People in Business: First Bankers adds; Midland States appoints; Armstrong Teasdale adds & ranks

Catch up on local business awardees, hires and promotions.

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CEO coaching and peer advisory organization Vistage, named James D. Maher recipient of the 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award. Maher is founder and CEO of Archford, an investments and financial advisory firm based in Swansea, Illinois.

First Bankers Trust Company added Olivia Harris as treasury management banker for the O’Fallon and St. Charles Commercial Banking Offices and the greater St. Louis metro area.



Clayco welcomed Mike Ptasznik as vice president in the industrial business unit. Sirius Wealth Management added Mason Brunsmann as a financial adviser specializing in wealth management and insurance. Midland States Bank appointed Meg Fisher as market president for the St.

Louis area. Armstrong Teasdale added three associates in St. Louis: Gilly Kelly, estate planning, trust and estate administration; Brendan McGuire, corporate services; Connor McNeall intellectual property.

The following five trial lawyers, also from St. Louis, ranked in the 2025 guide to U.S.

litigation firms and attorneys Benchmark Litigation : Maureen O. Bryan , healthcare; Richard L. Brophy , intellectual property; Timothy Gearin , product liability, healthcare; Jeffrey Schultz , commercial, data privacy, ICT & software; and Thomas Weaver , appellate.

Carmody MacDonald added Jack J. Gilkey to the firm’s litigation group. Integrate Construction Partners hired Jim Grzesik as preconstruction manager.

Kemper Life, the life insurance division of Kemper Corporation, Chicago, Illinois, named Lyman Moffatt as district manager in the St. Louis, Missouri office..