See more of this week’s Movers & Shakers, and submit your own announcement at ArkansasBusiness.com/Movers.
Banking & Finance
Scott Armstrong has been appointed senior vice president, specialty deposits group manager at Encore Bank of Little Rock.
Ethan Adams has been hired as agri business development manager at the Jonesboro branch of Farmers & Merchants Bank of Stuttgart.
Gabe Roberts has been hired as the community president for the Jonesboro market at FNBC Bank of Ash Flat.
Hatim Smouni, a wealth management adviser at Merrill Lynch with the Smouni Bradley Group of Little Rock, has received his Certified Exit Planning Advisor credential from the Exit Planning Institute of Westlake, Ohio.
Hayes Johnson has been promoted to project manager at First Service Bank of Greenbrier. Johnson has been with the bank for more than four years and most recently served as a universal banker.
Kyler Shaw has been promoted to assistant vice president, facilities manager at First Community Bank of Batesville.
Construction
Anna Hoover has been hired as the director of operations at Kajacs Contractors of Little Rock. Hoover previously held a corporate analyst position at Lexicon Inc.
Economic Development
Jim Fram has been awarded the status of Honorary Life Member of the International Economic Development Council of Washington, D.C. Fram has more than three decades of experience in economic development and senior-level chamber of commerce management in Arkansas, Texas, Oklahoma, Nebraska and Missouri.
Education
Kasey Evans has been hired as vice president for enrollment at Hendrix College of Conway.
Health Care
Dr. Greg Reiter and Dr. Michael Clouatre have been hired to the medical staff at Willow Creek Women’s Hospital of Johnson.
Dr. Darrin Cunningham has been hired at Northwest OB/GYN-Wedington. Cunningham is a fellow of the American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists.
Investments
Matthieu Pellerin has been appointed to the board of directors at Acres.com of Fayetteville. Pellerin spent more than 17 years at Google, where he is credited with founding and leading the Growth Lab, Google’s central growth function.
Curtis Wethington has been hired as a financial consultant to the private wealth management division at the Hot Springs office of Stephens Inc. of Little Rock.
Legal
Matthew Boch has been hired as a transition partner in the tax group at the Little Rock office of Kutak Rock LLP of Omaha, Nebraska. Boch most recently served as the chief commissioner of the Arkansas Tax Appeals Commission of Little Rock.
Nonprofits
David Avery, vice president of government affairs at Windstream, will return to a second term on the board of directors of the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Arkansas & North Louisiana in Little Rock. Newly appointed members of the board are Kimberly Trell, owner of Kimber Décor Events; Mike Flagg, general manager at Hiland Dairy; Derek Pierce, partner at Forvis-Mazars; and Kelly Straessle, vice president of facilities and procurement at Centennial Bank.
Emily Piechocki has been hired as chief development officer at the Arkansas Foodbank of Little Rock. Piechocki previously served as the development director for Ronald McDonald House Charities of Arkansas & North Louisiana.
Retail
Griffin Kuhn has been promoted to chief operating officer at Splash of Little Rock. In addition, Garrett Hartman, former senior director of operations, has been promoted to vice president of operations support.
Tourism
Alison Nation has been promoted to chief marketing officer of Visit Bentonville. In addition, Mer Wilder has been promoted to communications manager of web and e-news, and Natalie Stika has been promoted to communications manager of social and public relations.
Utilities
Kevin Bryant has been hired as executive vice president of stakeholder affairs and chief strategy officer of Southwest Power Pool of Little Rock.
Gage Hogan has been promoted to telecom construction technician 2 at Conway Corp., and Kyle Troxler has been promoted to apprentice lineman 4.
Deanna Ray has been hired as the chief legal officer for the Little Rock Water Reclamation Authority.
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