People In Business

Andrew Thompson has joined the Metro East sales staff of Da-com IT Pros. The Mascoutah native and father of three will be working to serve companies in need of technology solutions. He may be contacted at [email protected] Thompson has coached high school sports for nine years and is active in the Juvenile Arthritis Foundation and…

Financial services firm Charles Schwab has opened the doors to a new independent brokerage branch in Edwardsville. The location will offer investors local access to a range of investing, wealth management and personal finance guidance, tools and products. It is at 1001 Century Drive Unit 1 and is part of a larger franchising initiative Schwab…

Tucker Ellis LLP says Jessica Mendez has joined the firm’s Intellectual Property & Brand Protection Group as counsel in the firm’s St. Louis office. Mendez works to secure and maximize the value of brands and other intellectual property assets and to protect trademark portfolios ranging in size from a few trademarks to hundreds of trademarks…

HSHS Medical Group announced that Ulunna MacBean, MD, MS, general surgeon, will be joining the teams of providers at HSHS Medical Group General Surgery in Breese and Highland. The practice in Breese is located at 9401 Holy Cross Lane, Suites 113 and 115; the practice in Highland is located at 12860 Troxler Ave., Suite 120.…

Brendan Dobbs has joined Byrne & Jones Construction’s growing team of project engineers for its asphalt division. Byrne & Jones is a diversified St. Louis civil site contractor serving clients through six divisions – concrete, sports, asphalt, soil stabilization, marine and micro-surfacing. Dobbs will assist with engineering projects for the asphalt division which serves commercial…

The Tri-Cities Area Division of United Way of Greater St. Louis has named Rob Schwartz, senior vice president of retail banking for TheBANK of Edwardsville, its 2018 campaign chair. “I am proud to serve as our community’s chair for the United Way campaign, my second tenure in this position,” said Schwartz. “I have seen the…

Mark Meredith, a financial consultant with TheBANK of Edwardsville’s Wealth Management department, was recently named to the Forbes 2018 Top Next-Generation Wealth Advisors list – a list of 1,000 young, talented advisors across the nation who represent the future of the wealth management industry. “It’s an honor to be named by Forbes as one of…

Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale, P.C., announced that the firm’s attorneys Dawn M. Johnson, Beata Krakus, Leonard D. Vines and Susan Meyer have been named to the Who’s Who Legal: Franchise 2018, which identifies the world’s leading franchising attorneys. “We congratulate Dawn, Beata, Lenny and Susan on their continued successes that have earned them Who’s Who…

Edwardsville-based public relations and marketing firm Cork Tree Creative Inc. recently announced the addition of Luke Jansen as an account executive. Jansen is a native of Effingham, Ill., and resides in St. Louis. He is a recent graduate of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville with a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing and Public Relations. Jansen…

    Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale, P.C., announce that Daniel R. Garner and Donald D. McBride, officers in the firm’s St. Louis office, have been named to the Benchmark 40 & Under Hot List 2018.     The list includes a selective group of attorneys age 40 and under from across the country who have “been deemed the most promising emerging…