Dr. Marc E. Shelton is slated to become the vice president and chief physician executive of Hospital Sisters Health System (HSHS). HSHS has 15 hospitals and three physician practices with 230 clinics in Illinois and Wisconsin. Shelton joined Prairie Cardiovascular 25 years ago as an interventional cardiologist. He has been part of the HSHS family [...]
Todd Green, owner of the Green Family Stores automobile dealership group in Springfield and Jacksonville, has acquired a majority interest in the hospitality management company formerly known as Portfolio Hotels & Resorts, Inc. The company is now known as Core Hotels & Resorts Green (CHRG). The $242 million acquisition includes 15 hotels in seven states, [...]
Don Cave, who most recently worked as the managing broker for Coldwell Banker Springfield, said he was told in January the company was planning to go in a different direction. “It gave me a chance to reflect and decide what I wanted to do,” he said. “I had always had this business idea for an [...]
Michael J. Pence has been named president of Bank of Springfield, (BOS) by the Spring Bancorp, Inc. board of directors. The former president, Michael McGlasson, retired at the end of 2018. Pence has also been appointed to the board of directors of BOS and Spring Bancorp, Inc. Pence began his banking career in 1986 in [...]
Randal Peterson, MD, has rejoined Springfield Clinic’s Eye Institute effective Jan. 28. Peterson had most recently been practicing with Patrick Butler, MD, at Ophthalmology Center of Illinois. Peterson’s office is now located at Springfield Clinic Main Campus West at 1025 South Sixth Street in Springfield. “We’re excited to have Dr. Peterson rejoin the Eye Institute,” [...]
Jason Schutte, an attorney and partner at the Springfield law firm of Koepke, Hiltabrand & Schutte, has published his first novel, although perhaps not his last. “A Zealous Defense” is a fictional legal thriller set in Quincy, Illinois, an area quite familiar to Schutte. “I grew up on a farm there and started practicing law [...]
Central Illinois Retina Institute in Taylorville will become Springfield Clinic Taylorville-Cheney, effective Jan. 21. Dr. Lanny Odin, an ophthalmologist and retina specialist who is the sole physician at Central Illinois Retina Institute, will continue practicing at his current location in addition to a new location in Springfield as part of Springfield Clinic’s Eye Institute. Odin [...]
Security Bank has promoted Stephan Paul Antonacci to president and CEO, effective Jan. 15. He succeeds Eloise Mackus, who is retiring after serving in the same capacity since 2012. “Paul has demonstrated a high level of commitment and service to our customers since his arrival at Security Bank in October 2014. He is well positioned [...]
Kristin Van Aken Jamison, a Jacksonville native with experience in the fields of communications and development, has recently joined the staff of the Jacksonville Regional Economic Development Corporation (JREDC). Jamison is now the JREDC vice president of marketing and communications, effective Jan. 2. She joins vice president of operations Bonni Waters. “Directors of the JREDC [...]
Daniel Fox, MPH, PhD, has joined Springfield Clinic as the director of clinical research, effective Dec. 31, 2018. Fox’s background includes clinical regulatory compliance, lab management, writing and communication, and science. After receiving his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in public health from University of Illinois Springfield, he pursued his doctorate in pharmacology and neuroscience at [...]