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Newsmakers: April 10-16, 2023

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Banking & Finance
Branson Bank added Lacy Mehrhoff as vice president and senior mortgage lender. With 20 years of residential mortgage experience, she’s also responsible for managing the mortgage department.

Central Bank in Springfield hired Jonathan Gonzalez as a retail officer and banking center manager. He has six years of customer service and managerial experience in banking and holds a bachelor’s in business and marketing management from Missouri State University, as well as an associate degree in business from Ozarks Technical Community College.

Old Missouri Bank named Forrest Thompson to the new role of community bank president in the Mount Vernon market. He joined OMB in 2019 and most recently was an assistant vice president, loan officer. Thompson holds a bachelor’s in business finance and management from MSU.

Multipli Credit Union was named the best-performing credit union nationwide by S&P Global Market Intelligence. The annual list of the top credit unions is based on member growth, total number of loans per member, net worth as a percentage of total assets, delinquent loans as a percentage of total loans, and return on average assets. Also ranking locally were Assemblies of God Credit Union, No. 71, and TelComm Credit Union, No. 78. Nearly 1,800 credit unions qualified, having more than $100 million in total assets and a net worth ratio of at least 7% as of Dec. 31, 2022.

Communications
The city of Ozark hired KOLR on-air personality Jenifer Abreu as communication manager, a new role for the city. She worked for KOLR since 2016 and co-anchored the morning show “Daybreak” since 2020.

Health Care
Citizens Memorial Hospital promoted three employees to new leadership roles: Rachael Swopes to clinical director of behavioral health therapy services, Angela Long to director of behavioral health operations and Suret Thompson to director of nursing in the Parkview Geriatric Wellness Department. A licensed clinical psychologist and CMH employee for eight years, Swopes has served in clinical practice and as clinical director for school-based therapy services. She holds a doctorate in clinical psychology from the University of Tulsa and completed a child clinical psychology internship at Duke University and a psychology residency at Behavioral Healthcare of Rural Missouri Inc. in Stockton. Long has worked for CMH for 15 years, mostly in nursing and overseeing behavioral health in the clinic setting and at Parkview Geriatric Wellness. She holds a bachelor’s in nursing and a master’s in nursing-executive leadership from Purdue University. Thompson, a registered nurse, has worked at CMH for 10 years, starting as a phlebotomist, then as a charge nurse and preceptor.

Innovation
O’Reilly Automotive Inc. (Nasdaq: ORLY) and Bass Pro Shops placed Nos. 229 and 277, respectively, out of 300 companies on Fortune’s annual list of the country’s most innovative companies. In partnership with Statista, the list ranks companies based on innovations in products, processes and culture. O’Reilly Automotive scored highest in culture, at No. 87, and Bass Pro performed best in product innovation, at No. 146.

Law
Piatchek & Associates promoted Kathy Lampley to office manager. She’s worked at the firm since 2000, primarily in client services.

Greene County Circuit Judge Jerry Harmison Jr. was selected to succeed retiring Presiding Judge Michael Cordonnier. Harmison is slated to complete the current term, then start a two-year term on Jan. 1, 2024.

The county’s 31st Circuit Court also chose Kyle Kanable as family court commissioner to succeed Judge Regi Martin, who died in February. Kanable operates the Law Office of Kyle Kanable.

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