Ms. Boyer is a registered professional engineer in the states of Illinois, Missouri, Iowa, Indiana, and Minnesota, and she is a Founder and President of Kaskaskia Engineering Group, LLC located in Belleville, Illinois.  Prior to forming KEG, Ms. Boyer managed the Transportation Engineering Department for a local consultant. 

Ms. Boyer’s previous experience also includes ten years of service with the Illinois Department of Transportation in various civil engineering positions. Most recently, Ms. Boyer was the Local Roads Field Engineer for Madison, Bond, Clinton, and Washington Counties.

As Manager of KEG, Geri provides leadership and strategic planning to achieve and maintain the company’s mission and vision; she facilitates organizational growth and professional development of all employees; she oversees the day-to-day operations and ensures the quality of all projects engineered, inspected, and built by KEG.

Ms. Boyer studied Mining Engineering at the University of Missouri at Rolla and received her Bachelors of Science in Civil Engineering from Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville.  She also has a Masters of Pastoral Studies from Loyola University at New Orleans.

Throughout her career, she has promoted and nourished her community through business relationships as well as spiritual and religious endeavors.  Ms. Boyer is the President of the Belleville CEO program, Vice-president of the Illinois American Consulting Engineering Council, and serves on the Protestant Memorial Medical Center Board and the Memorial Foundation Board. She is an executive member of Belle-Scott Committee. She is also member of the City of Belleville’s Development/Redevelopment Commission, is on the Board of Directors for Community Kindness, and serves on the professional advisory committee for Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville. Additionally, she serves on the preaching team at The King’s House Retreat and Renewal Center.  She has completed Diaconal Ministry training with her husband, Deacon Doug Boyer, and serves with him at Saints Peter and Paul parish in Waterloo, Illinois. 

Ms. Boyer was recognized as the 2014 Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville Outstanding Civil Engineering Alumna of the Year, a 2014 Top Women Business Owner by Small Business Monthly, and one of the 2011 St. Louis Business Journal’s top 25 Most Influential Business Women in 2011. She has also received the 2011 Faith in the Marketplace Award and the ACEC-Illinois Community Service Award.

 KEG was also honored as Engineering Firm of the Year by the Illinois Department of Transportation in 2014.

 She has two children and two grandchildren and resides with husband in Belleville, Illinois.  She has lived in and served her local community for the last 20 years.

Organization: Memorial Hospital Belleville | Shiloh

Title: Director, Marketing and Communications

As Memorial Hospital’s marketing and communication director, Anne Meyer-Thomure leads internal and external communications and community relations efforts on behalf of Memorial Hospital Belleville | Shiloh.  

Mrs. Thomure has also serves as executive director of Memorial Foundation. 

Prior to joining Memorial in 1986, Mrs. Thomure was the editor of O’Fallon Progress and prior to that the Cahokia-Dupo Herald. She also provided public relations support to St. Joseph’s Hospital in Alton, Illinois and McKendree College in Lebanon, Illinois.

Mrs. Thomure completed her Bachelor of Arts degree at McKendree University.

Mrs. Thomure has been an active volunteer throughout the region for many years. She was the former board president of the Metro-East Regional Chamber of Commerce. Mrs. Thomure is a past healthcare section chair of the United Way and a former member of the board for Hospice of Southern Illinois, McKendree University Alumni Association and Violence Prevention Center of Southwestern Illinois.

Mrs. Thomure has received a number of awards in recognition of her leadership and service. 

She received an award from the McKendree University Alumni Association Academy of Excellence for Outstanding Achievements in Communication in 2011 and the same year the Phenomenal Woman Award from the Center for Racial Harmony. In 2010 she received 30 Years 30 Leaders Award from Violence Prevention Center of Southwest Illinois and in 2009 was named Ambassador of the Year by the Greater Belleville Chamber of Commerce. 

Mrs. Thomure and her husband live in Belleville, Illinois. They have two children and four grandchildren.

Kevin Bouse started investing with an old duplex in Belleville back when he was 16 years old. He graduated from Althoff Catholic High School and St. Louis University.  He went into Occupational Therapy but only worked a few short years while he grew his rental property business. Currently he has several apartment communities in the Belleville area with an office, space and a self storage facility. He has three children and a very supportive wife and enjoys being able to spend time on different boards in the city and county and stays active in his church.

Education:

In 2015, Josh McDermott assumed ownership of the Belleville-based home remodeling company his father started more than 25 years ago after serving as its business manager.

During his tenure, Josh has worked quickly to modernize and formalize work practices and policies to make the company more efficient with the goal of providing a high quality experience to the customer. Those techniques included introducing an online forum for the company and client to communicate, share photos and update schedules. Another was offering third-party online surveying of customers to identify company strengths and weaknesses. Finally, Josh launched a digital online marketing program to assist in enhancing the company’s online presence in targeted markets on both sides of the river.

Josh is proud to continue the tradition started by his father of nurturing a family-centered culture within the company. In fact, J.T. McDermott boasts two employees who have been there since the company began.

Another tradition is the company’s deep involvement within the community. J.T. McDermott supports myriad local groups, organizations, events and causes.

