New Hires & Promotions at Henderson Engineers, First Community Bank & Stone Ward (Movers & Shakers)

See more of this week’s Movers & Shakers, and submit your own announcement at ArkansasBusiness.com/Movers.

Architecture & Engineering

Halie Price has been hired by Henderson Engineers of Lenexa, Kansas, as project manager I in the firm’s Bentonville office. Her work focuses on data centers and other critical facilities nationwide.

Katie Bruhl has been hired by Taggart Architects of North Little Rock as principal architect.

Banking & Finance

Cameron Reesor has been promoted to vice president, secondary mortgage originator by First Community Bank of Batesville at its Conway location.

Chris Gosnell, chief banking officer at Farmers Bank & Trust Co. of Magnolia, has been installed as chairman of the Arkansas Bankers Association of Little Rock. In addition, Jason Tennant, president and chief lending officer at CS Bank of Eureka Springs, has been installed as chairman-elect. Jeff Lynch, president and CEO of Eagle Bank & Trust Co. of Little Rock, has been installed as vice chairman, and Jay Wisener, regional market president of First National Banker’s Bank of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, has been installed as treasurer.

Collins Cook has been hired by Eagle Bank & Trust Co. of Little Rock as executive vice president, chief financial officer, and John Whisnant has been hired as chief lending officer. In addition, Shanda Willis has been promoted to vice president, loan operations manager, and Maddie Goodman has been promoted to assistant vice president, assistant manager, credit administration.

Dan Krause has been hired by Crews & Associates of Little Rock as vice president for executive sales in the firm’s New York office. In the role, he will help guide institutional and retail clients with their fixed-income needs.

Kirby Jett has been hired as vice president, community development officer II at The Bank of Fayetteville, a division of Farmers & Merchants Bank of Stuttgart. She will work in the bank’s Fayetteville Square office.

Education

Tiffany Pickett has been hired as communication and events manager at the Hendrix-Murphy Foundation Programs in Literature & Language of Conway.

Health Care

Dr. Ron Schechter, a board-certified orthopedic surgeon and fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons of Rosemont, Illinois, has been hired by The Orthopedic Center at Northwest of Springdale.

Insurance

Sonja Wetzler, a certified professional insurance agent, has been promoted to senior vice president, Little Rock regional manager by Community Insurance, a subsidiary of First Community Bank of Batesville. She has worked at First Community Bank since 2013.

Legal

Ashtyn Pike has joined Friday Eldredge & Clark of Little Rock as an attorney.

Catherine Stephens has been hired as an associate at the Rose Law Firm of Little Rock. She will work in the litigation division of the firm’s Little Rock office, focusing on civil and employment law.

Media & Marketing

Allison Bermudez, who holds an accreditation in public relations, has been hired as senior public relations counsel at Stone Ward of Little Rock. She also serves as ethics officer at the Arkansas chapter of the Public Relations Society of America of New York.

Sajni Kumpuris, education director and production director at Arkansas PBS of Conway, has been appointed as interim executive director while the network conducts a nationwide search to permanently fill the position.

Real Estate

Ryan Roehrenbeck, escrow officer at Pulaski County Title of Little Rock, has been installed as the president of the Arkansas Land Title Association of Little Rock board of directors. Wade Williams, president of Kings River Title of Berryville, has been recognized as the Arkansas Title Person of the Year, and Clayton Rowe, an attorney at City Title & Closing of Rogers, has received the Arkansas Young Title Person of the Year Award.

Utilities

Blaine Anible, a plant operator apprentice at Conway Corp., has earned his Class II wastewater treatment license from the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality in North Little Rock.