Oklahoma new hires and promotions announced – Oklahoman.com

Business People recognizes Oklahoma firms' recent new hires and promotions. To include your announcement, send information and a photo to Business Editor Adam Wilmoth at awilmoth@oklahoman.com.

Whitney Thorne has joined SSM Health St. Anthony Hospital's Heart & Vascular Care clinic in Oklahoma City. Thorne received her bachelors degree in biology from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington before pursuing a masters degree in the same area of study at Purdue University. She later graduated from Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine. She completed her residency at TriHealth Good Samaritan Hospital in Cincinnati. She is a member of the American College of Surgeons and has been nominated for membership in the Society for Vascular Surgery and Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery.

COOP Ale Works recently welcomed four new employees. Matt Melchert joins the team as the Central Oklahoma sales representative, Courtney Larry as chain account sales manager, Corey Smith as external events specialist and Cameron Shults as lead brewer. Melchert has prior experience as a sales representative and community coordinator for several other Oklahoma City-based companies. Larry has a bachelors degree in English from Clemson University. Smith previously worked in the COOP taproom before moving to his new position as external events specialist. He earned his bachelors degree in organizational leadership from the University of Central Oklahoma. Shults earned his bachelors degree from Texas A&M and was awarded his master brewers certificate from University of California, Davis.

Private Jets Inc. has hired Denver Craddock as director of maintenance. Craddock is based at Wiley Post Airport in Bethany. He is responsible for the maintenance of Private Jets fleet of 19 aircraft.

Union Mutual Insurance Co. has promoted two executives. Marty Fuller, a long-time insurance executive at the Farm Bureau, has been named the senior vice president of claims and agency. Fuller has more than 30 years of experience in the insurance industry. Curtis Liles has been named senior vice president of operations at the corporate headquarters in Oklahoma City. Liles has spent the past four years working for UMIC. Liles spent many years as an independent agent before becoming an executive with American Farmers and Ranchers

Doerner, Saunders, Daniel & Anderson LLP has named Moura A.J. Robertson as a partner of the family law practice group in Tulsa. Robertson is a Certified Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (AAML) and past president of the Oklahoma AAML Chapter. Recognized by the American Institute of Family Law Attorneys in 2019, Robertson was selected as a Top 10 Best Family Law Attorney for Client Satisfaction. Earning her Juris Doctorate from University of Tulsa College of Law, Moura received her bachelors degree in political science and a minor degree in Womens Studies from State University of New York, College at New Paltz.

Speech pathologist Tiffany Rea has joined the Oklahoma City Loud Crowd through a partnership with Integris. The Loud Crowd is a Parkinson Foundation of Oklahoma therapy group. Rea has been a speech pathologist for 33 years.

First Liberty Bank recently named Justin Smith as the newest member of the commercial lending team. Smith began his career in banking in 2017 as a credit analyst. He received his Master of Business Administration from the University of Oklahoma and his finance degree from the University of Central Oklahoma.

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