In her first full day of office, May 8, Mayor Misty Buscher has announced City of Springfield department directors and staff as follows: Police Chief – Chief Ken Scarlette, current Springfield Police Department Chief, who has been with the department since 1998. Fire Chief – Ed Canny, current Springfield Fire Department Division Chief and Captain, [...]
Kara Rapacz, the principal at Sacred Heart-Griffin High School, announced her resignation April 28. Rapacz has been with SHG for 16 years. She was the assistant principal and director of academic support services before being hired as SHG's first lay principal in July 2017. Rapacz was recognized as one of Springfield Business Journal's Forty Under [...]
Kopec, White & Spooner, Attorneys at Law, has welcomed Matt Sebak as a new partner with the firm following the retirement of Scott Spooner. Sebek joins A. Michael Kopec and David V. White as a partner with the firm, and he will engage in the firm’s core civil law practice areas, providing counsel and representation [...]
Joel Oschwald has joined First Bankers Trust Company as market president in Springfield. First Bankers is a wholly-owned subsidiary of First Bankers Trustshares, Inc., headquartered in Quincy. In this role, Oschwald will be responsible for all staff, operations, growth and profitability of First Bankers in Springfield and the surrounding areas. He will office at the [...]
Engineering and consulting firm Crawford, Murphy & Tilly, Inc. has announced William “Bill” Bailey as the company’s CEO, effective as of the firm’s annual meeting of shareholders, which took place Feb. 25. Over the course of his 34-year career with CMT, Bailey has taken on diverse and progressively responsible roles, including chief structural engineer, continuous [...]
Taylor Brown began her new role as the communications manager in the office of the Illinois Lieutenant Governor's on Feb. 16. She most recently worked as the marketing and communications digital coordinator at Springfield Clinic. Prior to that, she was with Neuhoff Communications for nearly 10 years in multiple roles, including on-air talent, promotions director [...]
James C. Lewis has joined All in One Laundry Center & Services as the general manager. Lewis is a native of Springfield with 35 years of experience in operations and customer service. He is a graduate of University of Illinois Springfield. “I welcome James into his new role,” said Pamela Lewis-Frazier, owner of All in [...]
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,” [...]