Robert Hopkins has been promoted to regional executive and senior vice president of the Little Rock Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.
He previously was vice president and regional executive of the branch. The Little Rock Branch serves most of the state, except northeast Arkansas.
Herbert Austin has been named active regional administrator at the U.S. Small Business Administration for the south-central region, which includes Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico.
In addition to his regional administrator duties, he will continue to serve as the SBA’s Dallas/Fort Worth district director, a position he has held since 2008.
He will lead 10 district offices in the delivery of SBA’s financial, entrepreneurial development, government contracting and international export services. He will also oversee a network of small-business counselors assigned to Small Business Development Centers, Score Offices, Women’s Business Centers and Veteran Business Outreach Centers throughout the south-central region.
Clint McBryde has been promoted to vice president of operations at FNBC Bank in Ash Flat. He previously was assistant vice president at the bank.
McBryde began his banking career with FNBC in early 2014 as the deposit operations team leader, and was promoted to assistant vice president in July.
LaBroderick Standokes and Zhongshi Chen have been hired as staff accountants at McIlroy Keen Goodman LLP in Little Rock.
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