ACCOUNTING
HoganTaylor LLP announced the following promotions, effective Jan. 1, 2020: Jan Adams, CPA, senior manager, Tax, Little Rock; Meagan Barkley, CPA, senior manager, Tax, Fayetteville; Laura Connor, marketing manager, Core Business Services, Little Rock; Randy Preslar, CPA, ABV, CAIA, consulting manager, Business Advisory, Little Rock; Taylor Townsend, CPA, manager, Tax, Fayetteville; Kyle Wilson, CPA, manager, Assurance, Little Rock; Trevor Nix, senior, Tax, Little Rock; Lauren Roth, senior, Assurance, Fayetteville.
BANKING
Chad Stanley has been promoted to regional chief lending officer for Central Arkansas at Chambers Bank.
CONSTRUCTION
CDI Contractors has added Jonathan Isham to its on-site project staff as superintendent in the company's Retail Division.
GOVERNMENT
Mike South has been promoted to facility director of the Arkansas office of City of Faith, a transitional program for the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
HEALTH CARE
Michelle Rupp has joined AFMC (Arkansas Foundation for Medical Care) in a newly created position as Vice President of Marketing, Communications and Strategic Development.
Cobb-Vantress appointed Fayetteville resident Dr. Mark Cooper as managing director of genetics to oversee the company's global genetic program.
Jay K. Bhama, M.D., has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences as a heart surgeon, professor and chief of the Division of Cardiovascular Surgery in the Department of Surgery.
Paula Mercer, LCSW, a licensed social worker, has been awarded National Board Certification by the American Association of Bariatric Counselors.
New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine at Arkansas State University has promoted Ben Woodruff to director of clinical education and hired Brian Brown and Tiffny Calloway as regional administrators for Northeast Arkansas.
HIGHER EDUCATION
Tracy V. Dunbar has been named chair of the Department of Agriculture for the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff.
LEGAL
Lax, Vaughan, Fortson, Rowe & Threet announced the addition of Branch Fields and Robert Beach as shareholders.
Bob Estes of Fayetteville is the new President-Elect Designee of the Arkansas Bar Association.
NON-PROFIT
The United Way of Central Arkansas has named Jennifer Boyett as its executive director.
REAL ESTATE
Colliers International Arkansas recently named Amy Meins of Little Rock and Megan Murdock of Rogers shareholders with the firm. Colliers also announced several new hires and promotions at the company's Little Rock headquarters. They include: Catelynn Cummings, promoted to property management accountant; Ashley Allmon has joined the firm as an accounting specialist; Margot Miller was promoted to property manager; Susan Roberson was promoted to property manager for the Lyon building in downtown Little Rock.
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Mary Michaels has been promoted to chief human resources officer at Windstream.
WHERE TO SEND NOTICES
Notices of executive promotions, new hires or job changes should be sent to: People Editor; Business News Department; Arkansas Democrat-Gazette ; P.O. Box 2221; Little Rock, Ark. 72203, or by e-mail to news@arkansasonline.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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