People In Business

EDWARDSVILLE — Town and Country Bank announced today that Paul M. Abert has been named executive vice president, community bank president. He is responsible for commercial banking and relationship management in the Edwardsville area. “We are very pleased to welcome Paul to the Town and Country family,” said Dave Hopkins, executive vice president and community…

EDWARDSVILLE – Michael Perkins is hoping to leave a mark as he starts the process of bringing Madison County Animal Control toward becoming a “no-kill” facility. “It’s not something that will happen overnight,” Perkins said. “It will take time, but there has also been a lot of miscommunication about the plan and it needs to…

Unity Hospice of Greater St. Louis, located in Collinsville and serving the Metro East, has named three as 2017 recipients of the Employee of the Year Award for the local office. They are: community relations representative Dawn Whitmire and administrative assistants Christina Penberthy and Emily Hawley. Whitmire, of Granite City, began working with Unity Hospice…

CarsonAllaria Wealth Management, a firm managing approximately $180 million in individual and business assets, has opened an office at 2246 South State Route 157, Suite 225, in Glen Carbon. The company was founded by Scott Carson, Joe Allaria, CFP, and Mark Allaria, CFP. The three began working together at a previous firm and found they…

COLLINSVILLE – Black Enterprise magazine has named Richard J. Mark, chairman and president, Ameren Illinois, to its 2017 list of the most powerful executives in corporate America. The publication identified business leaders who drive strategy, profits, and productivity for some of the nation’s leading corporations. Mark is featured in the magazine’s October issue along with…

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Jeffrey Waple, PhD, has announced Dominic Dorsey as director of Disability Support Services. Dorsey will assume his new responsibilities on Monday, Jan. 29. Dorsey arrives at SIUE after serving as associate director of adaptive and educational services at Indiana University Purdue University in Indianapolis (IUPUI) since…

ST. LOUIS — Burns & McDonnell has expanded its Construction/Design-Build team with the addition of Chad Cotter, a professional experienced in services needed to envision, engineer and execute major projects for power generation, utilities, industrial and manufacturing facilities, refining, chemical process, aviation, and water treatment facilities. Cotter is regional global practice manager in the St.…

Midwest litigation firm Williams Venker & Sanders has announced the addition of Becky Christensen as the newest associate to join the practice. Christensen graduated from Washington University School of Law in 2010. Prior to joining WVS, Christensen practiced with a mid-sized law firm in downtown St. Louis where her civil litigation excellence has earned her…

 ALTON – Simmons Hanly Conroy, one of the nation’s largest mass torts firms, has elevated 10 attorneys to shareholder, effective Jan. 1. The new shareholders are Sarah Burns, Todd Gampp, Ellyn Hurd, Jamie Huss, Eric Johnson, Jean-Michel LeCointre, Andrew S. Murrie, Todd Neilson, Gary Payne and Jo Anna Pollock. All of the new shareholders are…

Williams Venker & Sanders has announced that Terrence J. O’Toole Jr. has been named a partner in the firm effective Jan. 1, 2018. O’Toole practices in the areas of general civil and commercial litigation with a focus on medical negligence, personal injury, and premises liability defense. He regularly defends health care providers and institutions in…