Christian T. Gordon has joined the ranks of Lewis Rice as a member/partner, specializing in corporate Environmental, Chemical & Toxic Tort, and Real Estate practice groups. Kerryann Kohut has recently transitioned to a full-time role as a retention specialist at Cooperative Home Health Care.
Kai Enterprises has hired Jim Duckwitz as their new controller, while Mitch Bridges has been promoted to executive vice president and chief credit officer at Midwest BankCentre. Shelley Scalzo Brown has been appointed as the new vice president of safety at Alberici.
Steven Bowman has been welcomed to the board of directors at United 4 Children. Wealth management firm Smith Moore has appointed Joyce Randle as the director of practice management and branch manager of the Clayton and Chesterfield offices. Kara Wurtz has been named the director of financial planning & analysis at Clayco.
JB Floyd was elected as the St. Louis 2024 Business Person of the Year by Alignable, while Heidi Eckert has joined Blitz, Bardgett & Deutsch’s St. Louis team as an employment and labor relations litigator. Powers Insurance & Risk Management welcomed Mike Blankenship to their roster as their new commercial lines account manager. Marty Oberman was honored with the 2024 Peggy Nelson Esperanza Award by Cancer Support Community of Greater St. Louis for his over 30 years on their board.