People In Business

Sandra (Sandy) J. Tatoian, an attorney experienced in creditor’s rights and civil litigation, has joined the Commercial Practice Group at the law firm of Goldenberg Heller & Antognoli, P.C., one of the most experienced business and commercial litigation firms in the St. Louis-Southern Illinois region. “We’re pleased to welcome Sandy to our firm where her…

Clayborne and Wagner LLP announced that attorney Jennifer Pitzer has joined the Belleville firm in the practice area of personal injury litigation. Prior to joining Clayborne & Wagner, Pitzer spent six years as a law clerk in the Southern District of Illinois with particular emphasis on Section 1983 litigation. Pitzer was also formerly an associate…

M&R Hotel Management, operator of 25 hotels in New York, Texas, Illinois, Missouri and Indiana, announced the appointment of Christopher Beyer, a 29-year hospitality industry veteran, as regional general manager for its Midwest portfolio. Beyer is responsible for achieving profitability through revenue generation, cost control and guest satisfaction for M&R’s nine managed hotels in Indiana,…

Bryon Muir of St. Peters, Mo., has been promoted to senior project manager at Knoebel Construction. He is responsible for overseeing all aspects of select retail center, restaurant, grocery and retail store construction projects, both in St. Louis and nationally. He joined Knoebel Construction as project manager in 2011.

The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Office of the Provost announced that Andrew Greenwood, PhD, is the recipient of the annual Teaching Excellence Award for tenure-track faculty. It is the most prestigious teaching award for an SIUE faculty member. Two additional faculty members were saluted for their teaching skills and accomplishments with Teaching Distinction Awards, while…

East Alton’s Helmkamp Construction Co. is announcing the addition of Kyle Vahling to its project management team. Vahling, who is on the Dean’s list and President of the Constructors Club, will graduate from Southern Illinois University of Edwardsville’s School of Engineering in May. He now joins Helmkamp as its newest assistant project manager. “The atmosphere…

Joanna Illges has joined Alton Memorial Hospital as the manager of Radiology and Radiation Oncology. She has been with BJC Healthcare since June 2015, serving as a program manager for Radiology at Barnes Jewish Hospital. Among her accomplishments with BJH was preparation and opening of the CAM South County Radiology department in April 2016, continuous…

Adam Mahlandt, general superintendent for Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis, has been named 2019 auxiliary board chair for the Tri-Cities Area Division of United Way of Greater St. Louis. He succeeds Juliette Douglas with Six Mile Regional Library District, who most recently held the chair position. United Way’s Tri-Cities Area Division also welcomed Brett…

St. Louis-based Haberberger Inc. announced the addition of Jeremy McKinney, Ed Schaffer and Michelle Scott to its mechanical contracting team. McKinney has joined Haberberger as a project manager, where he will be responsible for overseeing projects and project estimation. He is a registered Professional Engineer with more than two decades of heavy industrial experience that…

West Star Aviation announced that Mark Crotty has been named the program manager for Embraer at the facility based at St. Louis Regional Airport in East Alton. Crotty previously held various leadership roles at Constant Aviation, most recently as the director of Operations in Cleveland, Ohio. Prior to Constant he was a team lead at…