People In Business

  Southern Illinois University Edwardsville will honor 10 remarkable graduates at the 2022 SIUE Alumni Hall of Fame ceremony, “A Night Among the Stars,” on Friday, Sept. 23, at 5:30 p.m. in the Morris University Center’s Meridian Ballroom. The impressive alumni have made exceptional contributions in their chosen fields, in their communities and at SIUE…

Growing up on Center Street, Collinsville native Richard Mark never dreamed he would one day lead a major subsidiary of a Fortune 500 company with 3,500 employees and more than $15 billion in assets. He could only smile when asked if he imagined being named CEO of St. Mary’s hospital in East St. Louis at…

First Mid Bank & Trust recently announced the promotion of Martha Schultz to Regional Deposit Manager. “We are excited to have Martha transition into the role of Regional Deposit Manager,” says Bethanie Cougill, VP, Southern Illinois Deposit Division Manager of First Mid Bank & Trust. “She brings extensive banking knowledge to her new position as…

Bank of Hillsboro’s Effingham Branch is proud to welcome Kyle Lindsey as its newest lender. Lindsey, who is a native of Effingham, comes to the bank with more than 15 years of lending experience, previously handling financing at several local car dealerships. “Kyle brings valuable experience of knowing how to work with people and providing…

Dr. Sameer Vohra named as permanent replacement for Dr. Ngozi Ezike Gov. JB Pritzker has appointed Dr. Sameer Vohra, a pediatrician and healthcare policy expert, to lead the Illinois Department of Public Health beginning Aug. 1. Vohra, the Founding Chair of the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine’s Department of Population Science and Policy, follows…

Centerstone, a national leader in behavioral health and addiction services, has promoted Ashley Newton to the newly created role of chief quality and patient safety officer effective July 1, 2022. This will be the long-established organization’s first enterprise-wide quality officer position. Newton, previously chief operating officer for Centerstone’s Research Institute, will now direct all quality…

Holland Construction Services of Swansea, Ill., has announced the hiring of six new employees for its growing operations team. The new employees include Senior Project Manager Joe Riassetto, Project Manager Andrew Bernard, Assistant Project Manager Ryan Favier and project engineers Andrew Goetz, James Schiber-Arciga and Paityn Jansen. “Holland will reach several new milestones in 2022…

Scott Credit Union was recently named one of the top three credit unions in the State of Illinois in a Forbes best-in-state ranking for 2022. Forbes, in partnership with market research firm Statista, ranked Scott Credit Union a top three credit union in the state based on surveys of credit union members on their overall…

Kirk H. Brown was recently named as the new Region 5 engineer for the Illinois Department of Transportation’s Districts 8 (Collinsville) and 9 (Carbondale). Brown has been with IDOT for more than 30 years, working out of District 8 headquartered in Collinsville. Throughout his time with the department, Brown has taken on a variety of…

The REALTOR® Association of Southwestern Illinois joined forces with the St. Clair County Transit District, Citizens for Modern Transit and AARP to transform the Belleville Transit Center, located at 718 Scheel Street, Belleville, Ill. Members of the REALTOR® Association of Southwestern Illinois spent a day at the station earlier this month planting flowers and working…