People In Business

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Engineering alumnus Stefan Flynn has been recognized as the 2021 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Early Career Geoprofessional of the Year. USACE awards select individuals for many categories across 43 districts in the continental U.S. and abroad. This award was specific to the Geotechnical, Geology, and Materials Community of…

The Edwardsville/Glen Carbon Chamber of Commerce welcomed Advantage Nursing Services to its newest location on Oct. 13. The company has been providing specialized at-home care for children and adults since 1979. The Glen Carbon office is led by Erin Lange and Brandon Schneider. It is located at 23 Glen Ed Professional Park and can be…

Acorn Health – Scott AFB celebrated its new 1716 Corporate Crossing, Suite 3, O’Fallon location with a ribbon cutting on Sept. 30 Acorn Health provides cutting-edge, Applied Behavior Analysis services to children with autism and other developmental disabilities. The environment at the new location is designed to be one of collaboration and learning – for…

Neurologist Dr. Raghav Govindarajan is now seeing patients in Sparta. HSHS Medical Group Neurology Specialty Clinic – Sparta is located at 205 S. Burns Ave. Govindarajan also sees patients at HSHS Medical Group Multispecialty Care – St. Elizabeth’s in O’Fallon. Govindarajan provides general neurology care and diagnoses and treats conditions including ataxia, Parkinson’s disease, movement…

New East Alton team marks recent grand opening with a ribbon-cutting and open house For more than 140 years throughout the country, Prudential Advisors has been helping individual and institutional customers grow, manage, and protect their wealth. Locally, the duo of Brian Hamann and Deanna Evans recently opened an office in East Alton and are…

Two businesses located in the same building celebrated a delayed ribbon cutting in O’Fallon. Harter, Larson and Dodd, Estate Planning and Elder Law Office, along with The Caring Group, a pediatric therapy group, celebrated ribbon cuttings on Sept. 22. That dates marks the 1949 founding date of the American Business Women’s Association, whose mission is…

The journey of Miss Jay’s Cafeteria, a client of the Illinois Small Business Development Center for the Metro East at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, began with a first-place win in the East St. Louis Cafe of Champions Challenge held in June 2021. Owner Jere Richardson and her team’s winnings included a $2,000 cash prize and…

West Star Aviation announced the promotion of Bobby Price to project manager at its East Alton facility. Price has worked at West Star since 2016 as an avionics technician and lead before moving up the ranks to supervisor. He graduated from Southwestern Illinois College. “Bobby has demonstrated great leadership qualities that he will continue to…

The Illinois Metropolitan Investment Fund Board recently named Madison County Treasurer Chris Slusser as its newest trustee. “It’s an honor to serve on the IMET Board and highlight the success of the Madison County investment portfolio, which consistently ranks as one of the top performers in the state,” said Slusser. IMET is a local government…

Jeanne M. Dalman, senior vice president of Retail Banking and Operations for the First National Bank of Waterloo, has been named to the Southwestern Illinois College Foundation Board. As a board member, she will support the Foundation’s efforts to secure gifts for special educational and cultural activities that are not part of the college budget.…