People In Business

Town and Country Bank welcomed Shelley Manthei to its growing mortgage lending team in Edwardsville. Manthei will assist clients with mortgage solutions that meet their distinct purchasing and refinancing needs. “We are so happy to have Shelley join our expanding mortgage team as a Mortgage Loan Originator based out of our Edwardsville location. Her wealth…

Abel Anderson, Edwardsville community bank president at First Mid Bank & Trust, has been named 2022 auxiliary board chair for the Tri-Cities Area Division of United Way of Greater St. Louis. He succeeds Nancy LeVault, who held the chair position in 2020. “I feel fortunate that I have the ability to help others and support…

Madison County State’s Attorney Tom Haine announced today that Emily Johnson Nielsen has been hired and sworn in as the Civil Division chief for the State’s Attorney’s Office. “We’re pleased to have Emily as our new Civil Division Chief,” Haine said. “With her wealth of experience in civil litigation and local government law and her…

West Star Aviation, the largest operation at St. Louis Regional Airport in East Alton, has been acquired by The Sterling Group, a middle market private equity firm, from the previous investor, Norwest Equity Partners, a middle market investment firm. A West Star spokeswoman said there are no planned changes with the new company. “The West…

The team of Kaskaskia Engineering Group, LLC was honored as “Medium Firm of the Year” at the annual ACEC Illinois 2022 Engineering Excellence Awards. Founded in 2006, the engineering and construction firm has grown from a three-person operation in a small, shared office space in Belleville to its impressive portfolio today of nine offices in…

James T. Minor officially began his appointment as Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s 10th chancellor on Tuesday, March 1. “It is my honor to join the faculty, staff and students of SIUE to define our future,” Minor said. “Higher education is a catalyst for solving pressing social problems, driving economic development, and promoting social mobility for…

Cahokia Heights-based AVANT Aerospace, a wholly owned subsidiary of East Alton-based West Star Aviation Holdings, LLC, recently acquired an inventory of Dassault Falcon 900EX parts and ground support equipment. Rotable parts, wheels, starter generator, fire bottles and other components are being offered for sale through AVANT Aerospace and are located at AVANT’s Cahokia facility. “These…

FGM Architects announced Tuesday that LeMay Erickson Willcox,  a 19-person architectural studio based in Reston, Va., is joining the firm. Effective immediately, FGMA has a workforce of 165 architects, interior designers and other professionals. Its offices are located in Chicago, Oak Brook and O’Fallon, Ill.; St. Louis; Austin, TX; Reston, VA; and Milwaukee, WI. “With…

Fairview Heights-based IMPACT Strategies has completed two tenant finish projects at the Fenton Logistics Park in Fenton, Mo., the firm’s fifth and sixth projects there. The first of the latest projects is a 39,000-square-foot expansion for BASF; the second is a 2,100 square-foot tenant fit-out for Curology. The BASF expansion utilized adjacent vacant space to…

St. Elizabeth Healthcare Foundation in Granite City recently announced its annual scholarships awards for 2021, in the amount of $68,966.  Direct scholarships in the amount of $60,966 went to 13 young men and women who are pursuing a medical career, plus $8,000 to Southwestern Illinois College.  The 2021 gifts will bring the total amount given…