BUSINESS PEOPLE
ARCHITECTURE
Polk Stanley Wilcox Architects has named David Porter as chief executive officer.
CONSTRUCTION
CDI Contractors has added Jeff Sharp, a graphic design specialist with construction industry marketing experience, to the firm’s professional staff as marketing coordinator.
EDUCATION
Tionna Jenkins and Bob Bailey have been appointed to the Philander Smith College Board of Trustees. The University of Central Arkansas has named Phillip Bailey as the new associate vice president for International Engagement. Abdel Bachri has been selected as the new dean of the College of Science and Engineering at Southern Arkansas University.
FARMING
Kevin Simpson has been named vice president of lending and branch manager for the Brinkley branch office of AgHeritage Farm Credit Services.
LAW
Robert W. George has joined Friday, Eldredge & Clark, LLP where he will serve as senior counsel in the commercial litigation practice area.
MEDICAL
Dr. William L. Mason and Dr. Pramod K. Nelluri have joined the Arkansas Foundation for Medical Care as associate medical directors.
BUSINESS AWARDS LAW
Friday, Eldredge & Clark lawyer Donald H. Bacon is the 2018 recipient of the Sidney S. McMath Professionalism Award.
MEDICAL
Dr. Katie Brown, an optometric physician at the UAMS Harvey & Bernice Jones Eye Institute, is the Arkansas Optometric Association’s 2018 Young Optometrist of the Year. WHERE TO SEND NOTICES Notices of executive promotions, new hires or job changes should be sent to: People Editor; Business News Department; Arkansas Democrat-Gazette; P.O. Box 2221; Little Rock, Ark. 72203, or by e-mail to wwright@ar kansasonline.com. Notices should be limited to a few paragraphs and may be accompanied by a photograph, preferably a glossy black and white, which will be used on a space available basis. Photos cannot be returned.