BUSINESS PEOPLE

BANKING

Colten Nix has joined First Community Bank as assistant vice president, treasury management sales for the bank’s branch at 17820 Chenal Parkway.

Matuschka Lindo Briggs has been promoted to senior vice president, regional executive for the Little Rock Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.

Arvest Bank has hired Alisha Curtis as a private banking and business development representative, vice president in Little Rock.

CONSTRUCTION

Morgan Ussery, a project engineer, has joined the staff at Crist Engineers, Inc.

The board of directors for Cromwell Architects Engineers announced the appointment of Todd Kuhn and Rob Seay to the position of executive vice president.

EDUCATION

Mid-America Science Museum in Hot Springs named former Assistant Director of Education Kayla Ingle as the new director of education.

LAW

Aaron C. Cochran has joined the law firm Quattlebaum, Grooms & Tull PLLC as an associate.

MEDICAL

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging has named five new members to its Community Advisory Board. They are: Jan Alman; Kevin Bratcher; Baker Cunningham; Carolyn Rogers; Jonathan Wolfe.

Auras Atreya, M.D., MPH, a specialist in advanced cardiac electrophysiology, has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Medicine.

Arkansas Children’s Foundation has promoted fundraising executive Enid Olvey, to the position of president. Olvey will continue serving as senior vice president of Philanthropy for Arkansas Children’s at the system level.

PUBLIC AFFAIRS

Kerry Jucas Moody will join inVeritas as vice president of operations and business development.

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