People In Business

A St. Louis law firm dedicated to labor and employment defense law is expanding by adding three attorneys. McMahon Berger’s primary focus is on representing private and public employers, associations, and insurance companies of various sizes and in various industries throughout the country. The firm handles matters covering the full range of employment litigation, employment…

Titan CEO and headline sponsor Wipfli LLP have announced Jim Maher, CEO and founder of Archford, as a 2022 Titan 100. The program recognizes St. Louis’ Top 100 CEO’s & C-level executives. They are considered the area’s most accomplished business leaders in their industry using criteria that includes demonstrating exceptional leadership, vision, and passion.  Collectively…

Clark Kaericher is now senior vice president Government Affairs with the Illinois Chamber of Commerce. Clark will continue to serve as the executive director of the Chamber’s Technology and Infrastructure Councils. Kaericher leads the Chamber’s Government Affairs efforts to promote good business policy in Illinois. In this position, Kaericher advocates on behalf of our members…

Top from left: Anthony Garza Top and Anna Eisenbath. Bottom from left: Gwen Arenberg and Rebecca Reifel S. M. Wilson & Co., a St. Louis-based construction manager with offices on both sides of the Mississippi River, has promoted four team members. Anna Eisenbath and Gwen Arenberg have been elevated to project managers. Anthony Garza will…

Todd Stonewater, an Edward Jones financial advisor in O’Fallon, Ill., recently qualified for the firm’s Financial Advisor Leaders Conference, which celebrates the contributions and achievements of some of the firm’s most successful financial advisors. The conference will be held Sept. 29-30 in St. Louis. During the two-day conference, attendees will hear from internal and external speakers…

Laura Scarborough has joined the Great Rivers & Routes Tourism Bureau in Alton as the new destination sales manager. Scarborough’s role will include highlighting southwest Illinois to potential domestic and international group travelers as well as attracting meetings/conferences to the six-county bureau region. “We are looking ahead to ways we can grow the region and…

DraftKings and CQ Holding Company Inc. will officially unveil a new 6,000-square-foot state-of-the-art permanent retail sportsbook on Tuesday, March 29, at DraftKings at Casino Queen in East St. Louis. The sports betting facility will provide what is being called a unique sports betting and viewing experience with a 60-foot video wall, dozens of high-definition televisions,…

The Illinois Community College Board has hired Leonard “Gary” Cruise to lead the East St. Louis Higher Education Campus.  As director, Cruise will act as a liaison between the campus partners that manage and deliver programs and the ICCB. The ESLHEC provides community college classes to residents of East St. Louis and surrounding communities.  Southern…

Madison County Treasurer Chris Slusser, R-Wood River, says he plans to run again for the office to build on what he calls his track record of success. The primary election will be held on June 28. “In the last five years, I led reform efforts that paid off in record gains for taxpayers,” said Treasurer…

Stephanie Bishop, owner/operator of seven McDonald’s restaurants in Metro St. Louis, recently held a grand reopening ceremony for her newly improved restaurant at 109 East Highway 50 in O’Fallon, Ill. The mayor, Herb Roach, and dignitaries from the O’Fallon-Shiloh Chamber of Commerce, and City of O’Fallon Fire and Police Departments attended a ribbon cutting and…