St. Louis Shuffle
January 19, 2007
Frank to MO PTAC
Joe Frank will soon be joining the Missouri Procurement Technical Assistance Centers (MO PTAC), Eastern Region office at 100 N. Tucker in downtown St. Louis. MO PTAC helps small businesses get government contracts.
January 08, 2007
Olmstead joins MCHPED
Jennifer Olmstead is staffing the Missouri Coalition for Historic Preservation and Economic Development's annual effort to make sure that the Missouri legislature doesn't harm the program.
December 08, 2006
Lawyers on the Move
From today's StL Biz Journal: Former Gephardt staffer Kevin Gunn is teaming up with City lobbyist Rodney Boyd and going to work for Sonnenschein.
Meanwhile, rumors are that John Temporiti will be leaving the County Executive's office and returning to Gallop, Johnson and Neuman.
November 17, 2006
Director Departures
Two of the most experienced hands in the city were honored today by the Board of Alderman for decades of service to the city; Director of the Streets Department Jim Suelmann and Budget Director Frank Jackson.
Are there two subjects that elicit more consistent and explicit commentary from residents? Doubtful. These two have likely been subjected to strings of adjectives that would make a sailor blush.
Jackson ran the books in the City Budget Department for 28 years serving as an analyst, budget manager, deputy director and finally, for the past 11 years, as director.
Suelmann served as Director of the Department of Public Utilities and, since 1985, as the Director of the Department of Streets. Suelmann is wrapping up 28 years of plowing snow and filling potholes.
“In the last 28 years, we have gone through more mayors than directors,” said Aldermanic President James Shrewsbury introducing Suelmann.
Suelmann thanked the board and his family saying this year he could guarantee he would be home on Christmas.
Alderman Alfred Wessels said the day brought good news and bad news. The bad news is that Jackson was leaving. The good news, he said, “he has finished the '07-'08 budget.”
Jackson's tenure as director was marked by his ability to bash out a balanced budget every year, despite the city's ongoing financial balancing act.
As yet [11 a.m.], successors have not been named. Ideas?
Update: Steve Patterson spotted word on Suelmann's replacement at the Mayor's website.
November 14, 2006
Combest goes pro
joins Vandiver.
Adds disclosure to website.
November 02, 2006
Hamsher new FPF ED
Frank Hamsher has been selected as President and Executive Director of Forest Park Forever.
October 30, 2006
Reeves reappointed
August 15, 2006
Wahby still Chair
Despite rumors, Brian Wahby retained his position as Chair of the City's Democratic Central Committee this evening. He was unopposed.
Yaphett El-Amin did successfully run to replace Pat Moss as Vice Chair.
June 28, 2006
MO Foundation for Health
is looking for new Board members.
And Mentor St. Louis need a new ED.
April 14, 2006
Embree to McCaskill
Tim Embree been traded from Team (Robin) Carnahan to McCaskill for Senate. It bulks up her fundraising which Carnahan doesn't need right now.
February 16, 2006
Halski back to Waylon
Back where he started ten years ago.
February 01, 2006
Dandamudi to Jeff City
Sreenu Dandamudi has accepted the position of General Counsel for the Board of Healing Arts (the state agency that licenses physicians) in Jefferson City.
January 31, 2006
Alice Nicolas, new Ward 15 committeewoman
Not sure if it's official yet, but it's happening.
January 24, 2006
Baybeck Granted Tenure
at UMSL's Political Science Department.
January 18, 2006
And when the time comes
look for Marlene Davis to fill Mike's shoes as 19th ward alderman.
January 06, 2006
Andrews to Green Building Council
After 6 years of service at SLACO, Emily Andrews has accepted the position
of coordinator for the St. Louis chapter of the Green Building Council.
Costello to LRA
Laura Costello, formerly of Des Sales Housing Corp., has been tapped to replace Gee Stewart as the director of LRA.
December 27, 2005
Grand Center seeks
December 19, 2005
Zuke on the move
After five years with the County Library, Carrie Zukoski will join the United Way in St. Louis on January 3 as public relations director.
