Nicole Banman and Brenda Bryant have joined the staff of The Audio-Reader Network of Kansas and Kansas Public Radio, Lawrence.

Banman is business manager for both organizations, responsible for bookkeeping, accounts receivable and payable and account management. She had been finance officer for the Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology at Kansas University Medical Center.

Banman earned a degree in accounting in 2006 from Kansas State University.

Bryant is development director for Audio-Reader, responsible for fundraising, special events and underwriting sales.

A graduate of Washburn University, Bryant returned to her home state of Kansas from Fort Lauderdale, Fla., where she had worked for Perri Financial Group and the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. She lives in Ottawa.