Above: Christopher Barclay
Barclay joins Ziercher & Hocker, P.C. as principal
Christopher Barclay has joined the Clayton law firm of Ziercher & Hocker, P.C., as principal. Barclay specializes in the area of estate and income tax planning, as well as general business and commercial transactions. He is admitted to practice law in Missouri and Ohio.
Barclay is a member of the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, the Ohio State Bar Association, the American Bar Association and the Missouri Bar, and has lectured frequently before the Missouri Bar and local accounting groups on estate and income tax planning.
Barclay is a graduate of the University of Kentucky and Northern Kentucky University Salmon P. Chase College of Law. He holds an L.L.M. in taxation from Washington University School of Law and a B.B.A. in Finance from the University of Kentucky.
Creative Producers Group announces new addition, promotions and senior management structure
Keith Alper, president and executive producer of Creative Producers Group (CPG), has announced the addition of Lynn Jacobs as the company’s vice president of production services, a newly created position. Jacobs brings more than two decades of production experience to CPG, including 19 years with Maritz, Inc., where she served as executive producer of various multi-million dollar meetings, events and productions.
Alper also announced the promotion of Tracy Collins to senior vice president and creative director, and Dana King to vice president of sales and marketing. “These staff promotions and additions are the result of our strategic planning as it relates to our management and leadership structure,” Alper says. “The new structure will ensure that we maintain our unique creative and project management edge, ultimately to serve our clients better.”
In the company’s new structure, all creative areas will fall under the direction of Collins, a 10-year leader at CPG, who will continue to build on CPG’s creative team, award-winning products and future creative development. Jacobs will lead CPG’s newest area, the project and account services division. King, who has served as CPG’s director of sales for more than four years, will continue to lead the company’s sales team while setting a new direction for CPG’s client base, client services and strategic alliance.
Creative Producers Group is a full-service creative, production and marketing services agency that specializes in the development and production of events and meetings, electronic media and other creative services.
The Missouri River Otters name new general manager
United Sports Ventures, owner of the Missouri River Otters Professional Hockey Club, recently announced that Matt McSparin will replace Marty Nash as general manager of the team.
McSparin brings more than 15 years of sport marketing and management experience in various capacities. For the last four years he has served as president and owner of ’62 Sports Group, Inc., of which he still retains ownership. His sports career began in sales and accounting with the Chicago White Sox and includes time as the marketing manager of Ticketmaster–Chicago, as assistant baseball coach at Eastern Illinois University, marketing assistant with the St. Louis Cardinals and director of operations for McCann-Erikson Event Marketing. McSparin received his bachelor’s degree in communications from Augustana College and his master’s degree in sports management from Eastern Illinois University.
At ’62 Sports Group, a sport and event marketing company, McSparin developed an impressive group of clients that includes the St. Louis Cardinals, St. Louis Ambush, Fox Sports Midwest, BJC Health Systems, St. Louis Sports Commission, The NCAA and Host Communications, Chicago Bears, Chicago White Sox, Chicago Cubs and Chicago Blackhawks.
The Missouri River Otters will begin a 37 home game schedule in October in the new SSM Health Care Arena in St. Charles.
Gateway Energy Systems names Bruce Sabin chief operating officer
Gateway Energy Systems, LC, a joint venture between Ameren Corporation, Environmental Management Corporation and Energy Equities, LLC, has named Bruce Sabin chief operating officer. Gateway specializes in owning and operating energy and energy-related facilities, and relieves companies of the investment costs and operational demands of developing and operating utility facilities, freeing them to pursue core business strategies.
Sabin comes to Gateway after serving as city manager for the city of Town and Country. His experience also includes 14 years with Anheuser-Busch, where, in the last five years, he served as executive vice president and COO for Civic Center Corporation, the former stadium management, parking and real estate management firm of Anheuser-Busch.
Sabin holds a bachelor’s degree in social and community services from the University of Missouri–Columbia, a master’s degree in business management from Webster University and a master’s degree in business administration in marketing from Lindenwood University.
Missouri State Bank adds two new professionals to executive team
Missouri State Bank has named David Loeffelman to the position of senior vice president of operations and management information technology and Mark Sauerwein to the position of vice president of commercial lending.
Loeffelman has more than 25 years of banking experience; prior to joining Missouri State Bank, he acted as vice president of consumer information systems for Mercantile Bank. In his new position, Loeffelman will manage company operations, policies and procedures for the St. Louis-based institution.
Sauerwein held a variety of positions with Magna Bank prior to joining Missouri State Bank, including vice president of commercial lending, where he managed a commercial lending division with more than $120 million in outstanding commercial loans.