December 08, 2005
Chignoli to focus on ASC
Dr. Chignoli, who was the Founder and Director of La Clinica which provides free health care for immigrants, has resigned after 10 years. He will be focusing on the parent organization, Accion Social Comunitaria (ASC), which helps immigrants and refugees attain education and social services in St. Louis. ASC has just been named a national model by the U.S. Department of Education and Dr. Chignoli was recognized at the White House for his work with the Hispanic Community.
November 18, 2005
Gibbons for AG
November 03, 2005
Maggie moves up
Maggie Lampe has been promoted to Director of Management Assistance Program at Grand Oak Hill Community Corporation.
October 14, 2005
Committeeman Cacchione
Patrick Cacchione takes Russ Carnahan's spot as 6th ward committeeman. Cacchione has been active in Democratic politics, previously running for congress and alderman.
October 13, 2005
Wamser at BOE
Jerry Wamser, former Republican candidate for mayor, is back doing legal work at the Board of Elections.
October 12, 2005
Changes Dem Committeepeople
Russ Carnahan is resigning from his committeeman position in the 6th ward.
Lou Green resigned from her committeewoman position in the 28th. (She's moving to the 7th ward.)
And Jo Ann Perkins has resigned as 15th ward committeewoman.
October 11, 2005
Thorp to Miriam Foundation
Andy Thorp has taken the role of executive director of the Miriam Foundation.
October 10, 2005
Robnett leaves Garden District
George Robnett has resigned as executive director of the Garden District Commission.
October 05, 2005
Potter aims for BOE
Matt Potter, former assistant circuit attorney, is lining up support to join the Board of Elections (on the Democratic side).
September 26, 2005
Mike Donatt has left the airport
September 21, 2005
Martarella join CMC
Catherine Martarella joins Citizens for Missouri's Children as Policy Analyst. She was previously director of development for the Foster and Adoptive Care Coalition of Greater St. Louis.
September 02, 2005
The incredible shrinking CMC?
Cande Iveson, Citizens for Missouri's Children’s Director of Strategic Initiatives, has left full-time employment. She will continue to work with CMC on the KIDS COUNT Missouri project, and consult on other programs.
August 30, 2005
Burse makes Big Time
John Burse of ONSL was made partner at Mackey Mitchell Associates.
August 23, 2005
MO House Dems hire Marc Powers
Southeast Missourian reporter Marc Powers, who for the last six years has been the Missourians' Jeff City correspondant, has been hired by the Missouri House Democrats to handle their communications. (The timing worked out well, the Southeast Missourian has chosen to close its Jeff City bureau to focus resources on more local stories.)
Powers takes the place of Paul Woody who left to return to law school. Woody moved to the 96th District and expects to remain active in local politics there.
Powers is a St. Louis native, stills owns property on The Hill, and formerly took time away from newspaper writing to be a spokesperson for the Emily Firebaugh campaign for Congress.
August 09, 2005
Ashwell exits Coro
As of August 31, Elizabeth Ashwell will be joining Washington Speakers Bureau, though she'll be working from St. Louis. Ashwell was development director at Coro.
August 05, 2005
Coro names Sue Fisher new ED
Fisher currently heads up the Nonprofit Services Consortium.
August 01, 2005
Ehresman to MO Budget Project
Ruth Ehresman will join Amy Blouin's Missouri Budget Project on August 15. She will focus on health policy.
July 29, 2005
Radtke leaves International Institute
Beth A. Radtke, VP Development & Communications at International Institute, has accepted a position in Charitable Contributions with Commerce Bank. Her last day is August 5.
July 28, 2005
New Symphony Hires
Marketing VP comes from Walt Disney.
July 22, 2005
Angel leaves St. Louis Magazine
Managing Editor Traci Angel is leaving St. Louis Magazine and heading to Columbia, Mo. She accepted a fellowship at the Mizzou journalism school and her husband will be working with mice stem cells for neuro-degenerative disease research.
July 20, 2005
Whose the Recruiter?
ArchPundit over at Blog St. Louis runs down the details on the Draft McNary website.
