People You Should Know (Sept. 29)
Architecture
LK Architecture in Wichita has promoted Steve Berry to senior vice president, director of engineering. It also announced the following employees have been promoted to vice president: Jeff Koch, Howie Beauchamp, Lynn Walker, Ed Wilson and Brett Martinez.
Michael Clifford has joined the Wichita office of GLMV Architecture as curator of Innovation and Partnerships.
Blake Toews has joined SJCF Architecture as an architectural intern.
Banking
UMB Bank has hired Rich Trease as senior vice president, commercial banker in Wichita.
Melissa McCarthy has joined CrossFirst Bank as a treasury services banker.
Patrick Salmans, senior vice president/human resources director with Equity Bank, was honored as the 2016 Trombold Achievement and Kansas HR Professional of the Year by the Kansas State Council of the Society for Human Resource Management at its annual conference this month in Wichita.
Business
Jeff Henry is the new girls director for middle school and high school basketball at Wichita Hoops and Next Level Hoops Academy.
Education
Monica Maack Tiller is the new operations manager for the American Overseas Schools Historical Society, which is in Wichita.
Health Care
Erica Denno has been named gastrointestinal oncology nurse navigator for Wesley Healthcare’s oncology program.
Law
Jennifer Goheen, a partner in the firm of Hite, Fanning & Honeyman, has joined the Wichita Public Library Board.
Nonprofits
The Alzheimer's Association of Central & Western Kansas has hired Sarah McNay as events coordinator and James Covel as public policy and marketing specialist.
Organizations
Mark Powers, area manager for CarterEnergy and owner of Handy’s LLC in Junction City, was elected president of the Petroleum Marketers and Convenience Store Association of Kansas during the association’s annual meeting this month in Junction City.
The Petroleum Marketers and Convenience Store Association of Kansas elected new board members at its recent annual meeting in Junction City. Elected were: Clay Dark, Dark Oil, Attica; Gary Haag, Haag Oil, Topeka; Gratz Peters, Pete’s Corp., Parsons; Jerry Chaput, Mitten Inc., Oakley; Butch Stucky, Triplett Inc., Salina; Chad Kramer, Kramer Oil, Marysville; Jayson Woofter, Oasis Travel Center, Colby; and Kevin O’Brien, KAPS Inc., Cheney.
Dave Lybarger, former president of Lybarger Oil Co. in Garnett, was recently awarded the 2016 PMCA Distinguished Service Award by members of the Petroleum Marketers and Convenience Store Association of Kansas.
Real Estate
Halle Harper has joined the East Office of J.P. Weigand & Sons as a residential sales associate.
Melissa Gadberry has joined the Hutchinson Office of J.P. Weigand & Sons as a residential sales associate.
Andrea Lazcano has joined the Belle Plaine Office of J.P. Weigand & Sons as a residential sales associate.
Ken Wheeler has joined the Newton Office of J.P. Weigand & Sons as a residential sales associate.
This story was originally published September 29, 2016 at 9:50 AM with the headline "People You Should Know (Sept. 29)."