Friday Kudos: Simmons First Promotes SVP, Farm Bureau Honors Teacher

SIMMONS FIRST PROMOTES DAVID DANIEL

Simmons First Trust Company, N.A recently announced the promotion of J. David Daniel to Senior Vice President according to Joe Clement, President of Simmons First Trust Company.

Daniel has over 20 years of Trust experience of which 16 have been with Simmons First. He currently serves as a Personal Trust Manager for the trust company, and offices out of Simmons First Bank of Northeast Arkansas in Jonesboro.

Daniel holds a BA degree and Masters Degree of Education from Harding University along with a Juris Doctorate from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law. He has completed several Cannon Financial Institute training courses as well as numerous internal training courses.

Daniel is a current member of the Arkansas Bar Association, Craighead County Bar Association, the Greater Jonesboro Chamber of Commerce and an Advocate for St. Bernard’s Regional Medical Center as will as a graduate of Leadership Jonesboro. He is a past member of the University Rotary Club.

LORI ROONEY RECEIVES FARM BUREAU TEACHING AWARD
Lori Rooney, a family and consumer science teacher at South Side Bee Branch High School in Van Buren County, is Arkansas Farm Bureau’s 2013 Ag in the Classroom Outstanding Teacher. Rooney was recognized during a special ceremony at the school April 3.

Farm Bureau established the award in 2006 to recognize teachers who have exemplary programs which integrate agricultural concepts into their curricula.

Rooney graduated from the University of Central Arkansas in 2009 with a Bachelor of Science in Education degree in Family and Consumer Science and is working on a graduate degree in Library Media Technology. She joined the high school faculty at South Side Bee Branch in 2011. As part of her curriculum Rooney teaches agricultural concepts in her classes on Food and Nutrition, Career Orientation, Human Relations, Nutrition and Wellness and Child Development.

Rooney’s students are involved in a number of activities that teach them about agricultural economics. One of these is Van Buren County Farm Bureau’s Holiday Menu contest. As part of the contest the students had to shop for healthy, nutritious foods incorporated into a holiday meal on a budget.

As the 2013 AITC Outstanding Teacher, Rooney receives an expense-paid trip to Minneapolis, Minn. to represent Arkansas at the National Ag in the Classroom Conference, June 25-28.