BUSINESS PEOPLE
BEER & ALE
Ryan O’Connor has been named the new president of O’Connor Distributing.
HIGHER EDUCATION
David Hutchison has been named the new vice president for advancement at Lyon College, and will assume his new role in January.
At Arkansas Tech University, at the meeting of the Arkansas Society of Enrolled Agents, the following officers were elected and installed: Barbara Garragus, president; Wayne Davis, vice president; Don Cox, executive secretary; Otis Stewart, financial secretary; Mary Hutchison, recording secretary; Jerry Gardner, publicity director; Jerry Hargraves, education director; Floyd Ray Hickerson, program and events director.
MEDICAL
Nurse Practitioner Krystine Miller has joined Sherwood Urgent Care in Maumelle.
OIL AND GAS
The Arkansas Independent Producers and Royalty Owners recently elected officers for 2019: President Richard Walt, J. David Reynolds Co., Camden; Secretary Walter Dueease, XTO Energy Inc., Fort Worth, Texas; and Past
President Mike Callan, Stephens Production Co., in Fort Smith. Elected to the company’s board of directors were: Neil Walter, Walker Well Service, Norphlet; Nathan Caldwell, Weiser-Brown Operating Co., Magnolia; Bill Hanna, Hanna Oil & Gas, Fort Smith; Pat Shields, Shamrock Natural Resources, Fort Smith; and Andy Miller, Southwestern Energy, Little Rock.
UTILITIES
C. Tad Bohannon, chief executive officer of Central Arkansas Water, was recently selected to serve on the boards of two national water organizations, the American Water Works Association Southwest Section and the Association of Regional Water Organizations.
WHERE TO SEND NOTICES
Notices of executive promotions, new hires or job changes should be sent to: People Editor; Business News Department; Arkansas DemocratGazette; P.O. Box 2221; Little Rock, Ark. 72203, or by e-mail to jeanne.lewis@arkansasonline.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.