People You Should Know (Oct. 15)

Accounting

Emily Appel and Jordan Brungardt have joined the audit department of BKD CPAs & Advisors as associates.

Aaron Ashworth has joined Allen, Gibbs and Houlik as supervising senior of the AGH assurance team.

Debra Hosman has been named senior associate of Allen, Gibbs and Houlik’s employee benefits division.

Banking

Danielle Parks has joined CrossFirst Bank as a private banking assistant.

Education

Brian Austin has been promoted to assistant director-employer relations at Wichita State University’s Career Development Center.

Rob Barenberg has joined Wichita State’s Career Development Center as career development specialist-Barton School of Business.

Sarah Carlson has joined Wichita State’s Career Development Center as marketing assistant/special events coordinator.

Connie Dietz has been promoted to executive director of Wichita State’s Career Development Center.

Megan Dugger has been promoted to employer relations-employer manager of Wichita State’s Career Development Center.

Entertainment

SMG has announced that Mallory Rine has been promoted from marketing coordinator to marketing manager for the Orpheum Theatre.

Health Care

Matt Downen, Wesley Family Medicine resident, has received the American Academy of Family Physicians’ Excellence in Graduate Medical Education award.

Pediatric surgeon Kimberly Molik has joined the pediatric surgery services team at Wesley Children’s Hospital.

Jill Crotty has been named clinic director and Denise Dean has been named clinic administrator and marketing representative of the recently opened office of Trina Health of Kansas.

Hospitality

Kevin Kretsch has been named general manager at the Hyatt Regency Wichita.

Insurance

Christopher Falletti, Randy Dick, Richard Osterbuhr, Jean Salsbery, Bradley Williamson, Garrett Harper, Bernie Zaleski, Charles Rivera and David Pike have qualified for the executive council with the New York Life Insurance Company.

Lance Kasitz has joined the Kansas General Office of New York Life Insurance Company as an agent in the Kansas General Office.

Real Estate

Doris Harrison has joined Berkshsire Hathaway HomeServices PenFed Realty.

Austin Graves and Mark Smith have joined Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices PenFed Realty as sales associates.

Services

Starkey has announced the following new hires and promotions: Don Wiesner, chief financial officer; Allie Owens and Travis Warren, community living supervisors, and Diane Tinker Hurst, events coordinator. Angeline Anderson has been promoted to TCM supervisor, and Cyrstal Porter has been promoted to training and development supervisor.

This story was originally published October 14, 2015 at 1:55 PM with the headline "People You Should Know (Oct. 15)."