BUSINESS PEOPLE

AGRICULTURE

Pengyin Chen, professor of crop, soil and environmental sciences and soybean breeder for the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture, has been named a fellow of the American Society of Agronomy.

BANKING

Simmons First Bank of Northeast Arkansas has promoted Mark Morrow to Paragould community president.

Tyler Vance has been promoted to chief operating officer for Bank of the Ozarks.

EDUCATION

Dr. Mohammed Orloff has been named an associate professor in the department of epidemiology at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.

MARKETING

Kate Dimitrova is the new director of marketing for Witsell Evans Rasco Architects/Planners.

Diamond Bear Brewing Company has named Karen

Glass Wilson as sales manager.

Thoma Thoma has announced the promotions of

Brian Hodges to designer and John Mark Adkison to inbound marketing manager.

MEDICAL

Dr. Daryl Burrows has

joined the Mercy Endocrinology Clinic in Hot Springs.

The Arkansas Osteopathic Medical Association has named Dr. James Baker, internal medicine specialist with Northwest Medical Plaza at Sugar Creek in Bentonville, as president for the association.

Dr. Pooja Motwani has been hired by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences as a practitioner at the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute and an assistant professor of medicine for the UAMS Division of Hematology/Oncology.

St. Bernards Heart and Vascular has announced the addition of Dr. Deepak Thomas to its medical staff.

Dr. James Patterson recently joined the Sparks Health System as a physician at Alma Family Medical Clinic.

NONPROFIT

Nancy Weaver is the new chief executive officer for Arkansas Sheriffs’ Youth Ranches.

Goodwill Industries of Arkansas recently announced the hiring of Brian Marsh as chief operating officer and Michael Rhodes as a career specialist.

REAL ESTATE

Craig Vick has joined Colliers International Arkansas in Little Rock as chief financial officer.