Banking
Rebekah Guiltner has been promoted to senior vice president, director of risk management and audit at FNBC Bank of Ash Flat. Guiltner, who most recently served as senior vice president, internal audit, will join FNBC’s executive committee in her expanded role.
Chad Merriman has been hired as vice president, commercial lender at the Mountain Home branch of First Community Bank of Batesville.
Chasadee Weaver has been hired as executive vice president, commercial loan officer at the Bentonville branch of Generations Bank of Rogers. Weaver has more than 25 years of commercial banking experience.
LaTasha McNeely Randle has been hired as vice president and director of community outreach for the Jefferson County banking team of FBT Bank of Fordyce. Randle joins FBT with 12 years of community outreach experience in Pine Bluff.
Business Services
Andrew Smith has been hired as program director of 75Strong of Conway.
Noah Sanders has been hired as an account executive at Impact Management Group of Little Rock.
Education
Andrea Cole has been appointed associate vice chancellor for institutional advancement at Arkansas State University-Beebe. Cole, who had served on an interim basis for the past several months, previously was the development officer for major gifts.
Bryan Fisher, the associate vice president for advancement at Arkansas Tech University of Russellville, has been named interim vice president for advancement at Arkansas Tech and interim executive vice president of the ATU Foundation of Russellville. Fisher will replace Jason Geiken, who resigned effective Dec. 5.
Suzanne McCall has been promoted to vice president for administration and finance at Arkansas Tech University. McCall had served as ATU interim vice president for administration and finance since June.
Nate Olsen has been hired as associate athletic director for communications at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.
Dr. Burke Soffe, founding dean of the Lyon College School of Dental Medicine, and Dr. Gerald Davis, associate dean of academic affairs of the school, were named fellows of the American College of Dentists of Rockville, Maryland.
Government
Patrick Zondervan has been appointed executive director of the Little Rock regional office of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
Health Care
Marcy Doderer, Arkansas Children’s president and CEO, has been awarded the Sasha & Terry Freeman Endowed Chair in Healthcare Administration & Executive Leadership by Terry and Sasha Freeman of Russellville. The pair donated $1 million to establish the endowed chair, and it has been matched by a $1 million grant from the Arkansas Children’s legacy match campaign.
Dr. Nikki Donaldson has been hired at the Lonoke Dental Center, a branch of Arkansas Dental Centers.
Traci Baker has been appointed chief nursing officer of Levi Hospital of Hot Springs.
Investments
Cole Baggett has been hired as an executive sales representative for institutional sales at Crews & Associates of Little Rock.
Legal
Rita Gruber and Wayne Gruber have been honored as the distinguished Alumni of the Year by the William H. Bowen School of Law in Little Rock. The award is the highest honor given to an alumnus by the school.
Elijah Kemp has been hired as a pre-litigation attorney at Rainwater Holt & Sexton of Little Rock.
Makyla Jackson has been hired as an associate in the commercial litigation practice group in the Fayetteville office of Kutak Rock LLP. Other new associate hires are Mason Arterbury, to the tax practice group in the Little Rock office; Lauren Campbell, to the mergers and acquisitions group in the Little Rock office; Tim Igo, to the tax group in the Little Rock office; Alex Jones, to the litigation practice group in the Little Rock office; and Kayla Sherrill, to the litigation practice group in the Rogers office.
Media & Marketing
Grace Marsiglio has been hired as a public relations coordinator at The Peacock Group of Little Rock.
Mark Samber, vice president of marketing technology for mhp.si, has completed the generative artificial intelligence certification program of 4A of New York.
Technology
Scott Hambuchen, previously chief product officer of First Orion of North Little Rock, has been appointed CEO following the departure of Joe Stinziano. Jeff Stalnaker, co-founder and chief financial officer at First Orion, is now president, alongside his other responsibilities.
Utilities
Matthew Stephens has been promoted to telecom installer technician 4 at Conway Corp. Stephens earned his wireless specialist certification from the Society of Cable Technology Engineers of Exton, Pennsylvania, and a technician certification from Alarm.com of Tysons, Virginia, leading to the promotion.
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