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Armstrong Teasdale LLP has hired RICHARD BROPHY, ERIN FLOREK, DIONE GREENE, JAMES HEINEN JR., TAMARA KELLER, CHRISTOPHER LaROSE and JONATHAN VALENTINO. DONNA SCHMITT has been named a partner in the firm’s intellectual property group. MARTIN WALSH JR., of counsel, has been added to the corporate services practice group.
arris-Stowe State University has appointed H REYNOLDA BROWN as director of admissions, advisement and retention; EMMANUEL LALANDE as dean of student success; TAMMY KIMBROUGH as director of human resources; and JAMES GREEN as director of financial assistance.
Carmody MacDonald recently promoted EDWIN ERNST IV and BEN McINTOSH to principal. Ernst joined the firm in 2012, and practices in civil litigation with an emphasis in employment law. McIntosh has worked for the company since 2006 and practices in corporate law, emphasizing in banking and finance law, business law and real estate law.
in focus PATRICIA SILVA has joined Lathrop & Gage LLP’s environmental practice as an associate. Silva will represent clients in administrative negotiations with federal and state agencies. Legal Services of Eastern Missouri recently welcomed JESSICA CIACCO as a staff attorney in its housing unit. Ciacco previously served in the Missouri Public Defender’s Office, and received her juris doctor from Saint Louis University.
Tammy Kimbrough
Mercy CIO TONY WASKIEWICZ recently was named the first health care CIO of the Year, as part of the Investor Intelligence Awards. The awards are sponsored by Institutional Investor and the Investor Intelligence Network.
James Green
Patricia Silva
Jessica Ciacco
Gladys Manion Real Estate recently welcomed GRACE BUTLER, BLAIR DOBSON, ELIZABETH ASTON and LINDA ROBBEN to its team.
Great Rivers Greenway has welcomed BEN GROSSMAN to its park and trail district team. He will work as greenway operations manager.
Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale, P.C. has added LAUREN DAMING, STEPHANIE HAMMER and LAUREN HARRIS to its labor and employment practice, and elected KIRSTEN AHMAD, ANDREW MITCHELL, GARRY REUTER and PATRICK SWEENEY to be officers of the firm.
William Miskall
Ben Grossman
Paula Buie
With more than 19 years of experience in the mortgage industry, GREGG OTT has joined Gershman Mortgage as a senior mortgage consultant. SSM Health is pleased to announce it has hired DR. JAMES BLEICHER as president of the physicians’ organization in St. Louis. He succeeded DR. SHANE PENG, who will continue his role as president of physician and ambulatory operations.
Janet McAfee Real Estate is pleased to announce LAURIE BUSCH as its new sales associate. Busch has been a licensed real estate agent since 2010. JIM OTTOLINI has been hired as chief of brewing operations at Brew Hub. He will serve as head brewmaster at the company’s St. Louis location, slated to open in 2016.
Ben McIntosh
ARTIE KERCKHOFF has been promoted to first VP of CBRE’s St. Louis office. He joined the company in 2012. MATT BUKHSHTABER, who also was hired in 2012, Tod Stafford was promoted to senior VP of the St. Louis office.
PAULA BUIE has been named VP, treasury management officer at First Bank in Clayton. She has more than 12 years of banking and financial experience.
A graduate of Maryville University with a master’s degree in business administration, BRYAN LIERMAN has joined Renaissance Financial as a financial advisor. MICHAEL ZENSEN has been named VP of integrated design firm Cannon Design. Zensen has more than 23 years of architecture experience.
ANGIE WISEMAN has joined Cancer Support Community of Greater St. Louis as development director. She previously served as director of development for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society Gateway Area Chapter.
Reliance Bank recently promoted TOD STAFFORD to president and chief risk officer.
WILLIAM MISKALL has joined RedKey Realty Leaders St. Louis, and will specialize in assisting buyers and sellers in Webster Groves, Kirkwood, Affton, Glendale and SouthCity. SANDRA COBURN also has joined the company, and will specialize in luxury properties in St. Louis’ central corridor. Moneta Group’s Compardo Team has added MARC BOGUSLAW to its staff. He will serve as director of business development, and will help grow the team’s relationships with prospective clients.
Eddie Ernst IV
Dr. James Bleicher
MELISSA GRISWOLD was recently named dean of Maryville University’s John E. Simon School of Business. She currently works as director of the financial services program and associate professor of finance, and will take on the new role in June. Magdalene St. Louis recently hired CELESTE SMITH Jason Penfield as its program director. Smith will be the primary care manager for the women in the Magdalene Program.
Sandra Coburn
After acquiring Heartland Bank at the end of 2014, Midland States Bancorp, Inc., recently appointed JASON PENFIELD as director of commercial lending. Penfield has worked at Heartland since 2008. JASON RAMTHUN has been promoted to president of Midland’s St. Louis Market. {LadueNews.com} February 20, 2015
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