Terry McDaniel was recently appointed the new CEO at Ronnoco Coffee. He has 30 years of experience in the food and beverage industries, including stints at Häagen-Dazs, Nestlé and Tropicana.

Amy Zielinski has been named assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction in the Ladue School District, effective July 1.

Samantha Fisher has been named director of communications for Gateway Arch Foundation.


Dr. Matthew Irvin
will become principal of Webster Groves High School July 1. He currently is associate principal at Lafayette High School.


St. Louis-based marketing communications firm Arco & Associates has promoted Jillian Hausmann to partner. She joined the firm in 2015 and previously worked as a digital marketing strategist and marketing director.

Volunteers for Assistance League of St. Louis received the 2018 Community Service Award sponsored by Commerce Bank. The nonprofit’s more than 500 volunteers contribute more than 72,000 hours a year to benefit local children and adults.

Julie Reed will be the new director at the Center for Hearing and Speech. She replaces Rita Tintera, who retired after 25 years in the role.

BW Leadership Institute promoted Susan Conrad to partner. She joined the organization in 2017 and previously served as director of outreach.

Maury Humphries has been hired as a local jewelry consultant for Leslie Hindman Auctioneers. Humphries has more than 30 years of experience in the jewelry industry and led the jewelry department at the original Ben J. Selkirk & Sons Auctioneers.


The Missouri Athletic Club elected a new president earlier this year. Keith Phoenix, chairman of the organization’s finance committee and a founding member of the Sandberg, Phoenix & von Gontard law firm, will lead the private club.

Jeanna Woods, administrator of Delmar Gardens in Creve Coeur, received the 2018 Eli Pick Facility Leadership Award from the American College of Health Care Administrators (ACHCA). Woods was among 351 administrators across the country to be recognized.

Entrepreneur and civic leader Bob Fox has sold his 34-year-old business, New Space Inc., to Monte Bordeaux and Jay Kamps. Renamed The NewSpace Group, it will focus on business interiors, home organization and custom woodworking. Bordeaux had been the company’s president since 2004.

Susan Katzman is the National Council of Jewish Women St. Louis’ new president.

Family-owned Liston Design Build won three awards at the annual Home Builders Association of St. Louis and Eastern Missouri’s Sales, Marketing & Construction Awards event: Remodeling Project of the Year (overall redesign under $300,000), Kitchen Remodeling Project of the Year and Remodeling Project of the Year (miscellaneous category).

Michael Peoples will take over as principal of University City High School. He most recently served as associate principal at Hazelwood East High School.


Radiologist Dr. Christopher Swingle of West County Radiology has been elected president of the St. Louis Metropolitan Medical Society. Swingle is an attending physician at Mercy Hospital St. Louis.