CLAYTON APPOINTS
NEW CITY MANAGER
The City of Clayton has chosen Craig S. Owens as the new city manager. Since 2005, Owens has served as city manager for the city of Rowlett, Texas. He has more than 17 years of city management experience in the St. Louis, Kansas City, Chicago and Dallas metropolitan areas.
WATSON NAMED CHAIRMAN OF RIVERBEND HEAD START & FAMILY SERVICESÕ BOARD
TheBANK of Edwardsville has announced that Richard Watson, senior vice president/chief operations executive, has accepted the opportunity to serve as chairman of Riverbend Head Start & Family ServicesÕ board of directors. He has served on the board since 2001 and has been vice chairman
since 2006.
CURRAN RE-ELECTED TO MISSOURI ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL POSITIONS
Jim Curran, managing director of economic development for OÕFallon, Mo., has been re-elected to two positions on the Missouri Economic Development Council. He has been named director of MEDC District 5 and elected to the MEDC board of directors. This is the fourth year that Curran has been elected to
these positions.
MERCER ADDS DAWS
TO ST. LOUIS
LEADERSHIP TEAM
Mercer has named Tony Daws principal and client manager in its St. Louis office. Daws served the last five years with A.G. Edwards in leader and organizational development.
THE GARDEN ANNOUNCES NEW VP OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
Rebecca Ingram-Kutey has joined the Missouri Botanical Garden staff as vice president of the human resource management division. She will oversee diversity initiatives, recruitment, programs and benefits for the GardenÕs 500 employees. Previously, she served as associate director of employee network programs at CitiGroup for
seven years.
HICKMAN JOINS
BETHESDA HEALTH GROUP AS INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY VP
Larry D. Hickman has joined Bethesda Health Group to serve in the newly created position of corporate vice president and chief information officer. He previously served as executive director of information technology services for RGA Reinsurance Group.
UMB HIRES SENIOR VP/TRUST ADVISOR
UMB Financial Corporation has hired Larry Koester as senior vice president and trust advisor in its asset management division. Koester brings 12 years of trust administration experience to his new role, previously serving as associate vice president and assistant manager of trust administration for A.G. Edwards Trust Company FSB.
BRYAN CAVE ANNOUNCES
PROMOTIONS AND A NEW ADDITION
Bryan Cave LLP has promoted Steven Dawson and Donna Marchand to counsel in the St. Louis office. Dawson, formerly an associate at the firm, practices in the areas of estate and business succession planning and post-death estate and
trust administration.
Marchand, another former associate at the firm, focuses on transactional and
regulatory matters in the health care industry.
Bryan Cave has also hired Gerald R. Ortbals as of counsel in the St. Louis office. He formerly worked for Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP.
VAUPEL JOINS COMMERCE TRUST COMPANY PRIVATE BANKING GROUP
The Commerce Trust Company has enhanced its private banking group in
St. Louis by adding Gary D. Vaupel as vice president and senior relationship manager. Previously, he was a private banker with a major national bank in the
St. Louis area, where he worked for
22 years.
FOX GALVIN NAMES TWO NEW PARTNERS
Fox Galvin is pleased to announce two new partners: John M. Allen and Katherine M. Fowler. Since beginning at Fox Galvin in December 2003, Allen has represented a wide variety of clients in product liability, employment, toxic tort, maritime, environmental and general commercial litigation matters. He graduated from Saint Louis University School of Law in 2000.
Fowler joined Fox Galvin in 2004 and concentrates her practice on commercial litigation matters, commercial lease disputes, product liability actions and environmental litigation. She also graduated from Saint Louis University School of Law in 2000.
LENGER PROMOTED
TO VP/GENERAL
MANAGER OF NEGWER DOOR SYSTEMS
Negwer Materials Inc. has promoted Jerry Lenger to vice president/general manager of its Negwer Door Systems division. Lenger, a 30-year veteran in the door sector, joined Negwer in 2000 and became general manager of Negwer Door Systems in 2005.
BOYS & GIRLS TOWN
OF MISSOURI NAMES NEW BOARD TRUSTEES FOR THE EASTERN REGION
Wray Clay, Frank Dellaquila, Timothy Keane, Theresa Mayberry, Robert Peters and Mary Beth Luna Wolf have joined the board of trustees for Boys & Girls Town of Missouri Eastern Region.
HUNDLEY NAMED
VICE CHANCELLOR FOR
UNIVERSITY RELATIONS AT SIUE
Patrick D. Hundley, former executive vice president for the Minnesota State University Moorhead Alumni Foundation, has been named vice chancellor for university relations at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. Before joining Minnesota State University in 2004, Hundley was assistant chancellor for university advancement and executive director of major gifts at the University of Wisconsin Platteville for nearly 10 years.
REICHMANN JOINS
CONTEGRA
CONSTRUCTION CO.
Scott Reichmann has joined Contegra Construction Co. in the newly created position of vice president of business development. Prior to joining Contegra, Reichmann was vice president of project development for H Construction Services Inc. in Carlinville, Ill. |
