BUSINESS PEOPLE
BANKING
Arvest Bank has announced the promotion of Tanya James to vice president, branch administrator in Central Arkansas.
BUSINESS
Priority1, a national thirdparty logistics service founded in Little Rock, has announced the hiring of Grant Crawford as chief financial officer.
Ghidotti Communications, a Little Rock public relations and content marketing agency, announces the addition of
Jane Madden to the team as an account executive.
The U.S. Small Business Administration Arkansas District Office has announced the addition of two new members to its team. Jerry Talbert has joined SBA Arkansas as its new deputy district director, and Derrick Andrews has joined the district as its outreach and marketing specialist.
The Independent Insurance Agents of Arkansas has announced the hiring of Reagan Heffley as the new director of communications.
HIGHER EDUCATION
MEDICAL
Hematologist oncologist Anuradha Kunther, M.D., has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences where she is also an assistant professor in the UAMS College of Medicine Department of Internal Medicine.
Robert W. Bradsher Jr., M.D., a professor of infectious diseases in the UAMS
department of internal medicine, has received the 2020 Distinguished Faculty Service Award from the UAMS College of Medicine.
Kristen Sterba, Ph.D., associate provost for students and administration and director for institutional research, policy and accreditation in the UAMS Division of Academic Affairs, was recently elected vice president of the Association for Graduate Enrollment Management.
Larry Balle II, M.D., M.P.H., has joined UAMS as a primary-care sports medicine physician practicing at UAMS Health Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine.
Tiffany Huitt, Ph.D., has received the Chancellor’s Teaching Award for Teaching Excellence at UAMS.
Martin Radvany, M.D., chief of the Division of Interventional Neuroradiology at the UAMS, has been elected a fellow of the American College of Radiology.
TECHNOLOGY
Mainstream Technologies is pleased to announce the hiring of Anthony Cobb as software developer whose responsibilities will be dedicated to a state agency using Java development, html and relational databases.
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 news@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.