Knorr Marketing Communications
Knorr Marketing Communications (KMC) announces the addition of two new team members. Kristen Sudge joined KMC as a marketing communications specialist, and Celeste Czaicki joined as director of creative services.
As a marketing communications specialist, Sudge develops and implements strategic plans for KMC clients to help them reach their marketing and communications goals. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Art Marketing from the University of North Georgia. As director of creative services, Czaicki directs the development and execution of all creative projects for KMC including project management, budgets, client communication, and quality standards. She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree at Mount Mary University in Wisconsin. Czaicki is a multi-award-winning designer.
Klingner & Associates, P.C.
Two Klingner & Associates, P.C. (Klingner) professional engineers have earned licensures in other states.
Ryan Stonecipher, PE, has earned his professional engineer licensure from the state of Illinois. Stonecipher, who is based in the firm’s Columbia regional office, provides mechanical/electrical engineering to municipalities throughout central and northeast Missouri, Illinois, and southeast Iowa. An engineer with over 16 years of professional experience, he holds additional licensure in Missouri and received a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology.
Joshua Hartsock, PE, has earned his professional licensure from the state of Iowa. Hartsock, based in the firm’s Columbia regional office, provides water and wastewater engineering to municipalities throughout central and northeast Missouri, Illinois, an.d southeast IOWAL’
He holds additional licensure in Missouri and a Bachelor of Science in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of Missouri-Columbia.
Stephen Parshall
UMB Bank announces the promotion of Stephen Parshall as president of UMB’s central Missouri region.
Parshall brings extensive business banking experience, innovative thinking, and an unrelenting passion for the Missouri community to his new role. He has more than nineteen years of financial services industry knowledge and experience. In his new role, Parshall leads UMB’s growth in central Missouri and oversees new commercial relationships comprised of loans, deposits, and comprehensive treasury and payments solutions.
Parshall has a bachelor’s degree from the University of Missouri. He also actively supports the community.
Bridgid Kinney
Columbia Independent School’s Board of Trustees has announced a multi-year contract extension, through June 2028, for Head of School Bridgid Kinney. Kinney was initially named to that positi“Celebrate with the business professionals in our community who are moving up, moving around, and gaining new experiences and opportunities.on in 2021, after serving the school in other roles for more than a decade.
Board of Trustees Chair Jack Miller praised Kinney for her leadership skills during pivotal times in the school’s twenty-five-year history and implementing the board’s strategic plan. Kinney is leading a campus expansion project that includes a new upper school building, renovations to the current building, and the addition of a preschool program for three-year-olds. The campus expansion project will be completed in advance of the start of the 2024-25 school year.
