New Hires

~ Jennifer Apoloskis has joined the Community Blood Center of the Ozarks as a field representative. She was previously events manager for the Walton Arts Center.

~ Jim Dean has joined the Fayetteville office of Dean Witter Reynolds Inc. He has previous experience with a regional brokerage in Tulsa and as a tax auditor for the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration.

~ Samuel L. Harris III and Marilyn Carlton were recently hired by Arkansas National Bank. Harris is vice president of commercial loans and the offices of the Bentonville branch. He was previously with Arkansas Bank & Trust in Hot Springs and is a general studies graduate of the University of Iowa. Harris is an instructor for the American Institute of Banking and is a member of the Financial Management Association International.

Carlton is the bank’s new marketing director. She has several years of marketing experience and was most recently with a Tulsa bank.

~ Dr. Richard W. Miles is now with the Bella Vista Medical Center. He founded the Rogers Diagnostic Clinic in 1976 before leaving to join the department of internal medicine at the Veterans’ Affairs Medical Center in Leavenworth, Kan. Miles is a certified board internist and a graduate of the University of Arkansas Medical School.

~ First National Bank of Siloam Springs has hired Steve Duff as a commercial lending officer. He has 10 years of experience in banking and was fund raising coordinator for the Koala Community Park program in Siloam Springs. Duff is also co-chairman of the Benton County United Way drive and an ambassador for the Siloam Springs Chamber of Commerce.

~ Susan M. Bracy has joined NationsBank as a business banking relationship manager. She was previously an area manager with StaffMark Staffing Services.