People In Business

Rhonda Carter Adams has been promoted to program manager, Workforce and Supplier Diversity for Illinois American Water. This is an expansion of her most recent role as program manager, Supplier Diversity, and Corporate Diversity lead for Illinois American Water. In addition to her responsibilities of enhancing the company’s relationships with diverse organizations to broaden the…

KAI Enterprises, which serves the bistate area, announce that Mike Pratl, AIA has been named a principal and market leader of KAI Design. Pratl had been a principal at Jacobs in St. Louis for the past 25 years. As principal, Pratl (shown)  is responsible for client relationship management, project feasibility and development as well as business…

Innovation has become more important in health care during the COVID-19 pandemic as hospitals look for ways to provide care more safely to prevent the spread of the virus amongst their staff. Stevens Industries Inc. of Teutopolis, is the largest commercial cabinet company in North America, serving mostly hospitals and schools in 35 states.  While…

By DENNIS GRUBAUGH Bryan Johnson was barely on board as the new director this spring when operations at MidAmerica St. Louis Airport came to a drastic slowdown, thanks to a worldwide virus. Johnson on April 3 took over the post held by Tim Cantwell, who retired after 17 years. Any plans he brought with him…

Illinois American Water has announced the following promotions of two employees into key statewide roles: Rachel Bretz has been promoted to director of Water Quality and Environmental Compliance. She is responsible for the management of all laboratories, water quality, environmental stewardship and environmental rules and regulations. Additionally, she will lead the Water Quality and Environmental…

Illinois American Water’s Village of Godfrey wastewater service team is celebrating two decades of safety excellence. The local wastewater team has gone 20 years without experiencing any lost-time accidents. Illinois American Water acquired the Godfrey wastewater system in November 2019. “This achievement is a testament to the long-time commitment to safety by the Village of…

BARBERMURPHY Group recently added Carter Marteeny as a broker associate. He will be focusing on commercial sales and leasing in the Southern Illinois area. Marteeny is a University of Missouri graduate with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration. He enjoys applying his degree by performing financial modeling and underwriting investment opportunities. He began…

Arielle Bell has simultaneously explored her career interest in hotel management and gained a competitive advantage in the field. She just earned a college-level certification in Hospitality and Tourism Management before even graduating from high school. Bell, part of the East St. Louis Senior High School Class of 2020, has been interested in hotel management…

National architectural firm KAI Enterprises announced that Tim McMinn, AIA has been named design principal. McMinn was previously director of architecture at KAI. He is now responsible for the overall creative direction, solution development and quality of architectural design at KAI supporting offices in Atlanta, Dallas-Fort Worth and St. Louis. In addition, he has a…

Dogaboni Studios in Belleville, an imprinted apparel business, is featuring T-shirts that businesses can order to promote messages during the pandemic. “We are open for business and having curb side pick-up and delivery options. We put up an online store for any local businesses that might want to earn free money on a T-shirt that features their…