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Whitlock Selim & Keehn LLP, a certified public accounting and business advisory firm, announced two staff additions. |bold_on|Mike Banasik joined the firm's Technology Solutions Group in Springfield. Prior to joining the Technology Solutions group, Banasik held financial and technology executive management positions in the manufacturing and distribution industries.|ret||ret||tab|

|bold_on|Kevin Naeger joined the company as a staff accountant. Naeger earned a bachelor of science degree in business administration at Drury University. Prior to joining Whitlock, Selim & Keehn, Naeger was an accountant at Positronic Industries.|ret||ret||tab|

Guaranty Federal Savings Bank announced several staff changes. |bold_on|Linda Lindsay was promoted to serve as the bank's loan servicing manager. She has been with Guaranty Federal for 18 months and has 19 years of banking experience. |bold_on|Kevin Revie joined Guaranty Federal as assistant vice president and data processing manager. Previously, Revie served as the bank operations officer at Peoples Bank. He has 17 years of banking experience.|bold_on| Christi Watts is the assistant vice president and comptroller of the bank. Watts has four years of experience in the banking industry, including bank audits. Prior to joining Guaranty Federal, Watts worked at Kirkpatrick, Phillips & Miller, CPAs.|ret||ret||tab|

Commerce Bank announced promotions and changes in the bank's commercial, medical and private banking divisions. |bold_on|John Owens, executive vice president, who joined the bank in 1989, was named chief credit officer. Owens has more than 30 years of experience in all phases of banking, including operations and commercial lending administration.|bold_on| |bold_on||ret||ret||tab|

|bold_on|Whitney Morrow was promoted to vice president and manager of Commerce's treasury services division. Morrow, a certified cash manager, has been with Commerce for 16 years. She specializes in electronic banking, cash management, wire transfer and merchant credit card services for business customers.|bold_on| |bold_on||ret||ret||tab|

|bold_on|Cord Polen was promoted to executive vice president of Commerce's commercial banking division. Polen previously was community president at the bank's Cape Girardeau affiliate. He has more than 17 years of experience in several markets. |bold_on||bold_on||ret||ret||tab|

|bold_on|Robin Robeson, vice president of business development, expanded her duties to include oversight of Commerce's medical and private banking division. She has 14 years of experience in sales and financial services, with an emphasis in trust and retail banking.|ret||ret||tab|

|bold_on|Jeffrey A. Layman, chartered financial analyst, joined the staff of BKD Investment Advisors LLC as a managing advisor. Layman has 13 years of experience in portfolio and investment management. Previously, he was senior portfolio manager in the private bank group of a nationwide banking organization. His duties with BKD include implementing and overseeing the investment management process, including investment selection for businesses and individuals. |ret||ret||tab|

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Human Resources|ret||ret||tab|

|bold_on|Michelle Biesemeyer joined the staff of Senior Recruiters Inc. as area manager. She has more than 15 years of experience in human resource management, employment placement and training. Her new duties include developing business and individual partnerships in the southwest Missouri region.|ret||ret||tab|

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Insurance|ret||ret||tab|

|bold_on|Millie Rathbun was elected to the Barker-Phillips-Jackson Insurance board of directors. Rathbun is a commercial lines manager and the vice president of BPJ. Rathbun is a certified insurance counselor and a certified insurance service representative. She has 25 years of experience and has been with BPJ since 1982.|ret||ret||tab|

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Interior Design|ret||ret||tab|

|bold_on|Cathy King joined the staff of J. Webb Design & Associates Inc. King has a bachelor of science degree in interior design from SMSU. She has experience in several areas of interior design. King previously worked as an interior designer for Butler, Rosenbury & Partners LLC.|ret||ret||tab|

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Media|ret||ret||tab|

|bold_on|Mark Gordon joined Quorum Broadcasting of Missouri Inc. as the general sales manager of KOLR and KDEB in Springfield. Gordon has 23 years of experience in broadcast sales in Missouri, Kansas and Mississipi. Previously, Gordon was general sales manager at KYTV.|ret||ret||tab|

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Real Estate|ret||ret||tab|

Pat Walden joined the Springfield office of Follman Properties-ONCOR International in the brokerage division. She has 15 years of experience in real estate, including site selection, negotiation and transaction management. Walden also has extensive experience in tenant representation. Prior to joining Follman Properties-ONCOR International, Walden served as a regional leasing manager with Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.|ret||ret||tab|

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Storage|ret||ret||tab|

Carl Plummer is the new general manager of the Columbia, Mo., branch of Fry-Wagner Moving & Storage. Plummer has 15 years of experience in the moving and storage industry.|ret||ret||tab|

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Technology|ret||ret||tab|

David Wesley is now an instructor with New Horizons Computer Learning Center in Springfield. He has a master's degree in technical writing from SMSU. Wesley has experience in several applications, including PageMaker, Microsoft and Adobe products. |ret||ret||tab|

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Travel & Tourism|ret||ret||tab|

Melanie Parker is the new group sales director for Bridal Cave and Thunder Mountain Park in Camdenton. Parker is a graduate of Ozark High school, and she attended Rose State College in Midwest City, Okla. Parker joined the staff at Bridal Cave and Thunder Mountain Park in 1997, serving as part of the cave's interpretive staff. She became the operations supervisor in 1998, and she continued in that position until her promotion to group sales director. Her new duties include public relations and group sales and marketing.|ret||ret||tab|

The Nixa office of TravelQuest, the leisure division of Kansas City-based All About Travel, has announced two staff additions. Chris Furneaux, CLIA accredited cruise counselor, has joined the company. She is a Hawaii destination specialist and a graduate of the College of Disney Knowledge. Furneaux specializes in vacation travel. Tammy Slentz, certified travel industry specialist, also joined the company. Slentz is a graduate of the College of Disney Knowledge with 13 years of experience in the travel industry.|ret||ret||tab|

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Warehousing|ret||ret||tab|

Ed Deck Sr. announced his retirement as president of Queen City Warehouse Corp. He remains chairman and consultant for the corporation. C. Edward Deck Jr. is the new president of the corporation. He has been with the company for 18 years. Most recently, he served as executive vice president and general manager. Lyle Bumgarner was promoted to operations manager for the corporation. He has been with Queen City for 15 years, most recently serving as warehouse manager. Kerry Smith was promoted to warehouse foreman. He has been with the company for 13 years.[[In-content Ad]]