People in the News

Accounting

Suzanne Dollar RN, BSN, joined Baird, Kurtz & Dobson, certified public accountants, as a senior consultant with BKD Health Care Group. Dollar provides clinical and general operations consulting services to home care and hospice agencies. She also provides reimbursement and compliance consulting services and helps home care providers establish and maintain quality management practices. Dollar, a registered nurse with more than 38 years of experience in health care, is a graduate of the University of Kansas-Lawrence with a bachelor of science degree in nursing.

Finance

Keith Noble joined Guaranty Federal Savings Bank as executive vice president of commercial lending. Noble was formerly senior commercial lender for Mercantile Bank, and he has more than 17 years of commercial lending experience.

Shelly Evans joined Guaranty Federal Savings Bank as senior vice president of commercial lending. Evans, a former FDIC bank examiner and commercial lender with Mercantile Bank and Signature Bank, has more than 12 years of commercial lending experience.

Gary Lewis joined Great Southern Bank as vice president of commercial lending.

Manufacturing

Ron Thomas was promoted to director of finance at SMC Packaging Group. Thomas has been with SMC since 1984 and has served as controller since 1992.

Gena Wells was promoted to controller at SMC Packaging Group. Wells has been with the company since 1999 and was previously assistant controller.

Personnel

Angela Pryor was named account representative at Kelly Services Inc. Pryor brings 12 years of management and sales experience to Kelly Services. Previously, she was a manager for Estee Lauder Corporation. As the new account representative, Pryor will service Springfield and the surrounding area.

Real Estate

Ken Kahmann joined the staff of CJR Commercial Group as a real estate professional. Kahmann graduated from the University of Kansas School of Architecture. He has 30 years of experience in architectural design and project management. His past projects include retail centers, office buildings, industrial facilities, health care and residential developments.