Architecture H Design Group hired Wesley Secrest as a project manager. With 24 years of architecture experience, Secrest specializes in health care construction.
Banking & Finance Ozark Bank promoted Nathan Toliver to controller. A six-year employee, Toliver most recently served as branch manager of the bank’s Business 14 facility.
Tim Osredker joined Ozark Bank as human resources director. Osredker has 25 years of experience in the financial industry and holds a bachelor’s in finance from Missouri State University.
Pinnacle Family Advisors named Dennis Nichols vice president and hired Geoffrey Russell as financial adviser. Nichols has 40 years of experience as a financial adviser and holds degrees in marketing from MSU and pre-law from Northeast Oklahoma A&M College. Russell has seven years of experience as a financial adviser and holds a bachelor’s from MSU and an MBA from Friends University in Wichita, Kan.
Education Nixa Public Schools Communications Director Zac Rantz was named one of the National School Public Relations Association’s 35 Under 35. The honor recognizes 35 individuals under the age of 35 who have demonstrated excellence and leadership in a school public relations career. Rantz currently serves as president of the Missouri School Public Relations Association.
Government Missouri Senate Republicans elected Sen. Jay Wasson, R-Nixa, to serve as caucus secretary for the 97th General Assembly, beginning Jan. 9. Wasson was selected to join the majority party’s leadership team for his efforts to help pass legislation that will help keep and grow jobs in Missouri.
Health Care Skaggs Cancer Center oncology nurses Debby Fryer and Eddie Paulson were recently honored for their work in the field. Fryer is the recipient of the 2012 Lifetime Achievement award from the Oncology Nursing Society and has been an oncology nurse at Branson-based Skaggs Cancer Center since 1996. Paulson is the 2012 Rookie of the Year, nominated by co-workers for being a strong patient advocate.
Modern Healthcare magazine named Mercy Hospital Springfield as the 2012–13 Consumer Choice winner after a survey of Springfield consumers by National Research Corp.
Mercy was rated first for overall quality, image and reputation, and for quality of doctors and nurses.
Law Malkmus Law Firm LLC attorney Debra Gullett was named a 2012 Rising Star by Super Lawyers Magazine. Gullett, who works in tort and commercial litigation, graduated cum laude from the University of Arkansas School of Law and previously served as judicial clerk for Washington County, Ark., and as an associate attorney for Anderson Law Group.
Springfield attorneys Donald Jones and James Sivils Jr. were two of 79 lawyers named senior counselors at the Missouri Bar Association’s annual meeting in St. Louis. The designation goes to lawyers ages 75 and older or those who have been admitted to the state bar for 50 years.
This installment of Springfield Business Journal’s Architects & Engineers Project Report showcases 26 endeavors by area design and engineering professionals.
