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Are you active and engaged in our community? Do you want to help grow and support local businesses? Springfield Business Journal is a locally owned and operated monthly business-to-business publication serving the Springfield/Jacksonville area. For 25 years, we’ve built a reputation for covering issues and people that are important to our community. Central Illinois Communications, […]

BRANDT has named Morgan Beck as corporate accounting manager. Beck joins the BRANDT corporate staff in the company’s Springfield headquarters. Prior to joining BRANDT, Beck spent 15 years at Security Bank in Springfield. She held multiple management positions at the bank, most recently serving as chief financial officer for the past three years. Beck also […]

Ryan McCrady takes the helm of the Springfield Sangamon Growth Alliance By Carey Smith Though much of the world is currently on pause, the Springfield Sangamon Growth Alliance (SSGA) continues to work to help businesses navigate through challenges presented by the pandemic.  In addition to getting up to speed as the newly-hired president of SSGA, […]

Ken Day has joined Security Bank as the Chief Financial Officer, effective May 4. President and CEO Stephan Paul Antonacci said in a message to employees, “I am excited about the opportunity to work with him and believe that he will be a positive force for the bank and its culture.” Day graduated from Milliken […]

Sergio “Satch” Pecori, longtime board member of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Foundation, has been appointed chair of the board of directors. Pecori succeeds Ray McCaskey, who has completed his term as chair but will remain on the board for the private nonprofit that supports the educational and cultural programming of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential […]

Kent Siltman will join Illinois College as the vice president of business affairs and chief financial officer on May 4. President Barbara Farley said in a message to the campus community that Siltman will provide visionary and strategic leadership to drive the college’s long-term financial sustainability.  “I am confident that Kent will be a valuable […]

New full-time position will provide direct support to agencies serving unhoused residents across Sangamon County The Heartland Continuum of Care (HCoC) has hired Josh Sabo as its new full-time coordinator. Sabo will be responsible for facilitating and coordinating the local system of shelters, services and housing that helps people exit homelessness in Sangamon County. “I […]

Steve Etheridge has come out of retirement and joined Hickory Point Bank to help serve local small businesses and nonprofit companies with Paycheck Protection Program loans.  Etheridge was previously a co-owner of Henson Robinson Company and served as its chief financial officer for 24 years. “We are thrilled that Steve has stepped up to help […]

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 […]