Concetta Siciliano has joined the Springfield office of Ameriprise Financial Services, LLC as a financial adviser. She joins Koch, Sylvia and Associates, a private wealth advisory practice of Ameriprise Financial Services, LLC. The office is located at 2621 Montega Drive, Suite A. Siciliano has 19 years of experience in the financial services industry. She worked [...]
After more than five years with Innovate Springfield, Sarah Beth Ayers has stepped down from her role as acting director. Ayers joined Innovate Springfield in March 2017 as the community manager, later serving in other roles before becoming the acting director in April 2021 after Katie Davison’s departure. Now, she has accepted a position with [...]
Zach Dinardo has joined Springfield Clinic as managing corporate counsel as of Aug. 15. He previously spent 23 years in private practice with Sorling Northrup in Springfield where he was a shareholder and led the firm’s health law practice. Dinardo will be working with Michelle Clatfelter, chief legal officer at Springfield Clinic. The organization is [...]
Levi, Ray & Shoup, Inc. (LRS) has taken the next step in its corporate evolution with the announcement of key executive leadership changes. Effectively immediately, Ryan Levi has been named Chief Executive Officer and Greg Matthews has been named Chief Operating Officer. In addition, Dick Levi has assumed the position of chairman of the board [...]
HSHS St. John’s Hospital has named Matthew Fry as the new president and CEO. Fry is currently serving as the assistant administrator/COO at Alta Bates Summit Medical Center in Oakland, California. He will begin his new role with St. John’s on Sept. 19. Allison Paul, chief nursing officer at St. John’s, has been serving as [...]
The signage is changing, but Andrew Cornett is still working out of the same office, providing the same services to clients. After 11 years of working as the branch manager for LeaderOne Financial, he’s now made the move to DayOne Mortgage Group. Cornett is keeping his office at 2055 W. Iles in Springfield, along with [...]
The Springfield Coalition on Dismantling Racism (SCODR) has hired Robert Blackwell as the project coordinator for its antiracism work. Blackwell worked for the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services for 25 years, retiring in 2021. He was appointed chief of the Office of Racial Equity Practice in 2012, leading the department’s efforts to address [...]
Troxell Insurance has named Kyle Dyson as the new chief operating officer, effective July 18. Since 1887, this is only the second time in the company’s history that a non-stakeholder will run the day-to-day operations of the agency, which is owned locally by six individuals and employs more 100 team members. In March, the agency [...]
Governor JB Pritzker has appointed Dr. Sameer Vohra, a pediatrician and health care policy expert, to lead the Illinois Department of Public Health beginning Aug 1. Vohra, the founding chair of the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine’s Department of Population Science and Policy, follows Dr. Ngozi Ezike, who stepped down in March after leading [...]
Lynn Saputo is the membership marketing coordinator for the Illinois Sheriffs Association as of July 1. Prior to that, she spent 12 years with Springfield Park District, first as the general manager for Erin’s Pavilion and then as the director of recreation and marketing. “I was looking to scale back, retire a little if you [...]