banking

Emprise Bank has announced these promotions: Deborah Ruemler, senior vice president and manager of human resources; Roger Hastings, senior vice president and manager of portfolio management; and Aaron Veatch, chief financial officer and manager of finance.

Tim Binns has joined Bankers' Bank of Kansas as vice president and loan officer.

health care

Steve Peppes has been promoted to senior sales executive and Cory Dalton has been promoted to senior account manager at Delta Dental of Kansas.

insurance

Deb Marquez has joined Sentry Insurance as a consumer products specialist.

law

Timothy O'Sullivan of Foulston Siefkin has been named "Wichita Area Best Lawyers Trusts and Estates Lawyer of the Year for 2010" by Best Lawyers, a peer-review publication.

Brad Haddock of Haddock Law Office has been named a member of the American Arbitration Association's roster of arbitrators. Haddock also serves on the group's board of directors.

nonprofit

The Independent Living Resource Center has added two members to its board of directors: Rick Shellenbarger, Sedgwick County emergency management planner, and Pam Burger, a retired respiratory therapist.

organizations

Robert Potter, vice president of the Metal Finishing Co., has been voted an officer of the American Society For Nondestructive Testing.

real estate

Sandy Wendt, Patty Fraley and Connie Blake, associates from the East Harry office of J.P. Weigand & Sons, have earned the designation of Accredited Buyer Representative.

Michelle Lindgren has joined the west office of J.P. Weigand & Sons as a residential real estate associate.

Paul Scholder and Bettina Cassell have joined Coldwell Banker Plaza Real Estate East new homes division as sales associates.

Barry Parks, Perry Payne and Michael Thorne have joined the Keller Williams Signature Partners Market Center at the Waterfront as sales associates.

Bud Cortner with Keller Williams Signature Partners Market Center at the Waterfront has been appointed treasurer of the Wichita Area Association of Realtors for 2010.

Rebecca Dowty-Hoskins with Keller Williams Signature Partners Market Center at the Waterfront has been appointed to the board of directors for the Wichita Area Association of Realtors and will chair the professional standards committee for 2010.

services

Valerie McGhee, president and CEO of Larksfield Place, has been elected to serve as a member of the House of Delegates of the American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging.

Salon Bella has announced these new hires: Cherina Ostmeyer, esthetician; Laurel Lewis and Yoshi Carroll, hair designers.