LITTLE ROCK — FINANCE
Simmons First National Bank has appointed Patrick J. Anderson as chairman of the Kansas market and W. Greg Bell as senior vice president and agriculture business manager. Bell will assume oversight of commercial loans in addition to agriculture business management.
Southern Bancorp has hired Tim Fisher as assistant vice president and loan review officer and Elizabeth Bradley as vice president and assistant director of Internal Audit.
EDUCATION
KIPP Delta Public Schools has elected Stacy Sells of Cranford Johnson Robinson Woods and Sam Commella of Nucor Steel to its board of directors.
ENERGY
Maria Smedley of Centreville, Va., has been named as the director of human resources for Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corp. and Arkansas Electric Cooperatives Inc.
MEDICAL
Christopher Fasel, patent lawyer, has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences BioVentures program as a licensing associate.
NONPROFIT
The Women’s Foundation of Arkansas’ newly elected officers for 2011 are: Leila Alston, president; Debby Nye, first vice president; Amy Pierce, second vice president; Sue Tull, treasurer; Dorothy Hall, secretary; Trudy Redus, at-large representative; Cindy Conger, at-large representative. New board members are: Jo Alice Blondin, Kerri Daniels, Kathy Deck, and Esther Silver Parker.
Business, Pages 74 on 11/28/2010