Alicia Oberbeck recently joined Hanson Professional Services Inc. as an event coordinator. She will coordinate Hanson’s involvement at trade shows, conferences and other events. Oberbeck worked for Drury Hotels for nine years, most recently as a meeting collections coordinator in Springfield. Hanson is a national, employee-owned consulting firm providing engineering, planning and allied services. The [...]
Skinner Copper & Ehmen Wealth Management, LLC has hired Noah Skinner as its newest financial adviser. After growing up in Rochester, Skinner went on to graduate from Illinois State University in 2020 with a degree in finance. During college he completed two internships with Sikich and has spent the last two years working as an [...]
Darren Jones has joined Security Bank as executive vice president and chief lending officer, effective Dec. 12. He was most recently the market president at First Bankers Trust in Springfield and has 23 years of banking experience, including working at West Central Bank and Marine Bank. “We are thrilled to bring Darren into our organization,” [...]
Doug Antonacci has joined the city of Springfield’s Office of Planning and Economic Development as an economic development officer. Antonacci said he will be working closely with Ravi Doshi, who serves as the city’s TIF administrator. “Ravi will be heading up the business side of things, so I’ll be assisting him, and I will also [...]
Darin Gehrke has joined SomerCor as senior vice president and market lead for central and southern Illinois. Based in Springfield, Gehrke will lead strategy planning and business development to expand SomerCor’s SBA 504 lending and other economic development services in Central and Southern Illinois. SomerCor is a nonprofit Certified Development Company (CDC) licensed by the [...]
Fifth Third Bank has announced the launch of an independent registered investment advisor, Fifth Third Wealth Advisors. Springfield is one of four areas nationwide that is part of the initial launch, in addition to Naples, Florida; Metro Atlanta and Northern California. Fifth Third Wealth Advisors “seeks to add advisors across the country with books of [...]
Kera Pusch has joined Warren-Boynton State Bank as vice president and loan officer at the Modesto branch. She has more 15 years of experience in the financial services industry within central Illinois, with a focus on secondary market clients. Pusch is active in her community and participates in numerous events within the Virden, Girard and [...]
Molly Ballinger has joined Paszkiewicz Marketing as content development director. She will be responsible for creating, implementing and advancing the strategy, campaigns and content for external clients of Paszkiewicz Marketing and for Paszkiewicz Litigation Services, the parent company of Paszkiewicz Marketing. Paszkiewicz Marketing is a full-service marketing, advertising and communications company based in Springfield working with a [...]
Town and Country Bank has hired Kathy Summers as branch manager for the company’s location at 3601 W. Wabash Ave. in Springfield. Summers has nearly two decades of experience in banking. She most recently served as branch manager for Midland Community Bank in Kincaid and has also worked in management roles for United Community Bank [...]
Meredith Ferguson has joined BOS Investment Services, working out of the Bank of Springfield office in Chatham. Ferguson has 22 years of experience in comprehensive planning, guidance, financial literacy and personalized investment strategies. She most recently worked as a financial adviser with Principal Financial Group in Springfield and has also served as a regional director [...]