Leslie Barnett recently joined Sikich as a director in the company’s tax practice, working out of the office at 3201 W. White Oaks Dr. in Springfield. Barnett has nearly 20 years of experience advising clients across industries on tax planning and compliance strategies. For the past decade, she has primarily supported organizations in the financial [...]
Susan J. Koch, chancellor of the University of Illinois Springfield (UIS) since 2011, has announced she will retire as chancellor of UIS and vice president of the University of Illinois System effective June 30. She is currently the longest-serving chancellor of the U of I System. “The past nine years have been among the most [...]
Sara Decatoire has assumed the role of executive director for the Illinois Society of Association Executives (ISAE), effective Jan. 1. Decatoire and Sandra Wulf operate Pivot Management Professionals, an association management company that has assumed management duties of ISAE. Kristen Butcher, Illinois REALTORS executive vice president, is serving as the 2020 ISAE president. “Having served [...]
Jayme Sudeth has joined Mood Board Design as a design assistant. Sudeth is a Midwest native who has studied in Chicago and Los Angeles and has degrees in interior design and visual communications. “I’m inspired by travel and Mother Nature to create spaces that encourage connection,” she said. Mood Board is an interior design company [...]
Springfield Business Journal has hired Will Norris as creative director and digital media coordinator, effective Jan. 14. Norris had a long career at the State Journal-Register, most recently as creative director of Springfield’s Own Magazine until it ceased publication last year. He also teaches drawing classes for Springfield Art Association. In addition, Rachel Otwell of [...]
Tony Smarjesse is now working at ReMax Professionals in Springfield as a full-time Realtor. Smarjesse has been a Realtor since 1992 and has worked for several local real estate agencies, most recently Century 21. He retired from the State of Illinois as a public service administrator for the Department of Innovation and Technology on Dec. [...]
Mark Butler, who spent nearly 18 years with HIP Advertising before the agency closed at the end of 2019, is now the marketing and creative director for Paszkiewicz Court Reporting & Records Retrieval, one of HIP’s previous clients. Ironically, Butler said he had never met Sarah Paszkiewicz during her time as a client of HIP. [...]
Tiffany Mathis has been chosen as the new CEO and executive director for The Boys and Girls Clubs of Central Illinois, leveraging more than two decades of experience serving area youth and their families. Mathis has worked at the Club since 2015, most recently as director of fund development and community engagement. She previously served [...]
Chuck Davis is the new managing partner of Brown, Hay & Stephens LLP, effective Jan. 1. He succeeds Jeff Wilday, who served in the role for more than 18 years. In a note posted to the law firm’s Facebook page on Dec. 31, Wilday stated, “This is not retirement for me, however. I will continue [...]
David Drendel has joined E.L. Pruitt Company as the Chief Financial Officer. Drendel has 25 years of CFO experience, 15 of which have been in the construction industry in the Springfield area. He worked in construction accounting for Eck, Schafer & Punke and helped initiate the Fat Ass 5K in 2008, an annual charity race [...]