. Fitzgerald will serve a two-year term from 2004 to 2006. Previously she served as vice president of marketing on the association’s executive committee. BUCKINGHAM NAMES KATZIF COO Ken Katzif has been promoted to chief operating officer at Buckingham Asset Management. Before joining the firm in 2002, Katzif held positions with Ernst & Young, Monsanto and Procter & Gamble during 30 years of working in business and consulting. He has a bachelor’s and a master’s in industrial engineering from Purdue University. FRONTENAC BANK APPOINTS WIELANSKY TO BOARD Lee Wielansky, chairman and chief executive officer of Midland Development Group, has joined the board of directors for Frontenac Bank. Before restarting Midland Development Group, he worked as president and chief executive officer of JDN Development Company. UMSL NAMES KUNDEL STUDENT AFFAIRS ADMINISTRATOR JOHN A. KUNDEL associate vice provost for student affairs and enrollment, University of Missouri-St. Louis John A. Kundel has been named associate vice provost for student affairs and enrollment management at the University of Missouri- St. Louis. In his new role, he will oversee admissions, registrations, student financial aid and student recruitment and retention. Previously he was the director of admissions at the University of Nebraska at Kearney. MARCELY NAMED SPARTECH CORPORATE CONTROLLER Michael G. Marcely has been promoted to corporate controller for Spartech Corporation. Marcely recently served as the company’s director of internal audit. Before joining Spartech, he worked as a senior manager in the merger and acquisition transaction support practice at Ernst & Young for four years. HUGHES JOINS ARMSTRONG TEASDALE MICHAEL E. HUGHES lawyer, Armstrong Teasdale Michael E. Hughes has joined the law firm of Armstrong Teasdale as a member of the firm’s litigation department. He will focus his practice on medical malpractice. Before entering private practice, Hughes was a trial lawyer who defended St. Louis Regional Medical Center, St. Louis City Hospital and Homer G. Phillips Hospital. CHARTER NAMES HENEGHAN, LOVETT SENIOR VPS At Charter Communications, Jim Heneghan has been appointed senior vice president of marketing and advertising sales and Mike Lovett has been named senior vice president of Midwest division operations. Heneghan previously served as senior vice president of Charter Media, the company’s advertising sales and production services unit. Lovett was promoted from corporate senior vice president of operations support, a position that he held since joining the company in 2003. He will assume overall responsibility for Charter-Midwest operations. MARINGER, MARTINSON NAMED VPS AT ST. ANTHONY'S MICHALENE D. MARINGER executive vice president and chief hospital officer, St. Anthony’s Medical Center CARL T. MARTINSON vice president of marketing and development, St. Anthony’s Medical Center At St. Anthony’s Medical Center, Michalene D. Maringer has been appointed executive vice president and chief hospital officer. She has more than 29 years of experience in health care and was assistant administrator and chief nurse officer at St. John’s Hospital in Springfield, Ill. Carl T. Martinson has been named St. Anthony’s new vice president of marketing and development. He will be responsible for marketing and public relations, fund development, the hospital’s auxiliary and volunteer efforts. He will relocate to St. Louis from Indianapolis, Ind., where he served as senior vice president of marketing and public relations with Clarian Health Partners. COLE HIRES MURRAY AS PROJECT MANAGER EDDIE B. MURRAY project survey manager, Cole & Associates Eddie B. Murray has joined Cole & Associates as a project survey manager. He will be responsible for managing surveying projects and supervising drafting personnel. Murray brings 33 years of surveying experience to his new position and most recently managed the survey department for Parsons Brinckerhoff Quade and Douglas. HINRICHS, GALESKI, ECKERT NAMED TO SOUTHWEST BANK BOARD OF DIRECTORS MARK HINRICHS, PAUL J. GALESKI, AND LARY ECKERT Southwest Bank Board of Directors Mark Hinrichs, Paul J. Galeski and Lary Eckert have been named to Southwest Bank of St. Louis’s newly launched board of directors for its Illinois operations. Hinrichs is the new board president and is co-founder and president of IMPACT Strategies, a commercial building company that he co-founded in 2002. Galeski is chairman and CEO of MAVERICK Technology Holdings. Eckert manages Eckert’s Country Store in Belleville, Ill., as well as the wholesale operations of Eckert’s Farms. HAYEK JOINS ARGENT CAPITAL AS OPERATIONS MANAGER LAURIE HAYEK operations manager, Argent Capital Management Argent Capital Management has hired Laurie Hayek as its new operations manager. Hayek formerly served as assistant vice president and fee unit compliance manager for Commerce Trust Company. She has a bachelor’s in management and human resources from Webster University. CALCATERRA NAMED CHAIRMAN AT TECHNOLOGY ENTREPRENEUR CENTER Bob Calcaterra has been selected as the interim chairman for the Technology Entrepreneur Center. Calcaterra, president and CEO of the Nidus Center for Scientific Enterprises, will help spearhead a capital fundraising campaign that seeks to raise $1 million by the end of 2005. He has been a member of the organization’s board of directors since its inception in 2003. CHRZAN, WISEMAN PROMOTED AT MARITZ RESEARCH KEITH CHRZAN AND GINA WISEMAN division vice president of marketing sciences and vice president of virtual customers, Maritz Research Maritz Research has promoted Keith Chrzan to division vice president of marketing sciences and Gina Wiseman to division vice president of virtual customers. Chrzan has more than 20 years of experience in the marketing research industry and previously served as Maritz’s director of marketing sciences. Wiseman worked as director of operations for virtual customers at Maritz before her promotion. COMMERCE PROMOTES SPRINGER, PALMQUIST, CARTER Pamela Carter, Allen Palmquist Jr. and Kathleen Springer have been promoted to senior vice presidents at Commerce Trust Company. All three previously served as relationship managers for private banking at Commerce and will help affluent clients grow, protect and preserve their wealth in their new roles. PAMELA CARTER, ALLEN PALMQUIST JR., AND KATHLEEN SPRINGER Kathleen Springer, Allen Palmquist Jr., and Pamela Carter senior vice presidents, Commerce Trust Company Carter has been with Commerce since 1979 and held positions in loan accounting and commercial lending at the firm before joining the private banking team. Springer has a master’s in business administration from Webster University and more than 15 years of experience in private banking. Palmquist has a master’s in economics from Saint Louis University and more than 12 years of experience in private banking. PRESTEMON IS NEW TRI-COUNTY UNITED WAY CHAIRMAN GREG PRESTEMON chairman, Tri-County Division of United Way The Tri-County Division of United Way has chosen Greg Prestemon, president and executive director of the Economic Development Center of St. Charles County, as chairman of its 2004 fundraising campaign. The Tri-County division, which includes Lincoln, St. Charles and Warren Counties, raised more than $1.68 million in gifts and pledges in 2003. PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS NAMES KENT OFFICE MANAGING PARTNER NEVADA A. "AI" KENT office managing partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers Nevada A. “Al” Kent IV has been appointed office managing partner for the PricewaterhouseCoopers office in St. Louis. Kent began his career at the firm’s Nashville location in 1977 and was named a partner in 1989. He relocated to St. Louis in 1998 to lead the office’s assurance and business advisory practice. WEDDLE ELECTED FOCUS ST. LOUIS PRESIDENT Jim Weddle has been elected board president of FOCUS St. Louis. 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