Ehresman to leave CMC
Ruth Ehresman, Policy Director and 2nd in command at Citizens for Missouri's Children for many years, has decided to leave CMC. Ehresman, who will leave CMC in mid-August, has accepted a position with another agency in St. Louis and will announce the specifics of that at a later date.
June 15, 2005
LeaAnne DeRigne leaves CMC
DeRigne has left Citizens for Missouri's Children and is working on finishing her dissertation, teaching at UMSL, and spending time with her daughter, Ruby.
May 24, 2005
Committepeople changes
1st ward - Committeewoman/State Rep Yaphett El-Amin appointed her husband Talibdin El-Amin comitteeman.
14th ward - Committeeman/State Senator Harry Kennedy appointed Carol Howard committeewoman.
April 29, 2005
Hanaway's new gig
Hanaway has been nominated by Bush to be the new U.S. attorney for Eastern Missouri.
Our source was early, but right. Which is, of course, much, much better than late, but wrong.
Embree to Carnahan Camp
Robin Carnahan has hired Tim Embree, deputy finance director of Slay for Mayor, to work in her political operation.
April 20, 2005
Shake-up in the Mayor's Office?
With the start of the second term, I've heard a couple of rumors about this person or that leaving. Without confirmation, I'll uncharacteristically refrain from passing them along, except this one which is the most interesting of them.
Rainford moves to a special position to explore "regional options", and Sam Simon goes from Public Safety to Chief of Staff. Satisfies the Rainford haters and sets the table for a major strategic initiative towards more city-county consolidation.
April 06, 2005
Gunn to the WG City Council
Kevin Gunn, former Gephardt staffer, has been appointed to fill the Webster Groves City Council vacancy created when Dotty Delassus passed away. He will be sworn in on April 19.
April 01, 2005
L'Ecuyer to Maplewood
Rachelle L'Ecuyer will become Director of Community Development with the City of Maplewood. She starts April 25th.
March 23, 2005
Sullivan to leave NARAL
Carolyn Sullivan, Executive Director of NARAL Pro-Choice Missouri, will be leaving on June 1 and relocating to Columbia, MO.
Blanton to DC
Longtime Metropolis stalwart Fred Blanton is moving to Washington DC.
St. Louis' grave loss.
Come home soon, Fred.
March 19, 2005
Hessel to Bakewell
Fred Hessel, former ED of Grand Oak Hill Community Corp, has joined Bakewell Realtor. 314-721-5555.
March 11, 2005
New logo coming?
Jeffrey Siwak has been named director of marketing for Metro.
March 07, 2005
Rollin Stanley to San Fran?
Examiner says he's on a short list.
January 13, 2005
Dandamudi Update
As of December 28, 2004, The Sierra Club's Eastern Missouri Group (EMG) Executive Committee made Sreenu Dandamudi the Political Chair of the EMG.
He plans to focus on voter turnout for the November 2006 election. The EMG has 6,200 members, in the following Counties: St. Louis City, St. Louis County, Jefferson, Franklin, Washington, Warren, St. Charles, Lincoln, Pike, Ralls, Marion, Lewis, and Clark.
January 06, 2005
Dandamudi becomes MABA VP
Sreenu Dandamudi, former candidate for the 64 th district was voted Vice President of the Missouri Asian Bar Association (MABA). It's a 1-year term.
December 22, 2004
PPRC names Josse Community Fellow
December 10, 2004
Dandamudi joins Sierra Club Exec Board
Sreenu Dandamudi was voted onto the Sierra Club's Eastern Missouri Group (EMG) Executive Committee. It's a 2-year term starting in January.
December 09, 2004
Laudermill Leaves
From the St. Louis American.
December 07, 2004
T-Crone's Latest Book
"Gaslight Square, an oral history" Book Release Party.
Sunday December 12, 2-5pm
Riddles (in the Loop)
Thomas Crone will be signing books.
664-6369 for more information.
November 30, 2004
Dueker goes back to Stinson
Jane Dueker is re-joining Stinson Morrison and Hecker.
