• The Kansas State Board of Mortuary Arts has announced Robert J. Steil, of Lawrence, as the organization’s newest board member.

• The Eldridge Hotel has promoted Melissa Ridder to General Restaurant Manager of the hotel’s TEN Restaurant. Ridder has worked at the restaurant in several different positions for more than five years.

Bob Steil

• Lawrence’s CornerBank has hired Ehren Feldmeyer as the branch’s financial adviser. Feldmeyer has worked as a financial adviser for more than six years and has lived in Lawrence for the past 12 years. He holds both Series 7 and Series 66 registrations and is a licensed life and health agent.

• The Lawrence Memorial Hospital Endowment Association is hosting a seminar focusing on the charitable conversation between financial and legal advisers and their clients. Representatives from U.S. Trust/Bank of America Private Wealth Management will also give presentations at the event. The seminar will be at 4 p.m. Nov. 12 at Maceli’s, 1031 New Hampshire St. The cost to attend is $15. To register or for more information, contact Caroline Trowbridge by 5 p.m. Wednesday at caroline.trowbridge@lmh.org or 505-3313.

• Lawrence’s Benet Magnuson, executive director of Kansas Appleseed, and Chris Tilden, director of community health with the Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department, were named two of the Sunflower Foundation’s 15 Advocacy Fellows for 2016. This year’s group of fellows will learn how to better advocate for their causes over the course of a six-session course.

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