Connections: Encore Bank promotes Chris Howe to chief lending officer

NEW HIRES
Banking & Finance
Tiffany King
Bentonville
Employer: First National Bank of NWA
Title: mortgage loan officer
Previous employer: Arvest Bank
Previous title: mortgage loan officer

Ross Mallioux
Fayetteville
Employer: Chambers Bank
Title: senior vice president; mortgage banking
Previous employer: Bank OZK
Previous title: president; NWA division

Maggie Theodoro
Bentonville
Employer: Arvest Bank
Title: marketing manager
Previous employer: First National Bank of NWA
Previous title: assistant vice president, marketing

PROMOTIONS
Banking & Finance
Chris Howe
Rogers
Employer: Encore Bank
Title: chief lending officer; NWA regional president
Previous title: NWA regional president

Lori Walker
Rogers
Employer: Chambers Bank
Title: chief marketing and communications officer
Previous title: vice president; director of marketing and communications

Education
Edison Williams
Fayetteville
Employer: University of Arkansas
Title: diversity, equity and inclusion coordinator; School of Law
Previous title: academic coordinator and project manager; Upward Bound

Engineering
Melissa Cruise
Rogers
Employer: HP Engineering
Title: vice president; HR and organizational development
Previous title: human resources director

Manufacturing
Amy Johnson
Fort Smith
Employer: Rheem Manufacturing
Title: vice president of global air operations and supply chain
Previous title: senior director of operations and quality

APPOINTMENTS
Finance
Jamie Henry
Bentonville
Employer: Walmart Inc.
Title: vice president of finance, emerging payments
Appointment: board chair
Organization: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Little Rock Branch board of directors

Nonprofit
Matt Waller
Fayetteville
Employer: University of Arkansas
Title: dean; Sam M. Walton College of Business
Appointment: board of directors
Organization: Winthrop Rockefeller Institute