People in the News

Accounting

Tom Sowell joined Tucker & Company PC as a staff accountant. So-well's responsibilities in-clude providing tax and accounting services to in-dividuals and small businesses. Sowell is a graduate of Southwest Missouri State Univer-sity.

Banking

Keith Noble joined Commerce Bank as executive vice president. Noble is re-sponsible for managing middle market commercial loan sales and focusing on business development in the greater Springfield area.

Noble has more than 20 years of banking and lending experience in Springfield and previously worked as acting president for Guaranty Federal Savings Bank. Noble attended South-west Missouri State University and holds a master's degree in business administration from Drury University.

Organizations

Mike Cashman joined Students in Free Enterprise, which has its headquarters in Springfield, as vice president of development. Cashman will be covering the West Coast and Mountain states from his base in Seattle, Wash. Cashman has more than 25 years of experience in the education market. Cashman joined SIFE in 1993 as a member of the board of directors and was president of R & R Educational Resources Inc. from 1990 to 1998.

Sales

Kathy Duncan joined Cardinal Brands Inc. as a national sales manager for the art and craft market. Duncan previously worked as a hospital sales specialist with Elan Pharmaceuticals and as a territory account manager with Helene Curtis.