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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.

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