White River Bancshares Company announced the promotion of a number of senior leaders as part of its growing franchise and multi-step growth strategy process. Several of these promotions, and new key hires, are a result of the company’s expansion into the Rogers, Arkansas market in April. In keeping pace with the multi-billion-dollar expansion around the Pinnacles Hills Parkway, the Bank needed a branch presence. The new Rogers branch is located at 3712 South Pinnacle Hills Parkway, Suite 102. Leading the expansion, Knight Weis is the President of the new Rogers location. A native of Springdale, Arkansas, Weis has been a part of the Signature Bank Team since its opening in May 2004, and in the banking business for over 30 years. Weis has served as the Springdale Market President until being promoted to NWA President in April 2013, as well as serving as the Market President for Fayetteville from 2014-2016. The rest of the Rogers team includes Kurt Brungardt, a native of Rogers, as the VP of Mortgage Lending. He brings over 23 years of experience in the secondary market mortgage business and joined the Signature Bank team in 2016. Kent Arnold, will be heading up Business Development initiatives. He has over 15 years of experience working as an Executive Broker both in Dallas & Jonesboro. Clinton Ryan, Lance Clark, and John Spencer will be acting as VP’s of Commercial Lending in Rogers. Clark is from Kansas City, Missouri and graduated from Missouri State University with a Business Administration/Marketing degree. Clark brings with him 27 years of banking experience. Spencer has been with Signature Bank of Arkansas since 2004. Amy Rachel grew up in Springdale, Arkansas and is serving as both Rogers and Bentonville’s Bank Manager. She attended school at NWACC and has been in retail banking for 19 years. Jake Sullins, also from Springdale, Arkansas has recently been promoted to Assistant Bank Manager of Rogers location. Sullins brings over six years of banking experience in Northwest Arkansas. Zieber now works at Rogers location as a Consumer Commercial Loan Coordinator. Ashley Lindy is Senior Loan Coordinator in Rogers. At the executive level, Scott Sandlin was promoted to Chief Strategy Officer. Sandlin joined the executive team in 2016. He is a retired Walmart executive with over 25 years of experience in operations, merchandising, eCommerce, and financial services, as well as extensive experience in developing growth strategies and business plans. Alexandria J. Gladden was promoted to Market President in Springdale. A Fayetteville native, Gladden has been with Signature Bank for the past 14 years, 7 of which she has served as the SVP Loan Manager. She also currently serves as a committee member for the Arkansas Children’s Hospital Event Gala and has recently joined the Fayetteville Junior Civic League. Jason Orlicek was promoted to SVP Loan Manager in Springdale. Orlicek began working at Signature Bank in 2013 and has over 19 years of banking experience. He is a graduate of Arkansas Tech University, the ABA Commercial School of Lending and the Graduate Lending Schools at SMU.