Midwest Leaders on the Move: Executives, Recruitments and Awards in St. Louis Business”.

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