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Executive Director(s):

Scott T. Simon
scottsimon@bnistl.com

Executive Director of BNI Metropolitan St. Louis area since December 1994, Scott T. Simon is a native St. Louisan currently residing in Kirkwood, Missouri with his wife Teresa and daughter Tiffany. He received a B.S. in Marketing / Business Management and a M.B.A. in Finance from Central Missouri State University in 1974. Following graduation he went to work for General Foods Corporation, Maxwell House Coffee Division where he became the top sales person for their region in his first year.

In 1975 he returned to the St. Louis area to enter the commercial real estate business and became a partner in the firm of Lechner & Simon Inc. in 1978 specializing in land transactions for companies such as McDonald’s, Texaco, Red Roof Inns and many local area businesses where he “helped turn one man’s dirt into another man’s dream”.

In 1994 he was introduced to and became a franchise owner of BNI, The Business Network International for Missouri and Southern Illinois. He is also a contributing author to the best selling book Masters of Networking, Building Relationships for Your Pocketbook and Soul.

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Area Director(s):

Mike Tobin
314-359-9464, Newsletter Central and Southern Missouri
Blog: http://www.bnimissouri-illinois.blogspot.com/

Mike is the Area Director for BNI Central and Southern Missouri. His region goes as far south as the Arkansas/Oklahoma border and as far north as the Iowa border. It currently consists of (4) areas: Region 6 Area (St. Charles County/ North St. Louis County); Mid-Missouri Area (Columbia/Hannibal area); East Central Area (Franklin/Jefferson County); SW Missouri Area (Springfield, Joplin, Lake of the Ozarks, Branson). Mike started off as a BNI member in 1995 and has held (8) officer positions.

BNI Central and Southern Missouri started with approx (8) chapters and has grown to over 34 chapters with 600+ members across the state. Plans for growth include: Joplin, Missouri, SE Missouri Area and further chapter development across all areas. He is also the MSP trainer for Columbia, Washington ,and Springfield, MO.

Mike lives in St. Charles County. He is married to Michelle, and has a daughter, Dallas who is a sophomore at Francis Howell Central. When not working, he enjoys fishing and camping, watching Dallas play volleyball and doing things with the family.

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John Suarez
618-593-0489, Newsletter Southern Illinois and South St Louis County
Blog: http://bnisuarez.blogspot.com/

John joined BNI in 2000 as a commercial Realtor in Illinois. After holding several leadership team positions, John became an Assistant Director in 2001 starting with three Illinois chapters. In 2004, John traded commercial real estate for a larger role with BNI as an Area Director for an Illinois territory that has expanded to f4 chapters and 300 members ranging from Waterloo in the south to Alton in the north. In June 2005, John took over Area Director responsibilities for 12 chapters in Missouri as well.

As the Regional Training Director for BNI, John conducts the Member Success Program (MSP) workshops in Illinois and Missouri each month that reached more than 1,100 members in 2004. He is credited with expanding the tools for Leadership Teams and Education Coordinators, and is currently working on several new training initiatives for BNI.

John lives in Belleville, Illinois with Barbara and her two sons, Devin and Quenten. His daughter, Alexia, lives nearby and attends Wesclin High School. John has a bachelor’s degree from McKendree College and a master’s degree from Ball State University. In his spare time, John enjoys “hanging” with the family, reading, music, movies, racquetball, and baseball.

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