David Kersey, a former Disney digital artist, has been hired as a senior creative director at inVeritas in Rogers. Kersey will lead creative projects throughout the country while serving in the northwest Arkansas office. He earned a Bachelor of Arts with a specialization in computer animation from Savannah College of Art & Design and spent 15 years in the animation industry in Los Angeles before returning to Arkansas in 2015.
Cathy Lester has joined Bear State Bank of Little Rock as a mortgage loan originator in the Bentonville area. Lester has 24 years of experience in mortgage lending and real estate. She has served in a number of positions, including mortgage closer, loan processor, originator, loan shipper and compliance officer.
Scott Hall, an attorney in the Fayetteville office of the law firm Hall Estill of Tulsa, has been named a Mid-South Super Lawyers Rising Star for a third year. Two years ago, Hall was the first Hall Estill lawyer outside of the firm’s Oklahoma office to be named a Super Lawyers Rising Star.
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