Education

• Graduate of Althoff High School, 1999
• Bachelor Science in Business, University of Missouri-Columbia 2003

Work Experience

• Specialty Sales Professional, Sanofi-Aventis Pharmaceuticals 2004-2010
  • Sales awards including Regional, National, and International awards.
• Business Manager, J.T. McDermott Remodeling 2010-1015
• Owner, J.T. McDermott Remodeling 2015-Present
• Certified Graduate Remodeler, National Association of Homebuilders
• Mentor, Belleville Area CEO Program
• Board Member, Homebuilder’s and Remodeler’s Association, Southwestern IL
• Board Member, Belleville Area CEO Program
• Professional Remodeler Magazine’s 40 Under 40 Class of 2017

Market President of Bank of Belleville March, 2019 to present 

FoundingPresident/CEO of Bank of Belleville January, 2005 to March, 2019 

Executive Vice President, Commercial Banking Executive at Magna Bank (now Regions Bank) July, 1994 to January, 2005       

Senior Vice President at Mercantile Bank October, 1991 to March, 1994 

Vice President, Senior Loan Officer at Mark Twain BankJanuary, 1986 to October, 1991

Assistant Vice President at General Bank (now Bank of America) November, 1982 to December, 1985

Associate National Bank Examiner; U.S. Treasury Department – OCC January, 1980 to November, 1982 

Education:

          Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville

          Master of Business Administration - 1987

          BSBA - Professional Accounting Specialization - 1979

Affiliations:

Belle-Scott Committee; since 2004

Belleville Hospitals’ Golf and Tennis Classic Committee:  2003 - 2016; Chairman in 2007 and 2008

Greater Belleville Chamber of Commerce: 2004 Chairman of the Board; Board member 1999 - 2017

Rotary Club of St. Clair County (West): 1992 - Present; President 1999-2000; Board Member

St. Louis Zoo Association: Board Member since 2015

Belleville CEO:  Board Member since 2015.  Board President 2019-2020

Leadership Council of Southwestern Illinois: Board Member 2013 - Present

YMCA of Southwestern Illinois: Board Member 1998 - 2015; Finance Committee Chairman 2002- 2004.  Search Committee for Executive Director in 2002 and in 2007.  Board Nominating Committee Chairman

Althoff Catholic High School: Board Member 2007-2010;  Finance Committee 2007 – Present.  Trustee 2017 – Present

Okaw Valley Council of Boy Scouts: Executive Board 2005 – 2007; Advisory Board 1992 – 2005

Operation Food Search: Honorary Chairman of Operation Weekend Backpack Program 2013 – 2014, Belleville District 118

Our Lady Queen of Peace Parish and School: Parish Trustee 1999 – 2007; School Board Member 1995 – 1997; School Board President 1997.  School Principal Search Committee in 1997 and 1999

River Bluffs Council of Girl Scouts: Board of Directors 1994 – 1999; Delegate to the National Convention in 1996

St. Elizabeth’s Hospital: Executive Board 2009 – 2011; Community Advisory Board 2007 - 2009

United Way of Greater St. Louis, Illinois Division: Auxiliary Board of Directors 2007- 2009

Special Recognition:  

         2006 Kimmel Community Service Award

          2015 Althoff Catholic High School Values & Vision Award

Education

LL.M. - Taxation, University of Miami School of Law, 2006
J.D., University of Miami School of Law, 2005
B.B.A. - Accounting, University of Notre Dame, 2002

Bar Admissions

Florida
Illinois
Missouri

Practice Groups

Business Services
Joint Ventures & Strategic Alliances

Trusts & Estates
Asset & Divorce
Protection Planning
Charitable Planning
Corporate Fiduciary Representation
Estate Planning
Estate, Gift & Fiduciary Income Tax Return Preparation
Estate, Gift & Income Tax Planning
Family Business & Succession Planning
Prenuptial & Postnuptial Agreements
Probate & Trust Administration

 Community Involvement

• Leadership Council Southwestern Illinois, 2014-present
• Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southwestern Illinois, 2012-present
• St. Louis Sports Commission, board member, 2016-present; associates board of directors, 2008-2016, vice chair, 2013-2016
• St. Louis Children's Hospital, Legacy Advisors, 2010-present
• Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Program, 2002-2005
• Belleville CEO Class, board member, 2015-present

“Both in estate planning and business counseling, I enjoy the great personal contact I have with clients. You develop a close bond, which is why it’s important for them to trust you.”

Through the often-personal experience of estate planning, Garry Reuter builds clients’ trust with a personable approach that draws on his advanced knowledge of complex tax planning. Working with individuals and families in Illinois, Missouri, and Florida, his services include:

• Drafting trusts (revocable and irrevocable), wills and powers of attorney for financial and health care matters
• Tax planning for estate, gift and generation-skipping transfer taxes, and federal and state income taxes
• Tax return preparation for individuals and fiduciaries
• Trust and probate administration
• Premarital and postmarital agreements
• Planned charitable giving

Garry also works with owners of closely-held companies, with clients in areas ranging from physician practices, to family-owned restaurants, to construction and development companies. Garry advises and ass o ists clients with the formation of business entities (e.g. corporations, limited liability companies, general and limited partnerships); preparation of shareholder agreements, operating agreements, and buy-sell agreements; and instruction on other general business needs. Garry also helps business owners with succession planning and tax planning, helping them develop strategies for passing a business to the next generation of owners.

Garry has an LL.M. degree in taxation and worked as a legal intern for the Internal Revenue Service Office of Chief Counsel in Miami. Before joining Greensfelder, he spent several years handling trusts and estates planning at another large St. Louis-based firm.