Oklahoma City, OK-(December 22, 2006)- Nathan Baker, AIA, NCARB, has been named vice president over the Oklahoma City architecture office of Crafton, Tull, Sparks & Associates. He will be relocating from the Tulsa office where he served as Director of Operations for the firm. In his new role he will be responsible directing and controlling the day-to-day operations of the architecture group. A graduate of the University of Oklahoma, Nate has 14 years of experience.

Lance Mills, P.E., was named vice president of the commercial group. He relocated from Rogers, AR, where he served as the Commercial Department Head. Lance has 10 years of experience and is a graduate of the University of Oklahoma.

Omar Khoury, NCARB, was also named vice president in the firm. Omar will position the architecture group for growth and lead the charge as they work with clients to build facilities that enhance the client's brand and energize the people who work there. He has 16 years of experience and is a graduate of the Oklahoma State University. 

Crafton, Tull, Sparks & Associates has 320 employees with nine offices located in Alabama, Arkansas, Kansas and Oklahoma. They provide architectural, engineering, interior design and surveying services. The firm's family of brands includes SPARKS Education, SPARKS Health, SPARKS Spiritual and SPARKS Sports. The firm was named to ZweigWhite's 2006 Hot Firm list of fastest growing architectural, engineering and environmental firms.

For more information or to arrange interviews, contact Ginger Homan at (918) 588-4025 or visit www.sparks-aei.com.