Newsmakers: Oct. 30-Nov. 5, 2017

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BRANSON MO NEWS: Banking & FinancingCentral Bank of the Ozarks added Ryan White to its mortgage team as senior vice president and residential lending manager. White has 19 years of banking and real estate lending experience. White’s responsibilities include managing production, business development, education and processing in the real estate department.Guaranty Bank promoted Rand Youngblood to commercial lending coordinator from construction disbursement specialist. He handles administrative duties and coordinates the disbursement process for construction loans. Youngblood joined the bank in 2015 as a teller.EducationSpringfield Public Schools inducted four alumni into its Hall of Fame: Gary Adams, a 1998 Central High graduate, is a special agent for the U.S. Secret Service; Mark Arnoldy, a 2005 Kickapoo High graduate, is CEO of nonprofit Possible, which delivers primary health care throughout Nepal; and Gary and Patricia Adams, Hillcrest High graduates in the mid-1960s, have worked 50 years in Branson’s music and tourism industry, currently as president and treasurer, respectively, of Presleys’ Country Jubilee.Mark Lawley, director of choirs at New Covenant Academy, received the 2017-18 National Federation of State High School Associations Outstanding Music Educators Award for Missouri. His previous experience includes stints as artistic director for the Boys Choir of Springfield and director of music education at Drury University. Health CarePure & Clean LLC Chief Medical Officer Dr. J.W. Buckner became a board certified wound specialist-physician and a diplomat of the American Board of Wound Management. Recipients must be licensed health care professionals with doctoral degrees and three years of wound care experience, before passing an exam on wound care. A resident of Springfield, Buckner is a retired Army colonel and a general surgeon specializing in cancerous breast surgery for CoxHealth.Three CoxHealth employees received nominations for The Daisy Award for Extraordinary Nurses, which recognizes the skill and compassion caregivers provide. Andrew Leshin works in …