See more of this week’s Movers & Shakers, and submit your own announcement at ArkansasBusiness.com/Movers.
Architecture & Engineering
Rodney McCain, David Watkins, and Caleb Zimmerman have been promoted to associates in the land development department at McClelland Consulting Engineers of Little Rock. Jarrett Elliott is now a project engineer. New hires include Sarah Waggoner (CAD designer, water/wastewater), Mark Maloy (transportation project manager), and Paige Edmund (marketing coordinator, Fayetteville).
Patty Opitz and Sarah Bennings have been named principals at Polk Stanley Wilcox Architects in Little Rock.
Banking & Finance
Karrigan Crabtree has been promoted to mortgage loan originator for FNBC Bank in Sharp County.
Megan Kumpe has been promoted to chief experience officer at Farmers Bank & Trust of Magnolia.
Cassandra Huff has joined First Community Bank of Batesville as vice president, commercial loan officer in the dealer direct program.
Business Services
Patsy Kane has taken ownership of The Nest, a coworking community and social club for women in Little Rock.
Education
Dr. Richard Pazdur will receive an honorary Doctor of Science degree from Hendrix College.
Jeremy Paprocki has received the 2024-25 Outstanding Faculty Commitment to Student Success Award from the Ohio Valley Conference.
Dr. Sanjaya Viswamitra has been named chair of the Department of Radiology at UAMS College of Medicine.
Christina Drale, chancellor at UA Little Rock, has received the E. Joseph Savoie Chief Executive Leadership Award.
Tansel Karabacak has been named dean of the Donaghey College of STEM at UA Little Rock.
Government
Michael Minihan, retired U.S. Air Force general, received the Herk Nation Legacy Award at Little Rock Air Force Base.
Health Care
Mark Ranatza has joined Arkansas Children’s Northwest in Springdale as chief nursing officer.
Insurance
Don Bradley IV has been named vice president of business development at Integrity Insurance of Conway.
Legal
John Johnson, counsel at Mitchell Williams in Little Rock, has become a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers.
Jessica Virden Mallett was elected president of the Arkansas Trial Lawyers Association.
Nonprofits
Steve Broadnax III has been named artistic director at The Rep of Little Rock.
Brad Sikorski has been named president and CEO of the Excellerate Foundation of Rogers.
Utilities
JP Wade has been promoted to telecom construction technician 2 at Conway Corp.
Jim Gonzalez has been named senior director of seams and western services at Southwest Power Pool in Little Rock.
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