People In Business

The Edwardsville Community Foundation has appointed Kristopher Lakin as its newest board director. Lakin is currently the Chief Strategy Officer at Sangita Capital Partners, a Clayton, Mo.-based private equity firm with holdings that span four continents in a myriad of sectors, including technology, healthcare, cannabis, real estate, infrastructure, and media. “Change emanates from the grassroots,…

Goldberg Heller & Antognoli recently welcomed two new attorneys to the firm: Richard Cornfeld, as Of Counsel, and Daniel Levy. “Rick and Daniel are both highly experienced litigators and have worked on behalf of clients on complex cases. We are honored to have them alongside us as we serve our clients throughout the Metro East…

Mathis, Marifian & Richter, Ltd. (MM&R) recently announced that Jacob W. Varley has joined the law firm as an associate. Prior to joining MM&R, Varley was a judicial intern for the 22nd Circuit Court of St. Louis, as well as a legal extern for the St. Louis County Counselor’s Office. Varley graduated summa cum laude…

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) presented nearly 360 different scholarships and awards to more than 300 students during the College’s annual Honors Day, the largest event that recognizes and celebrates student achievement at SIUE. Held Sunday, April 16, the colorful event attracted the larger SIUE community of award sponsors, family…

  S. M. Wilson & Co., a St. Louis-based construction manager and contracting firm, has expanded their operations leadership team by promoting Jason Gasawski, Kerry Lorts and Patrick Aylesworth to Directors of Operations. “Significant growth in revenue coupled with our commitment to go ‘Beyond The Build’ for our clients led to our decision to add…

The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Business held their annual scholarships and awards event distributing over $345,000 in scholarships and awards to both undergraduate and graduate students within the school. These scholarships and awards were distributed to more than 145 students to recognize and honor their exceptional work and commitment to their academic journey.…

Two IDOT teams have been awarded the Secretary’s Pin for not only going above and beyond but helping to save lives: District 6 highway maintainers sprang into action to rescue a woman and her son from a burning car near Springfield, while staff at the Morton Yard responded to a colleague experiencing a cardiac event.…

The Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) awarded Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Kelly Gable, PharmD, BCPP, the inaugural Outstanding Faculty Commitment to Student Success Award. The award is given to a faculty member at each OVC member institution, recognizing their impact on students, contributions to the department, university and curriculum development, professional development and community involvement. “I…

Gateway Regional Medical Center in Granite City has named Brian Cotter as CEO of the hospital, effective April 1, 2023. Cotter is an experienced hospital leader with more than 30 years’ experience in healthcare and teaching positions. He has served as CEO in hospitals throughout California, including more rural hospitals. Most recently, Cotter served as…

The law firm of MillerKing LLC is proud to announce that Bryan A. Dooling has been named a Partner. Along with Bryan A. Dooling, the firm’s attorneys are Stephanie A. King, Patrick G. King, William R. Miller, Anthony E. Dos Santos, and Andrea N. Schrader. Dooling represents clients in transactional matters, such as Estate Planning,…