Easter Seals Midwest has named Chris Wittenauer its new board chairman. The organization specializes in services for persons with autism and/or developmental disabilities. Wittenauer, an attorney with Peabody Energy Corporation, formerly served as in-house legal counsel for a division of Emerson. He has been involved with Easter Seals Midwest since 2007.
Missouri State Administrative Hearing Commission has elected Sreenivasa Rao Dandamudi as presiding and managing commissioner. The commission conducts hearings and makes conclusions of law in court cases involving a license issued by a number of state agencies. Dandamudi has extensive experience in the public sector, beginning in 2001 when he served as Assistant Attorney General.
Sanford Neuman has been elected board president of Lifelong Vision Foundation, a nonprofit that improves the lives of those living with visual impairments through research, programs and public awareness. Neuman, a senior partner at Polsinelli, has a long record of public service, including on the boards of the St. Louis Symphony, Jewish Federation and Jewish Center for Aged. He is also on the National Council of the Washington University School of Law, where he was an adjunct professor in the graduate tax program.
Friendship Villages has named Kate Myers director of its Friendship Fund, developed in 2011 to channel donations into improving services for residents. Myers formerly worked as director of volunteer services at St. Mary’s Health Center and as American Cancer Society manager of community development.
Michael Scully, regional president of PNC Bank, has been named chairman of the Regional Arts Commission Board of Commissioners. He succeeds Donna Wilkinson in heading the area’s largest funder of the arts after serving as board treasurer for the past eight years. The economic impact of the arts in St. Louis is thought to exceed $582 million.
Congratulations to Nancy Georgen, named Moneta Group‘s 2013 Principal of the Year. The award is based on peer nominations and recognizes exceptional qualities. Georgen has been with the Clayton investment advisors group since 1972. In addition, she serves on the boards of Fontbonne University, COCA and Nonprofit Services Center.
Ray Wiesehan, vice president of crisis management—Ameren Corporation, is the new board president of Memory Care Home Solutions. A board member since 2012, Wiesehan is a graduate of Webster University with more than 40 years of operational experience with Ameren.
Trial lawyer Alan Kohn has joined Sher Corwin Winters as of counsel. Kohn was a founder and partner in Kohn, Shands, Elbert, Gianoulakis & Giljum specializing in legal and accounting malpractice, securities and RICO litigation, class action defense and appeals. He is a former U.S. Supreme Court law clerk and a graduate of Washington University and its law school.
By Dorothy Weiner
