People In Business

Jasminn Jones of Florissant, Mo., has joined Kwame Building Group Inc. as project engineer. She is responsible for managing submittals on the firm’s $450 million SSM Saint Louis University Hospital project. She also ensures contract compliance, prepares project status reports and assists project management personnel. Jones brings five years of experience in the construction industry,…

Belleville-based Illinois American Water Co.’s Padma Paan is one of only 54 individuals accepted into the Water Environment Federation’s Water Leadership Institute. The intensive program was developed by the federation for emerging water industry leaders from across the world, allowing them to engage in management training and leadership development. The federation and its global network…

Jerilyn Hassard, an engineer with Modjeski and Master’s Edwardsville office, has received the 2019 “Innovative Transportation Award” from WTS St. Louis in recognition of her work on the Martin Luther King Bridge Approach Structure Replacement project. The award salutes an innovative transportation project led by a woman. The Martin Luther King Bridge has connected St.…

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Nursing alumnus Edgar J. Curtis has been named among six recipients of the Order of Lincoln award from the Office of the Governor. The Order of Lincoln is the state’s highest honor for professional achievement and public service. The Lincoln Academy of Illinois will honor the outstanding Illinoisans at…

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Pharmacy’s Lisa Lubsch has been named a Fellow in the Pediatric Pharmacy Advocacy Group. A clinical professor in the SOP Department of Pharmacy Practice, Lubsch is also a clinical pharmacy specialist at SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital in St. Louis. She provides care to children with cystic fibrosis…

Walton Telken Foster founding members Troy Walton and Steve Telken have been selected Illinois Super Lawyers for 2019. Super Lawyers selects attorneys using a patented multiphase selection process. Peer nominations and evaluations are combined with independent research. Each candidate is evaluated on 12 indicators of peer recognition and professional achievement. No more than 5.0 percent…

Ryan Freeman, an Edwardsville resident, has been named president of PayneCrest Electric Inc., one of the St. Louis area’s largest electrical contractors serving a variety of industries locally and nationally. David Payne, who has served as PayneCrest’s president for 34 years, will remain chief executive officer of the firm. Freeman has 18 years of experience…

Dean of Students Dr. Suzy Jones and Director of Public Safety and Security Ryan Anderson were recently honored with the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve’s Employer Patriot Award. Certified Public Safety and Security Officer Brian Buss, who serves in the Army National Guard, nominated the two. The award honors supervisors for support provided…

Kristen Woods, a Southern Illinois University Edwardsville junior majoring in corporate and organizational communications, unknowingly greeted Student Employee of the Year officials and well-wishers with the same politeness and efficiency she routinely displays as a general office clerk in the Kimmel Student Involvement Center. It was only after a bouquet of red and white balloons…

Touchette Regional Hospital is pleased to announce that four new medical specialists have joined its staff at 5900 Bond Avenue, Centreville, Ill. Moungar Cooper, MD; Nadeem Ahmed, MD; James Fernandez, MD; and Dan Thouvenot, DPM. Cooper is a general surgeon and specializes in a variety of general surgical procedures. He attended and graduated from medical…