People In Business

Explore St. Louis this month announced the hiring of Anaja “AJ” Sander as new director of community engagement. In her new role, Sander will serve as a community liaison for Explore St. Louis and the lead development representative for the St. Louis Civic Pride Foundation. She will also guide several committees, as well as maintain…

EAST ST. LOUIS — Casino Queen has hired Alexander Eusebio as the new executive chef. He will oversee all the casino’s restaurants — Market Street Buffet, Prime Steakhouse, SEVENS Sports Bar and the Deli & Chips — as well as all catering operations for the adjacent Casino Queen Hotel. Eusebio immigrated to the U.S. from…

Caroline Tinsley is now a partner in Tucker Ellis LLP’s Medical & Pharmaceutical Liability Group. Tinsley defends product manufacturers in mass tort and product liability matters, with particular expertise in medical device and pharmaceutical liability. She manages litigation for manufacturers and distributors of consumer products, pharmaceuticals, and medical devices. Tinsley is experienced in multidistrict litigation…

Edwardsville-based Active Strategies, a consultancy focusing on outdoor culture, is expanding its capacity with the addition of Andy Williamson, who will serve as the firm’s vice president of strategic initiatives. The addition of Williamson signals a move by Active Strategies to better support more communities across the U.S. in becoming better places to live, work…

    IMPACT Strategies has added Craig Spidle to the newly created role of director of construction operations focusing on the delivery of expert services, the execution of construction projects, and helping guide them to a successful completion. Hailing form Wildwood, Mo., he has 38 years of construction industry experience, most of which was spent in…

Architectural and engineering firm Woolpert has hired Eric Dillinger as vice president and managing director of strategic consulting, expanding the firm’s integrated advisory services for its clients. Dillinger, who most recently served as the vice president of Jacobs Buildings and Infrastructure Americas consultancy practice, has more than 30 years of experience providing planning, design, consulting…

Thouvenot, Wade & Moerchen Inc. has announced the retirement of two department managers in early 2018, as well as several promotions to accommodate the growth and expansion of the company. Structural Department Manager Rusty Christmann, PE, SE of Waterloo (left) entered semi-retirement at the end of February after serving TWM for 24 years. He will…

EDWARDSVILLE – Gori Julian & Associates, P.C. has added Michael Throneberry and the Throneberry Law Group to assist Gori Julian & Associates, P.C. in its asbestos litigation efforts. Throneberry graduated from Purdue University with a degree in Civil Engineering. He served as an engineer with the United States Army, Corps of Engineers and graduated with…

A global academic advising association has chosen an SIUE staff member for a leadership post. Maureen Bell-Werner, assistant director for first year services in the Office of Academic Advising at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, has been elected Undecided and Exploratory Student Commission Chair within NACADA: The Global Community for Academic Advising. Bell-Werner has spent her…

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Gregory Fields, PhD, professor in the College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Philosophy, has joined a prestigious group of tenured faculty members, achieving the university’s highest academic rank of Distinguished Research Professor. The distinction is awarded in recognition of significant contributions to research and creative activities. Fields is an active…