| The
Friends of Wings raised nearly $16,000 for
the BJC Hospice Pediatric WINGS Program at its Big
Bear Brunch, held recently at the Ritz Carlton. Proceeds
from the teddy bear tea party will support activities
for hospice patients and their families. |
| The
Qualy Group of Northwestern Mutual Financial
Network recently presented a check to the American Diabetes
Association for more than $7,000. The proceeds were
raised at the William E. Qualy Golf Tournament. |
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| Dale
Rossan has joined the support & engineering
team at Xiolink as a technical support
engineer. Xiolink provides collocation, managed hosting,
disaster recovery and other related data services. |
| Janet
McAfee Inc. has added the following new sales
associates: Bert Boyce, Patty
Norris, Allison Flynn, Bunny
Kerckhoff and Susan Maher.
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Jane
Gumersell has joined the account team at Kochan
& Co. Advertising. |
| Talbots
has opened its first Talbots Mens store at
center court on the upper level of Plaza Frontenac,
joining the five Talbot stores now located at the mall. |
| Zhi
Xu, associate professor of chemistry and biochemistry
at the University of Missouri—St. Louis,
has been named the University of Missouri Systems’ 2004
Faculty Entrepreneur of the Year for his work on the invention
and commercialization of a new ultra-sensitive spectrophotometer. |
| Chiropractic
physician Cheryl Shea Hohmeier, who recently
graduated with honors from Logan College of Chiropractic,
has established her practice at 7700 Clayton Road in Richmond
Heights. |
Missouri
Botanical Garden has promoted Dr. Bob Coulter
to senior manager of the Litzsinger Road Ecology Center
and Instructional Resources. |
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Robert
E. Ruebsam has been promoted to senior vice
president at The Daniel and Henry Co.,
an independent insurance brokerage firm. Tammy
Y. Mayer, Tracy L. Stewart
and Deanna M. Wilkin have also been
promoted to assistant vice president positions. |
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Christine
A. Carroll of Curt Parker Jewelers
has earned the Gemological Institute of America’s
title of accredited jewelry professional. |
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| Mary
Heller has joined Lift for Life Academy &
Gym as development director. |
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Brett
Borgard of the Town & Country branch of
Coldwell Banker Gundaker has been named
2003 Rookie of the Year in Missouri. |
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| Jennifer
Skattum has joined Bradford & Galt,
an information technology consulting firm, as an account executive. |
| Grizzell
& Co. has been selected as a winner in the 2004
Communicator Awards competition, an international
contest honoring excellence in advertising and graphic design. |
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Daniel
H. Bindler, CPA, a partner at Rubin,
Brown, Gornstein & Co. LLP, has been honored
by the Missouri Society of Certified Public Accountants
for 35 years of continuous service to the accounting
profession. |
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Linda
Nash has joined the interior design firm
of CLB Designs as director of business
development. |
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Cynthia
Schulze has been promoted to chief financial
officer at BusComm Inc., a business
communications provider. |
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| The
Score Association, which educates and counsels small
business owners, recently celebrated its 40th anniversary
at a White House ceremony honoring its more than 10,500 volunteers,
including national board chair Carl Trautmann
of St. Louis. |
| The
ShapeXpress Fitness Center for Women has opened at
9616 Olive Blvd. in Olivette. Paul and Kristina Gillstrom
own the 3,000- square-foot facility. |
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Patrick
M. Shelton, GBA has received the 2003
Founder’s Award from Brown Smith
Wallace LLC. He is the manager of business
development at the CPA and business consulting firm.
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Kelly
Plummer has joined the law firm of Behr,
McCarter & Potter as an associate. |
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| BrandMaverick,
a communications strategy firm, has hired Daryl Brach
as vice president of client development. |
