SIX JOIN CID BOARD OF MANAGERS

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, February 2006 – Central Institute for the Deaf (CID) has named Timothy J. Koehl, David A. Ripes, Arthur L. Scharff and Linda M. Woodruff, SPHR to its board of managers. Robin M. Feder, CFRE, executive director of CID, announced that each was voted in by the full board at its winter meeting. In addition, CID named teacher Nancy Barklage, MS, CED CID staff representative and Lesa Thomas, the mother of a CID student, parent representative on the board.

Timothy Koehl is a principal responsible for Segment 2 Sales Training globally for Edward Jones. Koehl joined the firm as an investment representative in 1987, operating branch offices in Marysville and Eaton, Ohio. In 1994, he was named regional leader for the firm’s efforts in southwest Ohio. While in Eaton, he was president of the local Rotary Club, chairman of the 1-6-9 Board for the Developmentally Disabled, and president and board member of the United Way. He also served as president of the Eaton Athletic Boosters Club, as financial chair of the Miami Valley Council, Boy Scouts of America, and president of the Kenton YMCA. In 1998, Koehl relocated to Canada to oversee products, services and marketing for Edward Jones, later becoming responsible for sales training in that country. Koehl moved with his family to St. Louis in 2005. He is a member of the Financial Planning Association.

David Ripes is an assistant vice president at Enterprise Rent-A-Car, where he is in charge of starting a new initiative marketing fleet management to governmental entities. Ripes began his career at Enterprise in Southern California 16 years ago as an account executive in the fleet management division. In 1996, after serving as regional sales manager, he was promoted to fleet services director and moved his family to St. Louis. In his current role as head of government marketing, Ripes is responsible for developing programs and training and for supporting the field operations focused in this new area. Ripes is a former member of the board at United Cerebral Palsy of St. Louis.

Arthur Scharff is the founder and CEO of Presidents' Council, an organization dedicated to providing corporate leaders with the structure, time and process to become more effective leaders. Currently, he chairs four such groups in the St. Louis region. He was a member of the Young Presidents' Organization (YPO), for which he co-developed the President's Forum (a precursor to the Presidents' Council), the International Moderator Training Program and the Forum Officer's Workshop models and for which he chaired the North American and International Forum programs. He also founded the St. Louis chapter of the Young Entrepreneurs' Organization (YEO) and co-developed The Essence of Forum, a guide on how leaders successfully moderate group process. The guide has been translated into Spanish, French and Japanese. Scharff is a board member and executive committee member of Forest Park Forever. He retired as CEO of Smith-Scharff in 2001.  
Linda Woodruff is a human resources professional at Nike IHM, St. Charles with extensive experience in recruitment and selection, policy development, benefits administration, employee relations, associate retention, conflict resolution and management counseling. Before joining Nike in 2005, she was a senior recruiter for MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc. and a human resources manager for Samsung America Inc., Watts Anderson Burrows and Sanyo Fisher Company.        

CID board of managers officers for the year 2006 are: Thomas R. Jayne, president; Robert G. Clark, Richard C. Jensen, Ralph W. Kalish, Jr., Joanne P. Knight, Hugh Scott, III, William B. Sheldon, James M. Snowden, Jr., W. Bruce Springer and John D. Weil, vice presidents; Barbara B. Morriss, secretary; Amy R. Tighe, assistant secretary; Theodore M. Armstrong, treasurer, and C. Baker Cunningham, assistant treasurer.