People In Business

National Railway Equipment Corp. officials are among those mourning the weekend death of the company’s CEO, Steven L. Beal. Beal, 46, was found dead around 8 a.m. Sunday, July 12, when Ladue Police responded to a report of a possibly deceased male in the 100 block of Ladue in Missouri. Officers found him in a…

Rick Parks, president and CEO of First National Bank of Waterloo, has been elected to serve on the board of directors of the Illinois Bankers Association. The election was held on June 16 during the organization’s virtual Annual Conference. Parks has more than 32 years of banking experience in the Metro East. Most of his…

Roger Poole has been reappointed by the governor to continue serving on the Illinois Finance Authority, pending Senate confirmation. Poole was appointed to the Finance Authority in 2009. Poole, who retired after 30 years of service, was the directing business representative for Machinists District No. 9. He has received the Labor Man of the Year…

HSHS Medical Group recently welcomed Casandra Rivera, DNP, APRN, FNP-C, wound care, to its medical team. She sees patients at HSHS Medical Group Wound Clinic – O’Fallon, which is at 1 St. Elizabeth’s Blvd., Suite 3000, in O’Fallon. As an advanced practice clinician in wound care, she treats patients who have chronic wounds associated with…

Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale, P.C., which operates in Missouri and Illinois, recently added Tony Westbrooks and Nina L. Windsor as attorneys in the Trusts & Estates practice group. “We are pleased to welcome Tony and Nina to our experienced team of trusts and estates attorneys offering the full range of sophisticated estate and tax planning…

Stephen Burger, MD, a board-certified neurology specialist, recently joined Memorial Hospital’s medical staff. A member of BJC Medical Group of Illinois. he has more than 25 years of caring for patients with neurological disorders. He treats headaches, epilepsy, peripheral neuropathy, trigeminal neuralgia, spinal issues and more. He also treats conditions such as Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s…

KAI Engineering recently added Ramona Nicula, PE LEED AP as director of Electrical Engineering of its St. Louis office. In her new position, Nicula will lead electrical engineering project design, work planning, electrical discipline recruitment and staff development. She will provide project oversight of St. Louis-led projects and lead the overall quality control of the…

HSHS Holy Family Hospital in Greenville has announced that Jeremy Brown, RN, EMT, has been named the EMS resource coordinator. He began his new position in June 2020. With HSHS Holy Family Hospital serving as an EMS Resource Hospital with the Illinois Department of Public Health, the coordinator position is required by IDPH.  The position…

First Mid Bank & Trust, which has locations in Metro East,was recently awarded $20,000 in grant funding from the Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago COVID-19 Relief Grant Program to assist small businesses and nonprofits affected by the pandemic. The bank has announced that the awarded grant funds will be distributed across the bank’s footprint…

A veteran of state government and a native of Belleville was named Thursday by Gov. JB Pritzker to lead the Illinois Department of Employment Security. The governor announced his decision to appoint Kristin Richards, current chief of staff to the Senate president, to serve as the director of the employment department. “I’m proud to appoint…