In recent news, several individuals have been appointed to new roles and honored for their contributions in various fields.
Shelley Scalzo Brown has been named the new vice president of safety at Alberici, while Heidi Eckert has joined Blitz, Bardgett & Deutsch as an employment and labor relations litigator in St. Louis. Mike Blankenship has also joined Powers Insurance & Risk Management as their new commercial lines account manager.
JB Floyd of Lead Valets was elected as the St. Louis 2024 Business Person of the Year by Alignable. Steven Bowman has also joined the board of directors at United 4 Children.
In other news, Marty Oberman was honored with the 2024 Peggy Nelson Esperanza Award from Cancer Support Community of Greater St. Louis for his over 30 years of service on the board. Christian T. Gordon has become a member/partner at Lewis Rice, specializing in corporate Environmental, Chemical & Toxic Tort, and Real Estate practice groups. Midwest BankCentre promoted Mitch Bridges to executive vice president and chief credit officer, while KAI Enterprises hired Jim Duckwitz as their new controller.
Kerryann Kohut has transitioned to a full-time retention specialist at Cooperative Home Health Care, while Wealth management firm Smith Moore hired Joyce Randle as the director of practice management and branch manager of the Clayton and Chesterfield offices. Finally, Clayco appointed Kara Wurtz as the director of financial planning & analysis.