Compiled by Lauri Johnson
S2TECH NAMES GREEN CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
Worth F. Green II has joined information technology firm S2Tech
as its first chief operating officer. Green is based in S2Tech’s
Atlanta office and will oversee the company’s U.S. operations.
Previously, he was a senior vice president for ACS State Healthcare
Inc. in Atlanta.
HELLER JOINS SHOW-ME INSTITUTE’S BOARD
OF DIRECTORS
Former circuit judge Robert Heller has been appointed to the
board of directors for The Show-Me Institute, a public policy
research organization based in the St. Louis area. Heller served
nearly 30 years as a Democratic associate circuit judge and
retired earlier this year after finishing his seventh consecutive
term as Shannon County Circuit Judge.
PRESTON NAMED PRESIDENT OF VANLINER
INSURANCE COMPANY
Gale Preston has been named president of Vanliner Insurance
Company. Preston has been with Vanliner since 1978 and has served
as executive vice president and chief operating officer since
2004.
NAUNHEIM AND CHULICK JOIN UMB FINANCIAL
CORP.
David H. Naunheim has joined UMB Financial Corp. as president
of commercial banking. He previously served as executive vice
president and head of capital markets and specialty lending
at US Bank in St. Louis.
W. Thomas Chulick has joined the firm as president of investment
and wealth management, overseeing private banking and personal
trust services. With nearly 25 years of private banking experience,
Chulick most recently served as senior vice president and private
client advisor at Bank of America.
MIZZOU ADMINISTRATOR JOINS ST. LOUIS
COLLEGE OF PHARMACY AS MARKETING VICE PRESIDENT
Marcus Long has joined St. Louis College of Pharmacy as vice
president for marketing and communications. Long spent 13 years
at the University of Missouri at Columbia, where he most recently
served as director of university affairs.
FOCUS ST. LOUIS WELCOMES NEW BOARD MEMBERS
AND OFFICERS
FOCUS St. Louis has selected officers and three new members
for its volunteer board that establishes the organization’s
policies. Officers for July 2007 through June 2008 are as follows:
President: Mark Miller
vice president of corporate relations
Enterprise Rent-A-Car
Vice president: Deborah Patterson
president of Monsanto Fund
Monsanto Company
Vice president: William M. Carson Jr.
vice president of operations strategy and technology
McCormack Baron Salazar
Secretary: Melanie Adams
program manager
Missouri Historical Society
Treasurer: A. Bayard Clark
executive vice president and chief financial officer
Commerce Bancshares Inc.
New board members beginning three-year terms are:
Norman W. Drey, attorney
Stone, Leyton & Gershman
Martin Leifeld, associate vice president for university
development
Saint Louis University
William R. Witler, executive vice president
National City Bank
FOCUS St. Louis also welcomed two youth members, Robert Gail
of MICDS and Athena Lee of Lutheran High School of St. Charles
County. Both are recent graduates of FOCUS’ Youth Leadership
St. Louis program.
ZVIBLEMAN ELECTED FELLOW IN THE AMERICAN
ACADEMY OF MATRIMONIAL LAWYERS
Alan N. Zvibleman, a shareholder in Capes, Sokol, Goodman &
Sarachan PC, has been elected as a fellow in the American Academy
of Matrimonial Lawyers. The academy’s fellows are highly skilled
negotiators and litigators who represent individuals in all
facets of family law.
YWCA METRO ST. LOUIS HIRES NEW CHIEF
OPERATING OFFICER
Jocelyn Jones has been selected as the new chief operating officer
at YWCA Metro St. Louis. She spent 25 years with the Life Skills
Foundation, most recently working as vice president of operations
and quality assurance.
PARADIS, SCHWARTZ NAMED PARTNERS AT
RUBINBROWN
RubinBrown has promoted accountant Linda Paradis to partner
in the manufacturing and distribution industry group and SEC
services group. She joined the firm in 2003 after working for
another St. Louis accounting firm.
Accountant Jim Schwartz has joined the firm as a partner in
the tax consulting group. Schwartz, who brings 25 years of accounting
experience to his new role, previously served as the practice
leader for another St. Louis accounting firm.
BKD APPOINTS TWO NEW PRINCIPALS
Mark C. Holdman and Sean J. Kulczycki have joined BKD LLP as
principals. Holdman, who has 30 years of healthcare experience,
joined the firm’s healthcare group. Kulczycki has 17 years of
experience providing regulatory compliance services to financial
institutions.
NEWBERRY APPOINTED TO BOARD OF ENTERPRISE
BANK & TRUST
Brenda Newberry, chairman and CEO of The Newberry Group Inc.,
has been appointed to the board of directors at Enterprise Bank
& Trust. She serves on the board’s Regulatory and Compliance
Committee.
LATHROP & GAGE ELECTS NEW CHIEF EXECUTIVE
AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS
The members of Lathrop & Gage LC have elected Joel Voran, a
29-year veteran of the firm, to begin a three-year term as CEO.
The firm also elected Bill Beck, Allison Bergman and Bill Rudy
to the executive committee.
JENNINGS NAMED PRESIDENT OF SSM ST.
MARY’S HEALTH CENTER
William Jennings has been chosen as the new president of SSM
St. Mary’s Health Center after serving as the organization’s
executive vice president/chief operating officer. Before joining
SSM St. Mary’s, Jennings was an administrator and chief operating
officer for Morton Plant North Bay Hospital in New Port Richey,
Fla.
FAFOGLIA JOINS the COMMERCE TRUST COMPANY
Nick Fafoglia has joined The Commerce Trust Company’s Commerce
Capital Advisors group as senior vice president and senior portfolio
manager. Fafoglia most recently worked with Bank of America
in St. Louis as a portfolio manager and team leader for 15 years.
PAI NAMED PRESIDENT OF MERAMEC CAMPUS
The St. Louis Community College Board of Trustees has appointed
Paul P. Pai, superintendent/president of Imperial Valley College
in California, to the position of president at the Meramec campus. He
began work on Aug. 1. Prior to his four years at Imperial Valley
College, Pai served as provost at Georgia Perimeter College
in Decatur, Ga., for five years.
ST. ANTHONY’S CFO WINS PRESTIGIOUS MORGAN
AWARD
The Healthcare Financial Management Association has awarded
the 2007 Frederick C. Morgan Achievement Award to John P. McGuire,
chief financial officer at St. Anthony’s Medical Center. McGuire
joined the association in 1976 and has served the St. Louis
Chapter as secretary, vice president and president.
