People in the News

Banking

Stephanie Rutledge joined Commerce Bank as vice president and branch manager of Com-merce Bank Ozark. Rut-ledge has 10 years of banking experience, and is a graduate of South-west Missouri State University.

Community

Court Appointed Spe-cial Advocates of Southwest Missouri an-nounced several staff changes.

Shelli Albright joined CASA as an administrative assistant. Albright has four years of experience in computer technology and office management.

Dixie Burns, Allen Criger, and Jennifer Waterman were named volunteer coordinators. All are responsible for coordinating services of 30 CASA child advocates.

Gale Swanberg was assigned to CASA of Southwest Missouri with the Volunteers in Service to America program. Swanberg holds a degree in psychology from Southwest Missouri State University. VISTA is a division of Americorps.

Greg Wolcott was named executive director of the Tri-Lakes Family YMCA in Branson. Wol-cott worked for the Springfield Y for 10 years. His new responsibilities include program, facility, public relations, staff, board and volunteer development.

Construction

Matthew Foster joined Bell Building Systems as project manager. Foster holds a de-gree in engineering from Kansas State University, and has 12 years of experience in the industry. He is responsible for project management, customer service, and estimating and sales.

Design

The Farnsworth Group announced two additions.

Lisa Drew-Alton joined as office manager and senior project manager for the firm's Springfield office. Drew-Alton is responsible for project management, marketing, and professional mentoring. She holds a degree from Kansas State University.

Lisa Woods joined The Farnsworth Group as marketing coordinator. Woods is responsible for supporting business development and marketing and communication functions for the Springfield and Fayetteville offices. She previously worked for the Springfield-Branson Regional Airport.

Finance

Cindy Ayres, Amanda Graves, Mary Ann Kerans, Roger Lebow, and Dominick Villapiano have joined Gorman & Gorman Residential Mort-gage Services.

Food Service

Jenny Ruble and Haley Alford were named assistant catering managers for Krupa Enterprises dba Pasta Express. Ruble and Alford have been with the company for five years, and currently attend Drury University.

Law

Denise E. Farris joined Husch & Eppenberger LLC. Farris is a member of the construction and general business litigation practice groups. She practices in the firm's Kansas City office.

Personnel

Denise Stroud joined Penmac to lead the company's newest enterprise, Penmed. Stroud's first responsibility is meeting the needs of residential care facilities. She has more than 22 years of experience in nursing, and 16 in health care management.

Technology

Ferba Lofton joined Way2Bid as director of corporate resources. Lofton is responsible for oversight of an intern program, and research into minority and female-owned enterprises. She has more than 30 years of experience in education, and recently retired as principal of Eugene Field Elementary School.

Dennis Speck joined Electronic Video Systems as broadcast sales engineer. Speck has more than 15 years of experience in television and satellite engineering, and holds a degree from Central Missouri State University.