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Kim Bakker is New Chair of North County Inc., 4 New Board Members Are Added
The Board of Directors for North County Incorporated (NCI), a regional development association, has elected Kim Bakker as Chairwoman for 2010. This is a one-year term, beginning in January 2010. Bakker succeeds Lillie Dumas, Vice-President of Commerce Bank, who served as North County Incorporated’s Chairwoman in 2009. “I have had the pleasure of serving with Kim Bakker on the Executive Board of NCI for several years, and I am confident that she will do a fantastic job of supporting NCI’s 2010 initiatives,” Dumas said. “I look forward to working with Kim as she leads NCI through another economically challenging year.”
Kim Bakker is the Network Director of Community Affairs for SSM Health Care – St. Louis, a role created to strengthen and build collaborative relationships between SSM Health Care and community leadership throughout the metropolitan St. Louis area. In this role, Kim is involved in a number of community and business organizations, including NCI, local Chambers of Commerce and the Lambert Airport Rotary Club. She is often heard telling people that she has the greatest job because of the privilege of working closely with people who care passionately about bettering the quality of life in our communities. Kim has been with SSM Health Care for the past eight years, previously serving as the Community Relations Manager for SSM DePaul Health Center.
The Board of Directors also named several new board members for 2010. NCI’s new Board members for 2010 are Dan Boyle, Attorney with the Boyle Law Firm, LLC; Kim Braddy, Executive Director of the Maryland Heights Chamber of Commerce; Andrea Jackson Jennings, Special Assistant to St. Louis County Executive Charlie A. Dooley; and Anita Martinez, Administrator of ManorCare Health Services.
Dan Boyle is engaged in the general practice of law, including areas of corporate law, civil litigation, real estate law and estate planning. He was also appointed as Provisional Municipal Judge for the City of Florissant in August 2006. Dan is a past-president of the Greater North County Chamber of Commerce, and is also actively involved with the Florissant Rotary, the Florissant Parks Foundation and the Florissant Valley Jaycees.
Kim Braddy has worked with the Maryland Heights Chamber of Commerce since 2000. As Executive Director, she promotes activities and programs to advance the general welfare and prosperity of the City of Maryland Heights and continues to develop the Chamber’s membership. She received the Human Relations Champion Award from Dale Carnegie in 2009.
Andrea Jackson Jennings joined St. Louis County in March 2006 and currently serves as one of two special assistants to St. Louis County Executive Charlie A. Dooley. As a Special Assistant to the St. Louis County Executive, she is responsible for communications and constituents’ affairs for North St. Louis County.
Anita Martinez began working with ManorCare Health Services 25 years ago, and has served as the Administrator for the past 22 years. She is a passionate advocate for senior care and she strives to stimulate involvement and leadership among the senior community and professionals in the health care industry.
2010 North County Inc. Officers
Chair – Kim Bakker, SSM Health Care – St. Louis
Vice Chair – Patty Gould, Pattonville School District
Treasurer – Fletcher Wells II, St. John’s Bank & Trust Company
Secretary – Sandra Weber, US Bank
Past Chair – Lillie Dumas, Commerce Bank
2010 North County Incorporated Board of Directors
Mayor Jack Agnew, City of Dellwood
Kim Bakker, SSM Health Care – St. Louis
Everet Ballard, St. Louis County-Fire Standard Commission Fire Academy
Mayor Virginia A. Bira, City of Vinita Park
Milton Bischof, Trinity Catholic High School
Brenda Bobo-Fisher, St. Louis University
Dan Boyle, The Boyle Law Firm, LLC
Kim Braddy, Maryland Heights Chamber of Commerce
Ann Brand, St. Louis Community College at Florissant Valley
T.R. Carr, Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville
Cheryl Compton, Ed.D., Ritenour School District
Lillie Dumas, Commerce Bank
Craig Felzien, AT&T
Chief Michael Gantner, Black Jack Fire Protection District
Dora Gianoulakis, Spanish Lake Community Association
Lowell Girardier, Girardier Building & Realty Co.
Patty Gould, Pattonville School District
Diana Gulotta, Hazelwood School District
Mayor Patrick Green, City of Normandy
Andrea Jackson Jennings, St. Louis County
Rhonda Key, Ph.D., Riverview Gardens School District
Pat Komoroski, Ph.D., SSM DePaul Health Center
Chief Terry Loehrer, Pattonville Fire Protection District
Mayor Robert Lowery, City of Florissant
Anita Martinez, ManorCare Health Services
Mayor Norm McCourt, City of Black Jack
Karen McKay, Hair Benders
Ronald McMullen, Christian Hospital
Jean Montgomery, City of Berkeley
Howard Nimmons, CPA/PPS, CFP, Nimmons Wealth Management
John O’Mara, Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 562
Shirley Paro, City of Bellefontaine Neighbors
Karen Pierre, University of Missouri-St. Louis
Terry Proffitt, Proffitt Enterprises
Carolyn Pryor-Luster, M.D., Serenity Women’s Healthcare, Inc.
David Reed, St. Louis Mills
Mayor Matthew Robinson, City of Hazelwood
Thomas Schneider, City of Florissant
John Shaw, City of Ferguson
Jeffrey Spiegel, Ferguson-Florissant School District
Rance Thomas, Ph.D., John Knox Presbyterian Church
Mark Tranel, Ph.D., Public Policy Research Center
The Honorable Gina Walsh, State Representative
Sandra Weber, U.S. Bank
Diana Weidinger, Greater North County Chamber of Commerce
Helen Weissler, City of St. Ann
Fletcher E. Wells II, St. Johns Bank & Trust Co.
North County Incorporated is a regional development organization, which acts as a catalyst to define and advocate economic and community development for North St. Louis County. NCI was established in 1977.
