People In Business

First National Bank of Waterloo recently held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark the opening of its 13th banking center, located in Swansea. The Swansea Banking Center is located at 4101 N. Illinois St. Swansea Mayor Mike Leopold and several members of both the Metro-East Regional Chamber and O’Fallon-Shiloh Chamber of Commerce attended the event. Staff…

Tech River Consulting, LLC, an information technology company, opened this spring in Alton. Owner Keith Warfield said the company offers professional, specialized, and wide range of services, products and equipment, and solutions to small and medium businesses, organizations, not-for-profits, local governments or municipalities, banks/financial institutions, and professionals, such as law firms, medical/dental offices, and accountants/CPAs.…

Weston White joined the staff of the Leadership Council Southwestern Illinois in late June. Weston’s title is project management & marketing communications coordinator. Prior to coming to the Leadership Council, he was a TV news producer for over 10 years, working at WSIL in Carterville, IL, WKRN in Nashville, TN, and most recently at KTVI…

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Professor of Chemistry Leah O’Brien, PhD, has won the American Chemical Society’s St. Louis Section 2021 Saint Louis Award. She will accept the honor Friday, Oct. 1, at a banquet following a spectroscopy-focused research symposium to be held on the SIUE campus. The Saint Louis Award, originally sponsored by Monsanto Co.,…

Dr. Shivani Sharma has joined the family medicine team at HSHS Medical Group Family & Internal Medicine – Highland at 12860 Troxler Ave., Suite 320, in Highland. Sharma cares for patients of all ages and offers a variety of services, including minor procedures, general wellness care, well-child exams and chronic illness management. Sharma received her…

Dr. Megan Sauer, OB/GYN, has joined the Alton Multispecialists and Alton Memorial Hospital medical staff. Sauer joins Dr. Rachel Durham at Alton Multispecialists, 1 Professional Drive in Alton. For more information or to schedule an appointment, please call 618.463.1181. Sauer provides care for all aspects of pregnancy, from pre-pregnancy counseling to post-partum care. She will…

Profile, a physician-developed, nutrition and lifestyle program serving the Glen Carbon area, formally got the chance to mark its opening after one year. The business focuses on weight-loss and health coaching individualized for personal needs. The ribbon cutting was done Thursday with the Ed/Glen Chamber of Commerce . Due to the pandemic, Profile was not…

Trish Holmes, director of member services at the RiverBend Growth Association, will be leaving the organization on Aug. 6 to join the Residential Loan Department at Busey Bank. The move was announced Friday in a note to RBGA members by RBGA President John Keller “All of us are immensely grateful for the contributions Trish has…

Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale, P.C. announced that Chambers and Partners has ranked Greensfelder Officers Jennifer Clump Davis and Keith A. Herman in its 2021 Chambers High Net Worth guide. Both are recognized as among the top Missouri attorneys in the area of private wealth law. Family offices and professional advisors rely upon the Chambers High…

Veteran banker Tom Reay has joined Bank of Belleville as a mortgage consultant. Reay has more than  20 years of experience in lending and will handle loans throughout Bank of Belleville’s Metro East region which includes Bank of Belleville and divisional banks in Madison, Clinton and Monroe Counties.  “My goal is to take the stress…