CONSTRUCTION
Baldwin & Shell Construction Co. has announced that Mica Strother has been hired as vice president of marketing and business development.
EDUCATION
Dr. Suja Aarattuthodiyil has been appointed assistant professor of fish pathology for the Aquaculture/Fisheries Center of Excellence at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff.
The Arkansas Research Alliance has announced Dan Williams, CEO of Garver, as its newest board member.
FINANCE
Donna J. Gambrell, a director of the U.S. Treasury’s Community Development Financial Instititon, has been named to Southern Bancorp’s board of directors.
LEGAL
Quattlebaum, Grooms & Tull PLLC has added Meredith Causey as an associate to the law firm.
The firm of M. John Borchert Jr., CPA, Ltd. has combined its practice into the firm of McIlroy, Keen, Goodman, LLP in Little Rock.
UTILITIES
Mel Coleman, chief executive officer of North Arkansas Electric Cooperative of Salem, was elected as president of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association board of directors.