Accounting Managing adviser Gretchen Cliburn was named chairwoman of BKD Wealth Advisors’ financial planning committee. Cliburn, a certified financial planner and certified divorce financial analyst, has 17 years of wealth-management industry experience and has served on the financial planning committee since 2009.
Banking Southern Bank was named in SNL Financial’s annual list of top 100 community banks. Among publicly traded community banks, Southern Bank ranked No. 11, and it ranked No. 45 among all public and privately owned community banks. Southern Bank, a subsidiary of Southern Missouri Bancorp Inc. (Nasdaq: SMBC), was selected based on profitability, asset quality, efficiency and loan growth.
JeffJones joined Metropolitan National Bank as community bank president of its Tri-Lakes Kimberling City banking center. Jones, the former president/CEO and director of Table Rock Community Bank in Kimberling City, has 34 years of financial industry experience.
Metropolitan National Bank also added Killian Group President John Ghirardelli to its board of directors.
Distribution UniPro Foodservice Inc. named Springfield Grocer Co. as the 2012 Member of the Year at its spring conference in Phoenix. The company, which markets more than 10,000 nationally branded products and delivers to clients in a 250-mile radius of Springfield, received the award out of 650 food-service distributors nationwide.
Education Several faculty and alumni from Evangel University and Assemblies of God Theological Seminary served as presenters and panelists for the Society for Pentecostal Studies’ annual meeting in Seattle. Participants were Meghan Musy, Doug Olena, Paul Alexander, Craig Keener, Rosemarie Kowalski, Wally Kowalski, Paul Lewis, Faith McGhee, Dan Morrison, Johan Mostert and Lois Olena.
Christopher Freeman, adjunct culinary arts instructor at College of the Ozarks and Keeter Center kitchen supervisor, received the People’s Choice award at the Springfield/Branson Taste of Elegance competition and dinner. Ten area chefs were asked to prepare pork entrees for the event’s 300 guests, who then voted on the winner.
The National Institutes of Health’s National Cancer Institute renewed a $328,187 grant to four Missouria State University faculty for their research of anti-cancer ribonucleic acid coagulates. The funding was provided to biomedical sciences professors Richard Garrad and Robert Delong, physics, astronomy and materials science professor Kartik Ghosh, and chemistry associate professor Adam Wanekaya.
Financial Broker-dealer Cambridge Investment Research Inc. selected Richard Baker of Lawing Financial Inc. to participate in the firm’s Leaders Club workshop. Baker was asked to participate based on his retirement planning service and production.
Government Greene County Associate Commissioner Roseann Bentley was honored by the Missouri Art Education Association with the 2013 Otto Bean Jr. Arts Advocacy Award. Bentley, a former state senator and the first woman to serve on the Springfield Board of Education, was recognized for community service and philanthropy in arts education.
Health Care Rick Pankiewicz received certification as an Ergonomics Assessment Specialist III, the first such designation within Mercy. Pankiewicz is an occupational therapist at Mercy Clinic West Kearney Therapy Services.
Mercy Dr. Sunthosh Parvathaneni was nominated and accepted to the American College of Cardiology Southwest Region Council.
Ozarks Community Hospital earned accreditation from the Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program, an independent organization recognized by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. HFAP, which reviewed OCH policies, quality and safety standards, has accredited the hospital for 12 years.
Integrity Home Care promoted Sarah Eiffert to director of human resources. Eiffert has held various positions within the human resources department since 2005, most recently as HR manager.
Industrial Mark McNay was promoted to general manager of Southern Missouri Containers Inc. McNay, a senior vice president and member of the company’s board of directors, has worked for SMC Packaging Group for 34 years.
Manufacturing Leggett & Platt Inc. promoted Karl Glassman to president and Matthew Flanigan to executive vice president. Glassman, who retains his role as chief operating officer, has served the company as COO since 2006, and in various management positions since 1982. Flanigan, who retains his position as chief financial officer, has served Leggett & Platt as a director since 2010, and in other management roles since 1997.[[In-content Ad]]
