Mary Ann Van Lokeren was elected a director in April, 1996. Mrs. Van Lokeren is the Chief Executive Officer of Krey Distributing Company. Krey Distributing Company is the exclusive Anheuser Busch wholesaler for St. Charles and Lincoln counties in Missouri. She is also a director of Laclede Gas Company, and Masco Corporation. Until February 2000, she was a director of CPI Corporation. She has served as a director of Commerce Bank, a subsidiary of the Company.