November 19, 2004
Youngblood to DC
Kathleen Youngblood, a Senator Bond staffer here in St. Louis, is leaving at the end of November to become Bond's Scheduler in DC.
September 27, 2004
Chocolate Bar II
David Bailey is reopening the Chocolate Bar at 1915 Park under the name Bailey's Chocolate Bar.
Hours will be 4pm to 1am. For more information call 241-8100.
September 20, 2004
Lynn Josse named Community Fellow
Lynn Josse has been named a 2004-2005 UMSL PPRC Community Fellow.
September 16, 2004
Pair of Retirements
Business Journal reports Griggs to depart airport.
Post says Kelley leaving Labor.
September 13, 2004
BRC looking for Youth Organizer
Youth Organizer Wanted
The Freedom Bound Center is seeking a Part-Time Youth Organizer to help
build a youth presence and intergenerational culture within the Black
Radical Congress project. The BRC is seeking an energetic and articulate Youth
Organizer whose main responsibilities will be to identify issues and projects
that engage the young adult members in the organization. The Youth Organizer
reports to the BRC National Organizer.
Qualifications:
-must be self-motivated and an independent worker
-must have at least two years of organizing youth
-must be able to travel
-must have good writing and speaking skills
-must be computer and internet savvy
Duties and responsibilities
-will establish Youth Caucus and Youth listserv
-will focus on recruitment of members to the BRC from ages 18-25 years old
-will speak at youth-centered events on behalf of the BRC
-will participate in regular conference calls with BRC Coordinating Committee
-will submit bi-weekly monthly work reports
Salary
-will work a maximum of 30 hours per month @ $15 an hour; benefits included
Deadline for resumes are September 30, 2004. Resumes can be mailed to the BRC National Office at P. O. Box 24795, St. Louis, MO 63115 or emailed to the
National Organizer at brcnatl@critpath.org. No calls, please.
September 08, 2004
Jill Miller heads to Minneapolis
Jill Miller, state conservation organizer for the Sierra Club's national Global Warming and Energy Program, has left her hometown haunts for a while. She recently moved to Minneapolis to join the Sierra Club's environmental voter education campaign team, where she's helping to shine a bright light on the differences between Bush and Kerry's respective voting records on key issues such as air and water pollution and national forest protections. (You can visit http://sierraclubvotes.org.) She plans to return to St. Louis in mid-November.
August 30, 2004
Dandamudi Opens Law Office
Dandamudi Law Office, LLC
2025 S. Brentwood Blvd., Suite 204
St. Louis, MO 63144
Specializing in: Professional Licensing, Immigration, Criminal, Wills & Trusts.
Also, he's subletting his office space from Terry Crow's firm, Crow, Takacs & Texier, LLC (How's that for Democrats coming together after a primary).
August 19, 2004
Coleman to assume role of Minority Leader
State Senator Maida Coleman will replace Ken Jacob as Minority Leader.
Harris heads to Nebraska
Artie Harris, formerly with the Jeff Smith Campaign, is joining the Connealy for Congress campaign.
Murphy joins NAMI Board
Matt Murphy has been named to the Board of Directors of the St. Louis chapter of the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill.
August 18, 2004
Wahby heads up City's Democratic Central Committee
Elected last night by a vote of 30-24, Brian Wahby replaces Fred Kratky as chairperson of The City Central Committee. City Democrats web-site.
June 06, 2004
Berg goes to work for Dooley
Greg Berg formerly with UNICOM has joined County government as "Executive Assistant" to County Executive Charlie Dooley .
May 26, 2004
Connolly Moving On
Liz Connolly who pens East-West Gateway's widely-read weekly email update has given two weeks notice. She plans to travel.
May 06, 2004
Sortino will go from 2004 to Danforth
Business Journal reports that Peter Sortino will go from 2004 to Danforth.
April 24, 2004
Friedman joins CMT Board
Eric Friedman of Friedman Group, Ltd. has been elected to the Board of Directors of Citizens for Modern Transit.
April 18, 2004
DeRigne joins Mo Kids
LeaAnne Derigne who wrote about welfare reform for the ACC last issue has joined Citizens for Missouri's Children.
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