FRIEDMAN-GILLIAM

Kelli Lyn Friedman, daughter of Mark and Beth Friedman of Maryland Heights, Mo., and Matthew John Gilliam, son of Jim and Sheila Gilliam of Ellisville, have announced their engagement. She is the granddaughter of Goldye Stupp of St. Louis, and the late Bernard Zaretsky and Gertrude Friedman and the late A. Phil Friedman, both of St. Louis. He is the grandson of the late Vernon and the late Mary Busch of St. Louis and the late Floyd and the late Mary Gilliam of St. Louis. The bride-to-be is a graduate of Parkway North High School and the University of Missouri-Columbia where she earned a BSBA in finance and banking and the University of Missouri-St. Louis where she earned an MBA and a graduate certificate in Human Resources. She is currently employed as Senior Vice President of Global Commercial Banking at Bank of America. Her fiance is a graduate of DeSmet High School and St. Louis University where he earned a BSBA degree in finance. He is currently Controller for Dealer Benefits Services, Inc. A September 2008 wedding is planned..