ATHLETICS
• Norm DeBriyn has been selected as the interim executive director of the Razorback Foundation.
BANKING
• Donny Bradley has joined Simmons First National Bank as the lending manager for the Conway market.
• Tabitha Doddridge has been named the director of public relations and sponsorship development for Simmons First National Corp.
ENTERTAINMENT
• Natali Nimmo has been announced as manager of training and guest services at Oaklawn.
FINANCIAL
• IBERIA Wealth Advisors has announced that Katherine B. Pipkin has joined the company as vice president and wealth adviser for the Little Rock market.
MEDICAL
• Stephanie Evans has joined Arkansas Urology as laboratory supervisor.
PUBLIC RELATIONS
• The Communications Group announced the promotion of Brent Miller to associate creative director.
• Lisa Hemme has been named president of Group 5 West. Founder Richard Hinkle will assume the position of chairman where he will serve in an advisory role.
UTILITIES
• Southwest Power Pool has appointed Mark Bowling director of compliance and security.
INSURANCE
• The Arkansas Insurance Hall of Fame has announced its inaugural class of inductees. They are Lenita Blasingame, the Arkansas Department of Insurance; Jay Bradford, First Arkansas Insurance; George Frazier, Anderson & Frazier Insurance Agency; Robert Carl “Bob” Hickman, Hickman Insurance Agency; Tad Krug, BancorpSouth Insurance Services; Allan E. Meadors, Meadors, Adam & Lee Insurance; Walter “Jiggs” Ramsey, The ASA Group; and Steve Strange Sr., American Management Incorporation.