Joe Ruddell has been promoted to northwest Arkansas regional president of Generations Bank, and Bryn Bagwell has been hired as president of the Fayetteville market.
Ruddell previously worked at Arvest Bank in Benton County before joining Generations Bank of Hampton (formerly First Bank) as Washington County market president in 2014.
Bagwell most recently worked for Arvest Bank in northwest Arkansas and she previously worked at Farmer’s Bank & Trust in Magnolia.
Generations Bank has also promoted Mendee Marinoni to vice president and market specialist in Fayetteville. Marinoni has 23 years of banking experience in marketing, mortgage lending and management. She has been with Generations Bank for 10 years.
Bruce Upton has been named a senior vice president and chief technology operations officer at Stone Bank in Mountain View.
Chris Rittelmeyer has joined Simmons Wealth Management as an assistant vice president in the private banking group at Simmons Bank in Fayetteville. He has eight years of banking experience. He most recently worked as a commissioned senior bank examiner for the Arkansas State Bank Department.
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