2 Hired at Taylor King Law (Movers & Shakers)

(From left) Thomas Odom & Kelsi Scarlett (Taylor King Law)

Thomas Odom has been hired as an attorney at Taylor King Law of Little Rock, and Kelsi Scarlett has been hired at the northwest Arkansas branch of Taylor King Law in Springdale.

Andrew Staples has been hired as vice president and microloan program manager at Arkansas Capital Corp. of Little Rock. Staples will lead the organization’s new microlending initiative.

Deana Dukes has been hired as a Small Business Administration loan assistant at Stone Bank in Little Rock. 

Jared Gabriele has been hired as regional president and chief lending officer for northwest Arkansas at Chambers Bank in Rogers. Gabriele will oversee the bank’s lending teams in Elkins, Fayetteville, Rogers and Springdale.

Lawson Corkern has been hired as an associate adviser at Corkern & Co. of Little Rock. Corkern will be working remotely for the firm from Fort Worth, Texas.

Shannon Price has been promoted to vice president, appraisal review manager at First Community Bank of Batesville; Jonathan Cole has been appointed as senior vice president, director of appraisal services at the bank; and Kyler Shaw has been promoted to assistant vice president, facilities assistant manager.

Dan Lyons has been appointed vice president of sales at Nuqleous of Bentonville.

Dave Hanley has been named chief revenue officer at StorageTrader of Little Rock. Hanley has more than two decades of experience in scaling technology-based businesses.

Wanda Miller has been promoted to vice president of sales to the Navy and Marine Corps at Epoch Concepts of Pine Bluff.

Chris Nolen and Tessie Kentner, managing attorneys at Southwest Power Pool of Little Rock, have been named associate general counsel of SPP. The company is a not-for-profit regional transmission organization.

Michael Desselle, vice president and chief compliance and administrative officer at SPP, will retire from the organization effective Jan. 2. Mike Riley, senior director and deputy general counsel at SPP, has been promoted to fill Desselle’s position. Riley has been with the company since 2009. 

Steve Purdy has been promoted to technical director, engineering at Southwest Power Pool. Purdy previously served as a principal systems planning engineer.

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