BUSINESS PEOPLE
ARCHITECTURE
WER Architects/Planners has hired Lucas Strack as a BIM technician.
BANKING
The Bank of Fayetteville announced the following promotions: Kyle Pattillo, vice president and commercial loan officer at The Bank of Fayetteville; Robin George, assistant vice president in loan operations. At Farmers and Merchants Bank, Sarah Berg was named vice president; Tori Hudson, vice president; Michael Delancey, assistant vice president; Amanda Cress-Haffner, assistant vice president as a specialist in electronic banking products for corporate accounts;
Kylia Neasley, assistant vice president in the new accounts department in Stuttgart; Cachet Bledsaw, assistant vice president.
Kimberly Shaw joined Citizens Bank as senior vice president of retail banking.
FINANCIAL
Jonathan Breedlove joined AgHeritage Farm Credit Services as Ag loan officer in the Dermott branch office.
INSURANCE
Scott Winter has been promoted to vice president of finance at Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield.
LEGAL
Steve W. Quattlebaum, a managing member of Quattlebaum, Grooms & Tull PLLC,
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Cordell & Cordell hired associate attorney Giana Messore in its Little Rock office.
MEDICAL
Patricia Braun has been promoted to director of emergency medicine and intensive care services at Sparks Medical Center-Van Buren.
Christina Karnatz joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences as an associate director of development, and Katie Rievert joined UAMS as a development associate, both with the UAMS Northwest Regional Campus.
NONPROFIT
The White River Regional Housing Authority announced that Mashale Lawrence has joined the agency as the chief financial officer.
REAL ESTATE
The Arkansas Realtors Land Institute inducted charter member Joel King as president of the board for 2017.
The Hot Springs Village Property Owners Association announced that Cheryl Dunson has been named sales and marketing director for the real estate sales program.
UTILITIES
Hot Springs’ Deputy City Manager Bill Burrough has been re-elected to a two-year term on the board of directors for the Mid-Arkansas Water Alliance.
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