People In Business

Natalie Jablonski, Director of Communications at Schnuck Markets, Inc., has been named the 2023 board chair for the Illinois Division of United Way of Greater St. Louis. “I firmly believe that when we come together to support one another we are paving a path to a brighter tomorrow for our community,” Jablonski said. “When we…

Building on a strong team of diverse experts in their fields, Governor JB Pritzker announced the following appointments in his administration: Illinois Department of Natural Resources Natalie Finnie will serve as Director of the Department of Natural Resources.* Finnie has served as Deputy Director of DNR since August of 2021 where she oversaw the Office…

The College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville awarded Gary Hicks, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Mass Communications, with the William and Margaret Going Endowed Professorship Award, the most distinguished faculty award of the College. A member of the LGBTQ+ community with more than 25 years of work experience as…

Armstrong Teasdale announces the addition of Partner Michael Burwick to the firm. Burwick has nearly 30 years of experience as a tax, corporate and securities lawyer, focusing on tax deferral, mitigation and minimization. He joins a roster of more than 700 lawyers and staff professionals across Armstrong Teasdale’s 16 offices internationally and will serve clients…

Chris Couch received his mechanical engineering degree from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville in 2019 and since then has seen great success in his career in the pumping industry. His hard work has not gone unnoticed as he was named to the “10 Pump Professionals to Watch” list by Pumps & Systems magazine. “It is a…

S. M. Wilson & Co., a St. Louis-based construction manager and contracting firm, has promoted Brad Homes to Senior Project Manager and Emily Bozarth to Assistant Project Manager. Homes has worked at S. M. Wilson over the past eleven years as a project engineer, assistant project manager and project manager. As Senior Project Manager, Homes…

Kwame Building Group (KWAME) has added Stan Richardson as Senior Project Manager and Majid Naseh as Project Engineer.   Richardson has 15 years of industry experience in new construction and renovation for healthcare, K-12 and higher education facilities as well as transportation and public works projects. He is overseeing the City of St. Louis Cervantes Convention…

Knoebel Construction, a top St. Louis-based general contractor, has promoted Jesse Schilligo to Director of Operations. Schilligo brings more than 13 years of commercial construction experience with expertise in field management and joined Knoebel in 2017 as Project Manager. As Director of Operations, he is responsible for ensuring that all project teams produce high-quality work…

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Yun Lu, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Chemistry in the College of Arts and Sciences, has recently been awarded a $433,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for his biomolecular reaction mechanism study project entitled, “Temperature Dependence of Hydride Kinetic Isotope Effects in Solution to Test the Proposed…

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Denise Cobb, Ph.D., has named Saulius Drukteinis, DMD, MS, Ph.D., as the dean of SIU School of Dental Medicine (SDM) following a national search. The appointment is subject to final approval by the Office of Human Resources and the Board of Trustees, with Dr.…