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Jennifer Mazzacane has been hired as a social media manager, John Dickins has been hired as new business director, and Ali Marie Watson has been promoted to senior client relationship manager, all at Kirkpatrick Creative in Little Rock. COMMUNICATIONS
Natalie Schulte has joined U.S. Rep. French Hill’s staff as a press assistant. ENERGY
Eleise Myers has been promoted to business solutions sales engineer, and Tony Van Pelt has been named director of safety and emergency management, at ConwayCorp. ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Wayne Miller has been hired as the new executive director at the Venture Center in Little Rock. INSURANCE
Solomon Brotman has joined Life & Specialty Ventures as vice president of national clinical operations. MEDICAL Dr. Brent M. Lawrence has joined Arkansas Surgical Hospital’s team of orthopedic surgeons and will start seeing patients in the new Arkansas Surgical Hospital Orthopedic Clinic in Conway later this month.
Dr. G. Richard Smith has been named chairman of the Department of Psychiatry in the College of Medicine at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and director of UAMS’ Psychiatric Research Institute.
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