Springfield Business Journal_2021-03-29

4 · SBJ.NET MARCH 29-APRIL 4, 2021 Jackson by Eric Olson eolson@sbj.net Banking & Finance Central Bank of the Ozarks promoted Amy Sharp to vice president-retail mar- ket manager and Breanne Schnabel to as- sistant vice president-corporate secretary. Sharp brings 23 years of banking experience to her role leading the retail division and branch network and operations. Schnabel has worked at Central Bank for 12 years, starting as a teller, and now assists the bank’s president and the CEO/board chairman, in addition to managing the loan assistants. Guaranty Bank hired Kassie Pitts as retail banking officer of its Sunshine Street branch to succeed Jesse Lomax , who moved to retail banking officer of the Battlefield Road branch. The bank also promoted Leora Yates to assistant retail banking manager of the Republic Road branch. Lomax, who joined Guar- anty Bank in 2019 after 13 years at Kan- sas-based Equity Bank, has an associate degree in business and marketing from State Fair Community College. Pitts re- turns to Guaranty Bank after a year stint as branch manager at Legacy Bank and Trust. She began her banking career with Guar- anty Bank in 2016 and has a bachelor’s in business administration and management from Missouri State University. With an associate degree in business from Ozarks Technical Community College and several certificates and diplomas from the Center for Financial Training, Yates has worked at Guaranty Bank since 2017, when she joined as a teller. Education Nixa High School English teacher Noah Murrish was named an Outstanding Be- ginning Teacher by the Missouri Asso- ciation of Colleges for Teacher Education. The award recognizes teachers in their first two years of service from recommen- dations in teacher education programs and candidates’ school districts. College of the Ozarks ranked No. 45 in online magazine Intelligent’s Top 50 Small Business Management Degree Pro- grams and was recognized as the Best for General Business. With a score of 76.79 out of 100 points, College of the Ozarks was compared with a sampling of 210 universi- ties and colleges. Government Springfield-Greene County Library District received an $8,000 grant through the Missouri Secretary of State’s Office. The Summer Library Program funds will provide learning opportunities designed to motivate children and their families to read during the summer months. The Mis- souri State Library has approved 120 grant applications for fiscal 2021, totaling $1.45 million through the federal Library Ser- vices and Technology Act. Media Robin Jackson , creative director of Jackson and Appleton video company, was elected to the board of governors for the Mid-America Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. The board comprises 32 media profes- sionals from six states and produces the regional Emmy awards. Municipal The city of Springfield named Danny Perches to the new position of develop- ment project facilitator in the city man- ager’s office. He’s responsible to review the status of development projects, work directly with developers, designers and contractors in the development review process, and identify and recommend de- velopment process changes. Perches most recently served as project manager for economic development at the Springfield Area Chamber of Commerce, where he worked for six years. Nonprofit Victory Mission & Ministry was ac- credited by the Evangelical Council for Fi- nancial Accountability. The accreditation is based on the ECFA Seven Standards of Responsible Stewardship, including finan- cial accountability, transparency, sound board governance and ethical fundraising. NEWSMAKERS Send your company’s new hires, promotions, awards and achievements t o sbj@sbj.net o r click “Talk to SBJ” o n our homepage. Please include job title s and relevant career and educational experiences. We’ll publish high- resolution color photos attached as space permits. LET US KNOW Send announcements to sbj@sbj.net Yates Perches Murrish Sharp Schnabel Lomax Pitts