TOP DRAWER ; HIGHLIGHTING THE NEW AND NOTEWORTHY [Columbia Daily Tribune (MO)]

ONWARD & UPWARD

The William Woods University Board of Trustees has added six new members: Judith Horton Chapman, class of 1960 of Houston, Texas, retired owner of Esther Wolf Women's Luxury Apparel; Neal Clapper, class of 1980, of Auburn, Calif., enterprise server and storage vice president for Hewlett-Packard Co.; Diana Petrovich-Tao, class of 1981 of Park City, Utah, former COO of Arby's Restaurant Group; Janet Loveland Rohman, class of 1972 of Los Angeles, sales associate with Loveland-Carr Properties; Judy Kuergeleis Schmuck, class of 1972 of Wildwood, former educator and current chapter adviser for the Delta Chi chapter of Alpha Chi Omega at William Woods; Romaine Seguin, class of 1982 of Miami, Fla., president of UPS Americas Region.

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Kat Cunningham, owner of Moresource Inc., has been named to the Missouri History Museum's board of trustees, located in St. Louis.

U.S. Bank has announced two promotions: Jason Philips to vice president and Marianne Kraft to business banking officer. Philips has been with the bank since 2004 and serves clients within the commercial banking department. Kraft has been with the bank since February and serves clients within the commercial banking department.

The Columbia Chamber of Commerce has announced the members of the 2011-12 Leadership Columbia program: Jane Breen, Shelter Insurance Cos.; Ada Buckman, Commerce Bank; Nathan Eckhoff, Crockett Engineering Consultants; John Findley, Landmark Bank; Lindsey Gentry, University of Missouri School of Medicine; Brian Hazelrigg, State Farm Insurance Cos.; Jason Herman, State Farm; Paul Hopkins, Truman Memorial Veterans' Hospital; Nick Kenny, Boone County National Bank; Mike Kleffner, Wallace Architects LLC; Marianne Kraft, U.S. Bank; Chuck Leake, Boone County Fire Protection District; Chris McCullough, GFI Digital Inc.; Mike Messer, Mike Messer Agency LLC; Jill Nagel, ABC Laboratories Inc.; Sunday Nickerson, Dave Griggs Flooring America; David Nivens, Midwest Computech; Crystal Payne, First State Community Bank; Emily Price, Bucket Media Inc.; Kylene Richardson, Stephens College; Aaron Rigdon, The Callaway Bank; Amy Schneider, Columbia Convention and Visitors Bureau; Michelle Sells, Columbia Insurance Group; Carrie Spicer, Courtyard by Marriott; Heather Stewart, Heart of Missouri United Way; Amanda Stone, Jacobs Realty Inc. Property Management; Stephanie Turner, The Schmuke Financial Group; Jennifer Williamson, The Callaway Bank; Angela Winterbower, University of Missouri Health Care; and Kelley Zynda-Upham, Tiger Place. The co-chairmen of the class are previous graduates John Bucksath of ABC Laboratories Inc. and Jim Yankee of Flat Branch Mortgage.

Agents National Title Insurance Co. has announced several personnel moves. Katie Tegerdine has been promoted to director of operations, and Nick Curtis has been promoted to senior accountant. The firm also announced the addition of Robert Noce as claims counsel and Kip Batye as a staff accountant.

KUDOS

Cathy Anderson, a financial adviser for Raymond James Financial Services, recently was named a member of the 2012 Executive Council, which is presented to advisers who have demonstrated a high level of commitment to clients.

BUSINESS CALENDAR

The Columbia Chamber of Commerce has scheduled events for the following day:

TUESDAY

Education Committee, 8 a.m., Walton Building, 300 S. Providence Road.

Women's Network Membership Development Committee, noon, Walton Building.

EPIC Executive Committee, 3:30 p.m., Walton Building.

Ribbon-cutting, Lutheran Family & Children's Services and Hickman High School Art Competition & Show, 4:30 p.m., Artlandish Gallery, 1019 E. Walnut St.

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