People In Business

Professor of Chemistry Alan Bruha is Lewis and Clark Community College’s Illinois Community College Trustees Association Outstanding Full-Time Faculty Member Award nominee for Spring 2020. Bruha coordinates the Chemistry Department, teaching general chemistry, organic chemistry and biochemistry. “I enjoy the subject, chemistry.  I enjoy teaching chemistry to students.  I have a talent for taking complex…

A Metro East law firm is establishing a new office location in Edwardsville. Sholar Stephan Law Firm, previously known as The Law Offices of Amy Sholar & Kelly Stephan, will now have two locations. The Alton office is located at 524 Washington Ave., next to Fast Eddie’s. The new location will be in the Lexow…

Phil Hickman, president of the Southern Illinois/St. Louis Metro East market of Associated Bank, has been named 2020 auxiliary board chair for the Illinois Division of United Way of Greater St. Louis. He succeeds Peggy Lewis LeCompte who has held the chair position since 2019. “United Way plays an incredibly valuable role in supporting our…

The RiverBend Growth Association has named Serenity Title & Escrow, Ltd. as its Small Business of the Month for March. Serenity Title & Escrow is located at 112 West Homer Adams Parkway, Alton. It has an additional location in Bethalto at 705 Kansas St., Suite B. Since 2002, Serenity Title has offered real estate title…

The RiverBend Growth Association recently hosted a ribbon-cutting for the renovations at the Shoppes at Beverly Farm, a gift and a resale shop and a place to get coffee, specialty coffee drinks and desserts. Beverly Farm, 6301 Humbert Road, Godfrey, is a planned community that nearly 350 individuals with developmental and intellectual disabilities call home.…

Mason’s Place Too, a home away from home for children with autism, celebrated the opening of its location at 125 North Ruby Lane in Fairview Heights with a recent ribbon cutting conducted by the O’Fallon-Shiloh Chamber of Commerce, of which it is a member. Trena McCoy is an advocate, nurse, and mother of twin boys…

Edwardsville Bank has formally opened in Edwardsville and added two bankers well known in the community. The newly named vice presidents of Commercial Banking are Jennifer Miller and Kyle David. Miller and David, both formally with The Bank of Edwardsville (now Busey Bank), will play an integral role within the commercial banking team, cultivating and…

Express Employment Professionals announced they have won the ClearlyRated Best of Staffing Client and Talent Awards for providing superior service to their clients and employees. Winners have proven to be industry leaders in service quality based entirely on ratings provided by their clients and employees. On average, clients of winning agencies are 3.3 times more…

HSHS Medical Group has added Dr. Osman Mahdi Babikir, a general surgeon, to its medical team in Southwestern Illinois. He will see patients at HSHS Medical Group General Surgery – Breese, located at 9515 Holy Cross Ln., Suite 175, in Breese. He also joins General Surgeon Ulunna MacBean, MD, MS, FACS, at HSHS Medical Group…

West Star announced the promotion of Amber Kasting to human resource manager, Midwest region. She will be responsible for managing East Alton and the Perryville, Mo., satellite locations along with their Mobile Repair Teams. She  has her bachelor’s degree in Psychology/Sociology with an emphasis in Organizational Development and has played an instrumental role with implementing…