Connections: RMP’s Miller elected as ACTEC Fellow

Springdale attorney Alex Miller has been elected as a Fellow to the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC).

Miller is a partner at RMP LLP. His practice focuses mainly in the areas of estate planning, business planning and transactions and tax controversy matters.

ACTEC is a group of peer-elected trust and estate attorneys across the U.S. and abroad. The group elected 33 Fellows at its virtual fall conference. The group spans the U.S. and includes three international Fellows representing Canada, Cayman Islands and the Channel Islands.

Miller is the only Arkansas attorney elected in the new class of Fellows.

NEW HIRES
Information Technology
Paul Kennedy
Bentonville
Employer: Movista
Title: senior vice president of sales
Previous employer: Fujitsu Americas
Previous title: vice president; head of consumer and commercial industries

Fran Stevenson
Bentonville
Employer: Movista
Title: senior vice president of customer success
Previous employer: Accruent
Previous title: vice president; North America customer success

PROMOTIONS
Banking & Finance
Josh Frye
Fayetteville
Employer: First Security Bank
Title: vice president, commercial lending
Previous title: assistant vice president, commercial lending

Derek Eckelhoff
Springdale
Employer: First Security Bank
Title: vice president, commercial lending
Previous title: assistant vice president, commercial lending

Nathan Nailling
Springdale
Employer: First Security Bank
Title: senior vice president & trust officer
Previous title: vice president & trust officer

Computer Software
Blake Puryear
Fayetteville
Employer: Drip
Title: director of product management
Previous title: senior product manager

Consumer Goods
Ashley Knight
Fayetteville
Employer: Harvest Group
Title: chief operating officer
Previous title: president, Walmart team

Real Estate
Jay Pearcy
Springdale
Employer: Kelley Commercial Partners
Title: partner, principal broker
Previous title: principal broker

Matt Strom
Springdale
Employer: Kelley Commercial Partners
Title: partner, agent
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APPOINTMENTS
Nonprofit
Terisa Riley
Fort Smith
Employer: University of Arkansas-Fort Smith
Title: chancellor
Appointment: board of directors
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Architects & Engineers
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Title: executive director of community, government & public relations
Appointment: board of directors
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David Ganoung
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Employer: Harps Food Stores
Title: vice president of marketing
Appointment: board of directors
Organization: Crafton Tull