Newsmakers
NEW HIRES
Banking & Finance
Robin Hughes
Rogers
Employer: First Bank
Title: market specialist
Previous employer:
Regions Financial Corp.
Title: assistant vice president/
branch manager
Health Care
Nichole Dykes
Fort Smith
Employer: Sparks Health System
Title: assistant chief financial officer
Previous employer: Reliant Rehabilitation Hospitals
Title: controller
Cody Garrison
Fayetteville
Employer: Washington Regional
Medical Center
Title: director of medical and
surgical units
Previous employer:
Baxter Regional Medical Center
Title: talent management coordinator
Education
Ashok Subramanian
Fort Smith
Employer: University of Arkansas at
Fort Smith
Title: dean, college of business
Previous employer: Buena Vista (Iowa) University
Title: dean, Harold Walter Siebens School of Business
PROMOTIONS
Health Care
Michael Stevenson
Fort Smith
Employer: Sparks Health System
Title: information security officer
Previous title: integration engineer
APPOINTMENTS
Banking & Finance
Frank Holman
Lincoln
Company: Arkansas Tech University
Title: assistant professor of educational leadership and administration
Appointment: Arvest Bank-Prairie Grove board of directors
January
• 21 — Morning Brew
Sponsor: Springdale Chamber
of Commerce
Time: 8:30-9:15 a.m.
Location: The Jones Center, Springdale
Contact: 479-872-2222
• 21 — Benton County Business After Hours
Sponsor: Area Chambers
of Commerce
Time: 5-6:30 p.m.
Location: Frank Fletcher Honda, Bentonville
Contact: 479-273-2841
• 22 — Harps Food Stores
Annual Meeting
Sponsor: Springdale Chamber
of Commerce
Time: 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
Location: Northwest Arkansas Convention Center, Springdale
Contact: 479-872-2222
• 27 — Business-to-Business Luncheon
Sponsor: Rogers-Lowell Area Chamber of Commerce
Time: 11:30 am.-1:30 p.m.
Location: NWACC Shewmaker Center, Rogers
Contact: 479-619-3190
• 28 — Morning Brew
Sponsor: Springdale Chamber
of Commerce
Time: 8:30-9:15 a.m.
Location: Springdale Country
Club
Contact: 479-872-2222
• 28 — 2016 Annual Dinner
Sponsor: Bentonville/Bella Vista Chamber of Commerce
Time: 5:30-8:30 p.m.
Location: John Q. Hammons Convention Center, Rogers
Contact: 479-273-2180