Patricia Robertson, associate professor of business law at the College of Business at Arkansas State University, has been selected as Woman of the Year by the Jonesboro Business & Professional Women. Before coming to A-State in 2005, Robertson practiced law for 20 years.
Jim Gowen Jr. of Merchants & Planters Bank in Newport, Gary Oltmann of Arkansas County Bank in DeWitt and Bennie Ryburn III of Commercial Bank & Trust in Monticello have been elected to the board of directors of the Arkansas Community Bankers Association. Their terms expire in October 2019.
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