People In Business

The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Education, Health and Human Behavior’s Department of Psychology will host its first Dreikurs Visiting Scholar, Paul Rasmussen, PhD, a clinical psychologist for the Veterans Administration in South Carolina, the week of March 26. Rasmussen will host a free lecture entitled “Why is Adlerian/Dreikursian Thinking Relevant Today?” at 1:30…

SHILOH — Ryan Russell Kemper, partner at Thompson Coburn LLP, has been named 2018 auxiliary board chair for the Illinois Division of United Way of Greater St. Louis. He succeeds Patrick Smith Sr. with Ameren Missouri, who has held the chair position since 2016. United Way’s Illinois Division also welcomed Rachael Jackson, executive director with…

EAST ALTON — Jay Korte, director of client relations at The Korte Company, was named 2018 auxiliary board chair for the Southwest Illinois Division of United Way of Greater St. Louis. He succeeds JoAnn Barton, senior vice president for TheBANK of Edwardsville, who has held the chair position since 2016. “As a longtime volunteer who…

GRANITE CITY —Juliette Douglas, deputy director of the Six Mile Regional Library District, has been named 2018 auxiliary board chair for the Tri-Cities Area Division of United Way of Greater St. Louis. She succeeds Keith Burton with GCS Credit Union, who most recently held the chair position. Douglas has served on the auxiliary board since…

Midland States Bancorp Inc. has announced promotions within the executive management team of the company and its wholly-owned subsidiary Midland States Bank, which operates several locations in Metro East. Jeffrey G. Ludwig has been promoted to president of the company and chief executive officer of the bank. Prior to these promotions Ludwig served as executive…

Rick Stubblefield, of the St. Clair County Intergovernmental Grants Department, was selected to attend the “Defense Community Leadership Academy” taking place this month in Washington, D.C. The select group of about 40 individuals was chosen nationwide as the result of nominations and a subsequent telephone interview. Expenses including air and hotel are being paid by…

HSHS Medical Group has announced that Bassim Assioun, MD, a nephrologist, is now seeing patients in Greenville every third Tuesday per month. His office is located on the campus of HSHS Holy Family Hospital at 200 Healthcare Drive, Greenville, IL 62246.Assioun earned his medical degree from the University of Aleppo, Syria. He completed his internal…

O’FALLON – HSHS St. Elizabeth’s Hospital recently honored a nurse with the national DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nursing and a second (non-nurse) colleague with the Being Extraordinary Everyday (BEE) Award. Both have been instrumental in delivering excellence in patient care at St. Elizabeth’s in O’Fallon. Meggi Miller, RN in the ICU received the DAISY Award,…

BELLEVILLE — Randy Freeman, M.D., a board-certified anesthesiologist on Memorial Hospital’s Medical Staff received the Matthew B. Eisele, M.D. Physician Excellence Award on Feb. 24, at the Medical Staff’s Annual Dinner. This award was established in 2007 to recognize a physician on Memorial’s Medical Staff who exemplifies dedication to medicine, delivery of quality care and…

Heyl Royster has elected two attorneys to the firm’s partnership, Keith Hill, in Edwardsville, and Tyler Robinson, in Springfield. Hill (left) has defended clients in cases involving toxic torts, product liability, premises liability, professional liability, automobile accidents, employment and labor law, and civil rights. He has tried numerous cases in state and federal court, and…