People In Business

    Gregory (Greg) R. Jones, an associate in the personal injury group at the law firm of Goldenberg Heller & Antognoli, P.C., was the first-place winner in the 2019 Lincoln Award Legal Writing Contest sponsored by the Illinois Bar Journal editorial board and Young Lawyers Division.     His article, “General and Boilerplate Objections: Curbing Routine…

    In honor of his scholarship and servitude, Myron W. Jones, PhD, assistant professor in the College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Chemistry, received the Faculty Humanitarian Award at SIUE’s annual Dr. Martin Luther King Celebration.      He was called a champion for minorities pursuing an education in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM)…

    O’Fallon-based Innovative Business Advisors has welcomed Hassan Megahy, an executive and entrepreneur with years of experience in health care and start-up operations.      Megahy has created and executed numerous strategic growth opportunities through targeted M&A.  His skills include business valuations, deal negotiations and general business consulting.    He can be reached at [email protected] or (618)…

    S.M. Wilson & Co., has rehired Mary Anderson as a project engineer and former S.M. Wilson interns Travis Schmitt, Chris Watkins as field engineers as well as Emily Echele as project engineer.    Schmitt and Watkins will be responsible for supporting and assisting field and office personnel on job sites to produce successful projects, ensure…

    Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale, P.C., says Risa McMahon has joined the firm as its business development director.    Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale, P.C., founded in 1895, has offices in St. Louis, Chicago and Belleville.     “We are thrilled to welcome Risa to Greensfelder as our business development director,” said Greensfelder Chief Executive Officer Timothy R. Thornton.…

    HSHS St. Joseph’s Hospital Breese, HSHS Holy Family Hospital in Greenville and HSHS St. Joseph’s Hospital Highland has announced that Amy Liefer has accepted the position of director of business development for all three HSHS Southern Illinois Division hospitals.    Liefer joined Hospital Sisters Health System as the director of fund development at St. Joseph’s…

Phil Gonet, president of the Illinois Coal Association, has announced he will retire from the post at the end of the year. The decision brings to a close 16 years of service as an advocate of the state’s coal industry. “We appreciate Phil Gonet’s many years of hard work on behalf of the ICA,” said…

Innovative Business Advisors based in O’Fallon recently welcomed Hassan Megahy, an executive and entrepreneur with years of experience in health-care and startup operations. Megahy has created and executed numerous strategic growth opportunities through targeted M&A. His skills include business valuations, deal negotiations and general business consulting. He can be reached at [email protected] or (618) 616-6570.

Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale, P.C. says that firm officer David J. Simmons and attorney Rachel M. Hirshberg have been selected to participate in 2019 programs with the national Leadership Council on Legal Diversity. Simmons was chosen for the LCLD’s Fellows Program and Hirshberg joins the organization’s Pathfinder Program. “We are very proud that David and…

McKendree University has announced the promotion of Elizabeth Crabtree to director of the Russel E. and Fern M. Hettenhausen Center of the Arts, (“the Hett”), effective immediately. She succeeds Peter Palermo, who became the executive director of The Sheldon Arts Foundation in St. Louis on Dec. 3, 2018, and directed the Hett since its opening…