People In Business

West Star Aviation recently welcomed Nick Adcock as the new Bombardier Project Manager at their East Alton, IL (ALN) facility. He will assist the team with Bombardier projects. Adcock has over 22 years of aviation experience, previously working for Boeing, Jet Aviation, and the U.S. Army as a UH-60 Blackhawk Crew chief. He holds an…

Derek Schaefer, pre-construction manager at IMPACT Strategies has successfully completed the Design-Build Institute of America’s comprehensive education and certification testing program to achieve the design-build industry’s highest designation as a nationally certified Design-Build Professional®. Two to six years of substantial, documented direct project experiences in design-build project delivery experience is an additional prerequisite for Designated…

Kristin Tincher (holding plaque in photo) of Twin Rivers MRI, has been recognized as Alton Memorial Hospital’s December 2022 Employee of the Month. Tincher received the honor on Dec. 6 from AMH President Dave Braasch and her co-workers, Renee Roady and Lori Moore. According to the nomination submitted by Roady and Moore, “Kristin is always…

Effie Hortis, associate director of academic advising at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, has been appointed as a board member of the National Academic Advising Association (NACADA) International Conference Advisory Board. The board members are chosen with the intent of showing representation across the globe. “This invitation to be part of the board is an honor,”…

HSHS St. Elizabeth’s Hospital presented the quarterly Being Extraordinary Everyday (BEE) Award to Market Coffee Baristas Kim Forman and Tyler Rodriguez. They were nominated by a St. Elizabeth’s volunteer who witnessed their proactive actions in assisting an outpatient entering the facility. Forman and Rodriguez noticed the patient through a window as he was making his…

Chief Judge Andrew J. Gleeson has been elected by the unanimous consent of his colleagues to a fourth, two-year term as Chief Judge of the 20th Judicial Circuit for the State of Illinois, which comprises Monroe, Perry, Randolph, St. Clair, and Washington counties. Judge Gleeson presides over major civil jury and bench trials. He has been…

HSHS St. Elizabeth’s Hospital presented the quarterly National DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses to Logan Blankenship, RN, in the medical-surgical unit.  The award is part of the DAISY Foundation’s nationwide program to recognize the superhuman efforts nurses perform every day. Blankenship was nominated by charge nurse Matt Hill for taking quick action to assist another…

Denise Korte has joined St. Louis-based general contractor, Knoebel Construction, as director of human resources. In this role, Korte works closely with the entire Knoebel team to create a positive, efficient work environment with an emphasis on fostering professional development and growth. To help the firm achieve its overall goals and objectives, she develops and administers…

Michael Ringering’s full-time job is the administrator of several specialty physicians’ offices on the Alton Memorial Hospital campus, but he keeps himself quite busy away from the office, too. Writing is his other game, and Ringering recently released his third novel, Where Butterflies Go to Die, as well as his fifth short story, The Boy…

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s J.T. Snipes, Ph.D., assistant professor of educational leadership, has been honored as one of the American College Personnel Association’s Diamond Honorees Class of 2023. The honoree program recognizes dedicated individuals who have an outstanding and sustained commitment to higher education through student affairs and student development. “Oftentimes, the work that we…