Diel & Forguson LLC in O'Fallon hired certified public accountant Jamie Dressler for its accounting services staff as a senior accountant. Dressler spent nine years in both the private sector and in public accounting.

Cutler Insurance Agency in O'Fallon hired Scott Mank for its sales department. Mank is a life-long metro-east resident with more than 20 years of experience in the insurance industry.

Kay Gaehle, associate professor in the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Nursing, was elected as the second vice president of the Illinois Division Board of the American Cancer Society. Gaehle worked with the American Cancer Society for seven years and began serving on the metro-east board of directors. She served on the Illinois Division Board for the last four years and as the faculty chair for the SIUE division of American Cancer Society Colleges Against Cancer during its inaugural year.

VITAS Innovative Hospice Care in Fairview Heights appointed Frederick Freiberg as veteran liaison. Freiberg will work with the Veteran's Administration, Medicare, Medicaid and local agencies and service organizations to help veterans nearing the end of life and their families access benefits and resources. Freiberg is a Vietnam War veteran and a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Patriot Guard.