People In Business

Jordan Tabacchi of Wentzville, Mo., has joined Knoebel Construction as project manager. Tabacchi is responsible for managing construction of select health-care and restaurant projects in St. Louis and nationally. Tabacchi has three years of construction industry experience as a project engineer working on health-care and mixed-use projects. She holds a Master of Science in Civil Engineering and…

Laurie Giddens teams with Baylor mentor on grant to strengthen law enforcement capabilities Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Laurie Giddens, PhD, has combined with Baylor University’s Stacie Petter, PhD, to earn a $249,998 National Science Foundation grant to fight human trafficking. An assistant professor of computer management and information systems in SIUE’s School of Business, Giddens…

EDWARDSVILLE – Scheffel Boyle Certified Public Accountants and Scheffel Financial Services recently made $10,000 in donations to area food pantries. As part of the firm’s Scheffel Boyle Shares program, teams from each office delivered checks to area food pantries in Alton, Edwardsville, Belleville, Highland, Jerseyville, Carrollton, and Columbia. “Scheffel Boyle strongly believes in giving back…

The law firm of Baker Sterchi Cowden & Rice has elected two new members effective Jan. 1: Brandy Simpson (St. Louis), whose practice focuses primarily on medical malpractice defense.  She also defends premises liability, personal injury, and products liability matters.  Simpson earned her Juris Doctor from the University of Dayton, and is licensed to practice…

Alliance Technologies LLC. announced that Jared Peno, COO, a resident of Glen Carbon, has been named to the board of the Associated General Contractors of America Missouri chapter and will serve as chair of the Supplier/Service Provider Council. The AGC of Missouri represents approximately 550 construction and construction-related firms in the state that perform building,…

Smoothie King, which encourages healthy, active lifestyles, has opened its newest location in Collinsville. The new store, located at 1104 Collinsville Crossing Blvd., offers in-store purchases, online ordering, delivery and curbside pickup. It is locally owned and operated by Nathan and Erica Davis who say they wanted to combine their love of health and wellness…

Greater St. Louis Area Council, Boy Scouts of America has selected a new CEO. After a decade of leadership, Ronald S. Green’s previously announced retirement becomes effective March 1, 2021. His successor, Joseph D. Sadewasser, was named CEO after a nationwide search to succeed Green, the organization announced Monday. For nearly 40 years, since December 1980, Ronald S. Green has served the Boy Scouts of America in executive leadership positions in…

By STEPHENIE WADE U.S. Transportation Command Public Affairs SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE — Earning his Executive Master of Business Administration degree in December 2020 topped off an amazing 20-month journey for Peter Mahoney, chief, Capabilities Branch in U.S. Transportation Command’s Strategic Plans, Policy and Logistics Directorate. “I had not been in a graduate program for…

The road to economic and tourism recovery in the Great Rivers & Routes region of southwest Illinois will be paved with the survival of small businesses and the return of visitors seeking a safe road trip destination. That message was delivered during the Great Rivers & Routes Tourism Bureau’s annual Tourism Summit held virtually on…

Pyramid Electrical Contractors Inc. in Fairview Heights has announced the retirement of Carol Keeney as president. She held the title from 1994 through 2020. She will remain on the board of directors. Robert Snell, a partner in the company since 2003, replaced Keeney as president effective Jan. 1, 2021.  Snell has resigned his position as…