ARCHITECTURE
WER Architects/Planners has announced that Russell Fason has been made a principal and vice president with the firm.
BANKING
Chris White has been promoted by Simmons First National Bank to community president for central Arkansas.
EDUCATION
The board of directors for educational and nonprofit Environmental and Spatial Technology Inc. (the EAST Initiative) has elected three new members. They are Dean Kahler, vice chancellor for enrollment management at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock; Jim Rollins, superintendent of Springdale Public Schools; and Brent Staley, CEO of Staley Inc.
FINANCIAL
Randy May II has joined Nepsis Capital Management as a wealth advisor at the company’s Rogers location.
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
The National Association of State Technology Directors announced that Jeff Dean, chief operating officer for the Arkansas Department of Information Systems, was elected vice president of its southern region.
LEGAL
Quattlebaum, Grooms & Tull PLLC has welcomed Philip A. Elmore as an associate to the law firm.
MEDICAL
Dr. Muthu Veeraputhiran, a hematologist/oncologist fellowship-trained in bone marrow transplantation, has joined the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.
North Arkansas Regional Medical Center has announced the additions of Dr. Paul R. Neis and Dr. John Neis to its active medical staff.
Dr. Chris Hardin will be joining internal medicine at MANA Medical Associates’s Fayetteville Diagnostic Clinic on Oct. 5.
NONPROFIT
Zac Bradley of Bryant has been promoted to director of public policy at the Arkansas Farm Bureau.
UTILITIES
Conway Corporation has announced the promotion of Andrew Goodwin from systems analyst to mobile solutions architect.