People In Business

Belleville-based Caritas Family Solutions has hired Hope Carbonaro as its first executive director of child welfare. Carbonaro comes to Caritas with more than 30 years of clinical and child welfare experience in the public and private sectors. Caritas Family Solutions CEO Gary Huelsmann said, as the second-largest provider of foster care services in the state,…

Madisen Basarich, an employee of the Pontoon Beach Burger King, has been awarded a $1,000 scholarship from the Burger King Scholars program. Basarich is one of 73 area college students, including 13 employees or children of employees, to receive a scholarship sponsored by franchisee Broadway Restaurant Group. Basarich will use the $1,000 scholarship towards tuition…

The William M. BeDell Achievement and Resource Center (arc) in Wood River will host a parade on Friday, Nov. 12, at 11:30 a.m.  The agency will also resume its annual tradition of a dance and auction on Saturday, Nov. 13 at 7 p.m. The second annual parade, honoring veterans, will take place at the administrative…

Bank of Hillsboro has officially opened its new permanent branch in downtown Staunton at 227 East Main St. “We are extremely excited to be in the new location and have permanent roots in the community that has welcomed us with open arms,” said SVP Regional Manager Mike Ward. “We chose this new location because of…

Illinois Department of Transportation Highway Maintainer Alan Ingle was hauling rock from the Casey gravel pit to Effingham earlier this year when he saw a crash occur just ahead of him: A semi traveling southwest on Interstate 70 flipped and landed in a ditch. Ingle reacted immediately. First, he warned oncoming traffic of the crash…

S.M. Wilson & Co. has promoted Mary Anderson to project manager; Emily Echele, Ayo Ojolola and Kim von der Heyde, LEED AP BD+C to assistant project manager; Kelli Manegre to senior marketing coordinator; and Tracey Lewis to office manager. Anderson started as an intern with S. M. Wilson, working for the firm for nearly two…

Newbridge Properties held a groundbreaking ceremony on Oct. 7 to celebrate the start of construction of its newest senior living facility in Cape Girardeau, Mo.  – Newbridge Retirement Community. Vessel Architecture is the architect for the new state-of-the-art facility; IMPACT Strategies, based in Fairview Heights, is the construction manager. Construction is expected to be complete…

HSHS Medical Group welcomed Alexander Workman, DO, to its medical team. Specializing in family medicine,  Workman is now scheduling patients at Clinton County Rural Health Breese,  located at 9401 Holy Cross Lane, Breese. As a primary care provider, Workman cares for patients of all ages and offers a variety of services, including minor procedures, general…

Silvia Torres Bowman is passionate about helping small businesses become competitive in the global marketplace. As director of the Illinois SBDC International Trade Center at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Bowman has assisted southern Illinois businesses in making more than $175 million in international sales during the past five years alone. For these accomplishments, Bowman has…

The law firm of MillerKing LLC has been chosen as the October 2021 RiverBend Growth Association Small Business of the Month award recipient. Founded in 2018, MillerKing LLC is a comprehensive community-based law firm with a team of experienced lawyers and staff, working under one roof, and employing each lawyer’s background, concentration, and unique skill…