People In Business

    Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale, P.C., announce that Daniel R. Garner and Donald D. McBride, officers in the firm’s St. Louis office, have been named to the Benchmark 40 & Under Hot List 2018.     The list includes a selective group of attorneys age 40 and under from across the country who have “been deemed the most promising emerging…

    Southern Illinois University Edwardsville has named Steve Huffstutler as associate vice chancellor for Information Technology and chief information officer. Huffstutler has served in that role in an interim capacity since 2015.     As interim, Huffstutler has led a staff of more than 100 professionals in support of the university’s technology service, systems, and infrastructure,…

    St. Louis-based public relations firm, The Hauser Group Inc., announced Abigail Rolland of Millstadt, has been promoted to senior account executive.     For the past two and a half years, she has worked alongside the agency’s president and other staff members to provide services for a range of clients. She now will have a…

    Dr. John Pargulski has been added to the medical staff of Alton Memorial Hospital and St. Louis Cardiology Consultants. He is now accepting new patients in the St. Louis Cardiology Consultants office in Medical Office Building A (Suite 102) on the AMH campus. Pargulski is board certified in cardiovascular disease, nuclear cardiology and echocardiography,…

    Edwardsville-based public relations and marketing firm Cork Tree Creative, Inc. announced the addition of Luke Jansen as account executive.     Jansen is a native of Effingham and resides in St. Louis. He is a recent graduate of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville with a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing and Public Relations. Jansen worked…

    HSHS St. Joseph’s Hospital awarded nurse navigator Deb Elledge, RN, BSN, with the DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses. The award is part of The DAISY Foundation’s program to recognize the super-human efforts nurses perform every day.     Elledge received the award for going above and beyond in the case of a 16-year-old cancer patient,…

    Martha Ravenhill has joined Heyl Royster’s Edwardsville office as an associate.    She previously served as an assistant attorney general in the Missouri Attorney General’s Office where she tried numerous jury trials and argued cases before the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. She also practiced general civil liability defense litigation for…

    Senior Services Plus, of Alton, announced that its travel coordinator Pam Kaizer has earned the distinction of President’s Club Executive Level with Collette Vacations.    The distinction entitles Kaizer to the 10-day Exclusive President Club’s Annual Summit to be held March 2019. The summit will take place on a Rhine River cruise.

    Jerseyville resident Kyle Ogden has been promoted to senior project manager at Helmkamp Construction, a general contractor in East Alton.    On the brink of graduating with a Construction Management degree from Western Illinois University, Ogden joined Helmkamp as an intern in March of 2007. He was later promoted to project manager in 2011. He…

    Lindenwood University-Belleville recently selected alumni Stacie Moore of St. Louis and Yolanda Weston of Belleville as the 2018 Outstanding Belleville Alumni Service Award recipients.    Each spring, the Lindenwood University-Belleville Alumni Relations Office, in coordination with the Office of the Campus President, selects and recognizes up to two alumni who have, through volunteer service, stood…