People You Should Know (Jul. 26, 2018)

Accounting

Jennifer Asbridge and Doug Latimer have been promoted to senior associate II at BKD.

Banking

Pat Fallon has joined The Plains State Bank as executive vice president and director of community banking at the loan production office in Hutchinson.

Harrison Helms has been promoted to commercial real estate banker at CrossFirst Bank.

Law

The American Institute of Personal Injury Attorneys has recognized Tony Atterbury as a 2018 10 Best Personal Injury Attorneys for Client Satisfaction.

Nonprofits

Wichita Women’s Initiative Network has elected new officers and members for the current year: Dee Nighswonger, Sedgwick County Developmental Disability Organization, chair; Stephanie Gaskill-Jakub, J.P. Weigand, vice-chair; Kathy Wiebe, Belite Enterprises, secretary; Kathy Siebert, KMS Consulting, treasurer; Jill Kerschen, IMA Financial Group; Daniel Murphy, Newman University; John Newsom, Boeing Wichita; and Rebecca Page, Sedgwick County.

Kathy Jewett, human relations manager for XLT Ovens and board member for the Workforce Alliance of South Central Kansas, has joined the board of the directors of the National Association of Workforce Boards.

Organizations

MCBAKS, the cultural arm of the Wichita Bangladesh Community, has named its executive board for 2018-2020: Mahmood Mahpara Karim, president; A K Azad, vice president; Nasrin Sultana, cultural secretary; Rejaul Haqe, general secretary; and Syed Bakhtiar, treasurer. The board also selected Golam Sarwar and Mohammad Khokon as interim members and named Md R Islam to the new position of community information analyst.

Real Estate

Kathy Dame and Lisa Nave have joined Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices PenFed Realty’s east location as sales associates.

Brian McCullough, owner-inspector of HouseMaster Home Inspections of Central Kansas, has been recognized by the American Society of Home Inspectors for five years membership.