Newsmakers

The Springfield chapter of the American Institute of Architects presented several awards to Butler, Rosenbury & Partners Inc., as part of the institute’s semiannual design awards program. The firm received awards for its design work on, among others, the Springfield Exposition Center, Southwest Missouri State University’s Blair-Shannon residence hall, Show Me Power Co. and McGregor Elementary School in Springfield.

Communications

Meyer Communications announced several staff changes. Bill Jones is general manager of KBFL FM while Rob Evans is the station’s new program director. John Mayer is program director at KTXR and KWTO.

Community

Brent Dunn, SMSU assistant director of athletic development, received the Leadership Springfield O. Franklin Kenworthy Award for Outstanding Leadership. Dunn, a 1994 graduate of the Leadership Springfield program, is a past chairman of the Springfield Area Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors and is a member of the Central High School A+ Advisory Board, the chamber’s Character Education Task Force and Leadership Springfield Academy.

The Community Foundation of the Ozarks added two new staff members. Edie Boatright, administrative coordinator, is responsible for duties related to the board of directors’ management and assists in human resources. Winter Skelton, communications coordinator, handles public relations and communications efforts for the foundation and its various programs.

Nick Love, Debbie Folk, Lori Barnes and Chris Caudillo were sworn in as president, treasurer, vice president and sergeant at arms, respectively, for a new Springfield Sertoma Club chapter. The Lake Atitlan Medical Project Sertoma Club started May 7.

Education

The Summit Prep, a private school beginning in Springfield in the fall, announced its teaching staff for the 2005-2006 school year. They are Becky Alexander, Sarah Shivler, Rosalee Melugin, Brooke Grana, Amber Studdard, Sarah Leighninger, Kathy Reynolds, Dominique Farruggia and Justin Ormsby.

Parkview High School senior Patrick Carver was a recipient of the 2005 Missouri Award for Outstanding Achievement in Citizenship. Carver is one of 15 high school seniors to receive the award, which is based on academic achievement, extracurricular leadership and community service.

The College of the Ozarks admissions office received a gold regional ADDY award in the collateral materials category for its latest view book, which is handed out to prospective students and to individuals who request more information about the college. The book was selected from more than 500 entries.

Environmental

Brittney Inc. of Springfield has appointed Russ Webb president of the company. Webb, who has 14 years of experience in plant management and a 27-year career in the U.S. Army, has a master’s degree in education and bachelor’s degrees in both business and criminology from Indiana University. He replaces company founder Lee Johnson, who assumes the role of CEO.

Health care

The Missouri Hospital Association presented its 2005 Excellence in Governance Awards during a June 9 presentation at its annual Leadership Forum in Branson. Richard A. Ruestman, board chair of Freeman Health System’s Ozark Center in Joplin, and Bob Simmons, board chair at Skaggs Community Health Center in Branson, were two of five honorees at the event.

Joe Shelton, board member at Citizens Memorial Healthcare in Bolivar, retired after 27 years of service. Shelton worked for 23 years as a professor of psychology at Southwest Baptist University.

McKesson Corp.’s customer-only InfoCenter Web site was chosen as one of the 2005 Ten Best Web Support Sites by the Association of Support Professionals. The site, which supports McKesson’s health care, hospice and telehealth products, was chosen based on overall usability, design, navigation, knowledge base, search implementation, interactive features and personalization.

Missouri Rep. Bryan Stevenson, R-Joplin, was chosen by House Speaker Rod Jetton, R-Marble Hill, as one of five members of the temporary Medicaid Reform Commission. The group will study and review state Medicaid system reform recommendations through Aug. 28, when Senate Bill 539 becomes law and the more permanent Medicaid Reform Commission takes effect.