People on the move

May 2,2008

Callaway Bank chooses President Bruce Harris's successor
The Callaway Bank's board of directors has chosen its chief operating officer, Kimberly Barnes, as the eventual successor to the current president and chief executive officer, Bruce Harris.

Barnes has been promoted to senior executive vice president of The Callaway Bank and will retain her title as senior vice president of the holding company, Callaway Security Banks, Inc.

Barnes will train alongside Harris, who has been diagnosed with terminal lung cancer.

The Harris family has run Missouri's oldest independent bank since 1897. Bruce's great-uncle Will was president from the turn of the 19th century until 1957, when his uncle John became president. His father, Overton, was president from 1981 until 1999, when Bruce took over the bank's leadership.

"Kim brings over 20 years of pertinent banking experience, commitment and integrity to this position," Bruce Harris said in a news release.  "She is well qualified to lead this bank well into the future.  She and I will work very hard to ensure a smooth and effective transition."

Barnes was among three people in the second tier of the bank's management, along with the Callaway County market president, Rick Gohring; Boone County market president, Gary Meyerpeter; and chief credit officer, Mike Imhoff.

Barnes joined the bank in 1987 after earning a bachelor's degree in accounting from William Woods University. She is a graduate of West Plains High School and is the daughter of Cecil and Helen Brixey of West Plains.  She and her husband, Rob, reside in Fulton.

Hirings

Knorr Marketing Communications has hired Katie Harris as its marketing communications specialist. In her new position, Harris is responsible for client services, including writing, design, media relations and event management. Previously, Harris served as the communications coordinator for university communications in the University of Missouri System, where she was a speechwriter, editor and designer for the office of the president and other system departments.

Lutheran Senior Services at Lenoir Woods has hired Tim Nye as its new health care center administrator. Nye has 27 years of experience in nursing care. He opened the St. Clair Nursing Center for Americare Systems in St. Clair, Mo., in 1987 and has served in other skilled-care facilities. He holds a bachelor's degree in business from Missouri State University.

Lyle Johnson has joined Commerce Bank as assistant vice president, business banking.  He is responsible for business development and relationship management related to Commerce's full line of banking, borrowing and treasury management solutions for commercial clients. Johnson holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Missouri and a master's degree from William Woods University. He also works as an adjunct instructor with the William Woods University MBA Program.

Boone County National Bank has appointed Mark Woodward branch manager for the Columbia Mall Bank. Woodward is responsible for managing daily operations for the branch and for coordinating staff hiring, scheduling, business development and training and development of his employees. Woodward has worked with Boone County National Bank since January 2005.

Elections & Appointments

University of Missouri economics professor Joseph Haslag has been named the first Kenneth L. Lay Chair in Economics. Haslag has been a member of MU's faculty since 2000. He will continue in his role as executive director of the Economic Policy Analysis and Research Center. Haslag's research interests include macroeconomics, monetary theory, growth and development, and financial institutions. He is the author of Macroeconomic Activity and Income Inequality in the United States.

Patrick J. Eng has been appointed to the board of directors for Alternative Community Training (ACT), formerly known as Woodhaven School. ACT is a local non-profit organization whose goal is to help more individuals with disabilities experience all life has to offer. Eng is a founding partner of Eng & Woods Law Partnership.

Two Columbia-based members of the Missouri Procurement Technical Assistance Centers (MO PTAC) have been elected officers of the national Association of PTAC. Morris Hudson, state director of MO PTAC, became president of APTAC. Bill Stuby, MO PTAC central region director with the University Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the University of Missouri's College of Engineering, was elected secretary of APTAC. Hudson and Stuby will be instrumental in developing, implementing and managing the organization's professional development mission. APTAC represents more than 500 procurement counselors at 92 PTAC offices throughout the country.

Marvin E. "Bunky" Wright, an attorney and former officer of the University of Missouri, has been appointed to the board of directors of Providence Bank. Wright retired earlier this month from his job as general counsel for the MU, a post he had held for nearly 10 years. He previously served as staff counsel for the university from 1967 through 1979. Wright was a partner in the Columbia law firm Knight Ford Wright Atwill Parshall and Baker. He served as president of the Missouri Bar Association (1997-98) and was a member of its board of governors for 10 years.

Promotions

Boone County National Bank has promoted Matt Melton to branch manager for the Motor Bank. Melton is responsible for managing the day-to-day operations of the branch, developing and coaching branch employees and providing customer service to the Motor Bank customers. Melton has worked with Boone County National Bank since 2002. He is involved with Columbia Sunrise Southwest Rotary Club and Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Missouri.

Honors

The Radio-Television News Directors Association (RTNDA) recently awarded KOMU-TV 8 four regional Edward R. Murrow Awards for investigative reporting, videography, writing and documentary. Winners of the 2008 Edward R. Murrow Awards include: reporters August Skamenca and Ryan Luby and videographer Scott Schaefer for their Target 8 investigation into the safety of stealth bombers at Whiteman Air Force Base. Schaefer also won an award for best videography for a compilation of his work.  Schaefer, reporter Sarah Hill and graphic designer Scott Schmidt won awards for "Sarah's Stories:  Mercy in Motion," a news series about the Columbia P.E.T. Project's work with immobile people in Vietnam. In addition, Hill won her sixth Murrow Award for a compilation of her writing.

KOMU received the 2008 Contributing Medium of the Year Award from the Missouri Interscholastic Press Association. KOMU News Director Stacey Woelfel also received the organization's 2008 Knight Award for making contributions to scholastic journalism at the high school level.  Student-reporter Karina Petersen won the Missouri Mental Health Awareness Day Media Award from the State Advisory Council for the Division of Comprehensive Psychiatric Services.