BUSINESS PEOPLE
BANKING
Arvest Bank has named Maisie Miles Pruitt vice president, private banking advisor.
Brittany Barnes has joined Farm Credit Midsouth as a Credit Analyst.
BUSINESS
Whit Davis Lumber Plus recently promoted Troy Hunter from chief operations officer to president.
GOVERNMENT
Bryan Mader has been hired as the statewide health specialist for the Cooperative Extension Service’s Family and Consumer Sciences Department.
HIGHER EDUCATION
Ozarka College has announced the recent hiring of Marcus Orf as the new director of Ozarka College’s Carpenter Technical Center in Ash Flat.
Bill Allison has been selected to lead National Park College’s workforce efforts as vice president.
MEDICINE
Michail Mavros, M.D., has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences at the Surgical Oncology Clinic at the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute.
Robin Liston, M.P.H., has joined the UAMS Translational Research Institute as executive director. Leanne Lefler, Ph.D.,
APRN, an associate professor in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Nursing, has been invested in the Women’s Cardiovascular Health Professorship.
UTILITIES
Margaret Smith has been promoted to marketing project coordinator/event specialist at Conway Corp.
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