People In Business

HSHS Medical Group recently welcomed Macee Smith, APRN, to their medical team. Smith specializes in pain management and sees patients at HSHS St. Elizabeth’s Interventional Pain Management Center, located at Three St. Elizabeth’s Blvd., Suite 3800 in O’Fallon, Ill. Smith is a skilled family nurse practitioner offering patient-first care alongside pain management specialist Dr. Kristina…

HSHS Medical Group recently welcomed two specialty providers to their medical team. Lawrence Barnes, PA, who specializes in gastroenterology, and Rebecca Harris, APRN, who specializes in neurology, see patients at HSHS Medical Group Multispecialty Care in O’Fallon, Ill., located at Three St. Elizabeth’s Blvd., Suite 5000. Barnes is a certified physician assistant who joined HSHS…

HSHS Medical Group recently welcomed Dr. Gregorio Climaco, family medicine, to their team. Dr. Climaco is now scheduling patients at HSHS Medical Group Family Medicine – O’Fallon, located at 1512 North Green Mount Road, Suite 108 in O’Fallon. As a primary care physician, Dr. Climaco cares for patients of all ages and offers a variety…

West Star Aviation recently announced the promotion of Ray Sharp to director of maintenance at the East Alton, Ill. (ALN) facility, overseeing all maintenance programs. Sharp’s career began as an Airframe and Powerplant technician at Cessna, and he later joined Standard Aero, where he dedicated 25 years to the company. Over time, he advanced to…

  Football season is upon us, and not just for our local high schools and colleges. This season, Madison County Judge Sarah Smith was selected to serve as a Deep Wing Official in the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference. She is also officiating at the high school level, freshman on up to Varsity Friday Night Lights…

HSHS Medical Group recently welcomed Dr. Hannah Jordan, family medicine, to their team. Dr. Jordan is now scheduling patients at HSHS Medical Group Multispecialty Care – Edwardsville, located at 1188 S. State Route 157, Suite 100 in Edwardsville. As a primary care physician, Dr. Jordan cares for patients of all ages and offers a variety…

The Troy/Maryville/St. Jacob/Marine Chamber of Commerce recently shared news about one of its members. Mark VanZeyl, owner of Bullseye Promotions, is celebrating his silver anniversary. Started on Sept. 9, 1999, Bullseye Promotions is a promotional products firm that takes your logo and transforms it onto amazing promotional products to market your brand. “If you need…

Earlier this summer, Dr. Don Harris was chosen unanimously by the Granite City Community Unit School District #9 Board of Education to serve as its next superintendent of schools. His term officially began on July 1, 2024. Harris replaced Stephanie M. Cann, who retired at the end of the 2023-24 school year after serving GCSD9 for…

  S. M. Wilson & Co., a St. Louis-based construction management and general contracting firm, has promoted Ralph Miller to project superintendent. Miller joined the company in 1999 and continued there until 2013. He returned in 2021. In the past year, he worked with the team to complete the program at HSHS St. John’s Health…

Award-winning marketing firm Cork Tree Creative Inc. has announced the start of its new fall intern, Peyton Gamble. Gamble, originally from Homewood, Ill., a suburb of Chicago, is currently a senior at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. He is pursuing a major in mass communications with a concentration in media production and a minor in sociology.…