BUSINESS PEOPLE

AUTOMOTIVE

Greg Kirkpatrick will become president of the Arkansas Automobile Dealers Association, effective Jan. 1.

BANKING

The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis announced the following changes to its Little Rock branch board of directors, effective Jan. 1: R. Andrew Clyde, president and chief executive officer of Murphy USA Inc. in El Dorado, and Millie A. Ward, co-founder and president of Stone Ward Advertising in Little Rock, both have been appointed to three-year terms on the board.

COMMUNICATIONS

Jill Joslin has been named president of CJRW, a Little Rock marketing and communications firm.

ENTERTAINMENT

Richard Ray has been promoted to assistant gaming director at Oaklawn.

GOVERNMENT

Helen Denniston has been named state resource conservationist in Arkansas for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service.

MEDICAL

Thomas Stephenson has been named senior director of development at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.

WHERE TO SEND NOTICES

Notices of executive promotions, new hires or job changes should be sent to: People Editor; Business News Department; Arkansas Demo crat-Gazette; P.O. Box 2221; Little Rock, Ark. 72203, or by e-mail to sszafranski@arkansason line.com. Notices should be limited to a few paragraphs and may be accompanied by a photograph, preferably a glossy black and white, which will be used on a space available basis. Photos cannot be returned.

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