Big Man on Campus

Todd Parnell, founding investor in The Bank and former president of The Signature Bank, March 2 was named as the first executive director of Drury University’s Edward Jones Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation. Above, Parnell is congratulated during the news conference at SRC Holdings Corp. by SRC President and CEO Jack Stack, left, and Drury business administration professor Janis Prewitt-Auner.

Parnell will begin in his new position June 1 at the center, which will teach students and executives entrepreneurial and leadership skills and guide them in creating ideas, starting businesses and managing new enterprises within existing businesses.