People In Business

The Tri-Cities Area Division of United Way of Greater St. Louis has named Jeff Kohler, general manager of three Weber car and truck dealerships in Granite City, as its 2019 chair. “United Way is such an important organization to our region and I’m proud and excited to serve as this year’s campaign chair for our…

Midwest litigation firm HeplerBroom says 33 of the firm’s attorneys have been named to the 2019 list of Leading Lawyers. Additionally, 11 were named to the list of Emerging Lawyers. Less than 5 percent of all lawyers licensed in each state receive the distinction of being named a Leading Lawyer, and only 2percent  of a…

BARBERMURPHY Principal Paul Murphy represented real estate buyer Gateway Multifamily in its acquisition of Fountain View Apartments, a 48-unit community in Mascoutah. Fountain View Apartments is the eighth property purchased by Gateway Multifamily in Southern Illinois over the past several years. The development spans 56,000 square feet on 3.18 acres. Gateway Multifamily’s founder/CEO Raj Tut…

Scheffel Boyle CPAs has announced the promotion of Josh Andres, CPA to principal. He joined the firm’s Alton office in 2006. He is a senior leader on the Construction Accounting Team and also specializes in serving governmental agencies and privately held businesses. Andres graduated with both his B.S. and M.B.A. from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville…

Penn National Gaming, Inc., operator of multiple casinos in the Bi-State area, announced Thursday that its chief operating officer will take over as CEO following a retirement at year’s end. The board of directors has appointed Jay Snowden to the role, effective Jan. 1, 2020. He will succeed Timothy J. Wilmott, who informed the board…

The Illinois Board of Higher Education and the Illinois Community College Board recently named Lewis and Clark Community College Child Development and Education Program Coordinator Melissa Batchelor a 2019-2020 Gateways to Opportunity Faculty Fellow. “Dr. Melissa Batchelor is an outstanding faculty member in early childhood education,” said Vice President of Academic Affairs Linda Chapman. “She…

Chris Donovan, AC has joined Kwame Building Group, Inc. as a project engineer. Donovan’s responsibilities include project budgeting and estimating, contractor and subcontractor communications, site management and responding to RFI’s and submittals for select projects in the Seattle, WA area.   Donovan holds a bachelor’s degree in Construction Management from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. He…

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Pharmacy Dean Mark Luer, PharmD, recently appointed Joseph Schober, PhD, as the  school’s director of graduate programs. Schober assumed the responsibilities as of July 1, succeeding Bill Neumann, PhD. Schober is an associate professor in the SOP Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences. His current SIUE research focuses on cancer cell…

Jeremy Hall has taken over the Happy Hop Homebrew & Gourmet in Belleville. He and his wife, Susan, will be rebranding the shop with their own mark: Down the Hall Homebrew, Inc. The Halls have been working with the Illinois Small Business Development Center for the Metro East at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville  since April…

Shannon Bradford has joined the staff of attorneys at Edwardsville-based Sivia Law. Bradford will support the litigation sector of the practice and will focus on research, drafting, negotiating and advising for the firm. Bradford is an Illinois-licensed attorney, born and raised in Glen Carbon. She received her B.S. from Florida State University and her J.D.…