People In Business

BELLEVILLE — Beth Matthews has been promoted to director of engineering for Illinois American Water and Iowa American Water. In her new role, Matthews will manage and coordinate capital investment projects and engineering activities in both states. Joining Illinois American Water in 2010 as a planning engineer, Matthews was later promoted to manager of an…

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville has added poet Tiana Clark to its faculty as it introduces a master’s of fine arts in creative writing beginning fall 2018. The MFA in creative writing is offered by the Department of English Language and Literature in SIUE’s College of Arts and Sciences. Clark is currently the 2017-2018 Jay C.…

Crawford, Murphy & Tilly has added to its team a senior level urban and regional planning professional to help expand its Missouri and Illinois market capabilities. Scott Hanson, MPA, MSP, AICP brings more than 15 years of local government planning and community development experience with fast-growing municipalities known for strong economies, steady growth and well-planned…

West Star Aviation has announced Michael Zeris as the Gulfstream technical sales manager at its East Alton location. Zeris has 17 years of aviation experience, 13 of which were spent working with the Gulfstream product line. His aviation career began while serving in the United States Navy as an Aircraft Technician during Operation Iraqi Enduring…

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Police Officer Dylan Koke has received the “Life Saving Award” from the Southwestern Illinois Law Enforcement Commission and the Southern Illinois Police Chief’s Association for helping save the life of a choking college student last year at Southwestern Illinois College. Koke was honored at the 26th Annual SILEC/SIPCA Awards Banquet, along…

Retiring board members and top volunteers were honored by the Edwardsville/Glen Carbon Chamber of Commerce Friday during its Annual Membership Meeting and luncheon. Elizabeth Heil, of Scheffel Boyle, and Dave Viox, of AAdvantage Insurance Group, were recognized as retiring board members. Jeremy Colton, owner of Big Frog Custom T-Shirts & More, of Edwardsville, received the…

EDWARDSVILLE – Kevin P. Green has been promoted to partner at the law firm of Goldenberg Heller & Antognoli, P.C., a personal injury and business and commercial litigation firm. He joined the firm in 2010 as an associate and will continue in the Business and Commercial Law Group, where he represents clients in the areas…

Denise Arendell has been named to take over the Edward Jones office at 303 Fountains Parkway, Suite 210, Fairview Heights, the firm announced. “We’re very proud to have Denise represent us in Fairview Heights,” said Jim Weddle, the firm’s managing partner. “The people of this community have grown to rely on our firm for their…

The Foundation Fighting Blindness, a national nonprofit focused on finding preventions, treatments and cures for retinal diseases, will present its Visionary Award to Richard J. Mark, chairman and president of Ameren Illinois, and Chris Zimmerman, president and CEO of Business Operations of the St. Louis Blues, at its 9th Annual St. Louis Dining in the…

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Denise Cobb, PhD, has named Jessica Harris, PhD, as interim assistant provost. She will serve in the role through next year or until the successful completion of a search to fill the position permanently. A full search for the permanent position will occur in…