St. Louis received recognition on the national stage when our local Boys & Girls Club president Flint Fowler accepted a unite4:humanity Inspiration Award during the organization’s first-ever awards ceremony in Los Angeles last week. Fowler was one of five in the nation to be recognized with the award in the area of Youth Development/Education for his involvement with programs that help young people develop character and achieve success. He earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Washington University and a Ph.D. from Saint Louis University. Fowler accepted the award alongside such other honorees as Selena Gomez (Young Humanitarian Award) and Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Creative Commitment in TV Award). unite4good is a global movement that encourages acts of kindness and service.
Pinnacle Entertainment has named Ward Shaw new general manager of River City Casino & Hotel in south St. Louis county. With 15 years of experience in the gaming industry, Shaw comes here from his most recent post as GM of Tropicana Evansville in Indiana. He is a graduate of Vanderbilt University and Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business, where he earned a master’s degree. Shaw also served four years as a naval officer on the USS Roanoke in the Western Pacific.
Fred Steinbach, partner at MSW Marketing, has been named a board member of the United Way for a three-year term starting this month. The former mayor of Chesterfield (that city’s first) has a distinguished history of local service, including as a board member for the Symphony, Fontbonne College, the Asthma & Allergy Foundation and the Missouri Human Rights Commission. He resides in Chesterfield with his wife Patty. The couple have two grown children, also in the St. Louis area
Mike Pettit, chairman of the Stephen Pettit Memorial Golf Tournament to benefit Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, has joined L3 Corporation. Formerly executive director of retail services at Sansone Group, Pettit brings years of commercial real estate experience to L3, a retail commercial brokerage firm operating in more than 100 cities across North America. Founded in 1998, the company’s home offices are in Creve Coeur.
By Dorothy Weiner
