Career Moves

At Friday, Eldredge & Clark LLP, Kat Hodge is Senior Counsel in the Labor and Employment Litigation Practice Group, having litigated employment cases for the defense and plaintiff’s bar. She joined the firm after serving as a Supervisory Trial attorney…

The Adventure Racing World Series (ARWS) CEO, Heidi Muller, recently bought out the organization. For the past year, the global adventure racing series has grown significantly under her leadership. Now, the company has re-registered in the USA as ‘The Adventure…

Cromwell Architects Engineers has revealed that the company’s Board of Directors has appointed both Todd Kuhn, PE and Rob Seay, PE to the position of Executive Vice President. Kuhn and Seay succeed Joe Hilliard, who has been Executive Vice President…

Arkansas Children’s Foundation has promoted long-time fundraising executive Enid Olvey, CFRE, to the position of president. Her predecessor, Fred Scarborough, CFRE, will continue serving as chief development officer for Arkansas Children’s health system. Olvey will continue serving as senior vice…

The Arkansas State Fair, (ASF) one of the state’s favorite annual pastimes (with record-breaking attendance over the past two years), has appointed Little Rock native Tiffany Wilkerson as its new general manager. She is not only the first female to…

Brayan Mcfadden, co-owner and executive chef of Brood & Barley in North Little Rock, was appointed to the North Little Rock Advertising & Promotion Commission last week at North Little Rock City Hall. “We warmly welcome Brayan to the Commission and look…

Brandon J. Lohse was recently selected as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for the Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas. Prior to joining the electric cooperatives, Lohse worked more than 26 years in the energy and financial services sectors. Most recently he…

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has named Michelle W. Krause, M.D., MPH, senior vice chancellor for UAMS Health and chief executive officer for UAMS Medical Center, and Ahmed Abuabdou, MD, MBA, chief clinical officer for UAMS Medical…

Wright Lindsey Jennings (WLJ) has announced Quinten J. Whiteside as its new chief operating officer (COO). An attorney with the firm since 2015, Whiteside succeeds Adrienne Baker who recently relocated to WLJ’s Northwest Arkansas office. “Quinten has a long history of leadership at…

Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders revealed recently that she will be naming Clint O’Neal as Executive Director of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission. O’Neal has served as deputy director of global business at the AEDC since 2018. “I am ready to…