Board of Directors
2023 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Chairman
Dr. Jerome Green - Shorter College
Incoming Chairman
Laura Nick - Garver
Past Chairman
Anna Beth Gorman - Women's Foundation of Arkansas
Treasurer
Nell Sterling – Bell & Company
Vice Chairmen
John Burgess – Mainstream Technologies (EX-O Past Chair)
Josh Davenport - Seal Solar
Michael Fritz - Little Caesars Pizza of AR
Bobby Gosser – Baldwin & Shell Construction Co.(EX-O Past Chair)
Bill Gray - Taggart Architects
Chris Johnson – Dillard's (EX-O Past Chair)
Judge Paula Juels Jones - State District Court Judge / NLR Division (EX-O Past Chair)
Kevin Newton – C.B.M. Construction (EX-O Past Chair)
Steve Owen – Complete Care (EX-O Past Chair)
Thomas Pownall – Thomas Engineering Company
Chris Shelton - First Security Bank
Gordon Silaski - Centennial Bank
Jeff Smith - Smith Family Funeral Homes
Payton Smith - Metro Disaster Specialists
Robert Tellez - Tellez Law Firm
2023 BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Jay Amberg- BXS Insurance
Haskell Anderson, Simmons Bank
J.D. Ashley Jr. - Ashley Group Commercial Real Estate
Tara Beebe - Ms. Karen’s Dance Studio
Justin Bentley-Colliers International
Rhonda Bradley - Image Works Commercial Interiors
Williams Collins - Cypress Properties
Kristin Cypret - Bank OZK
Mason Doyne, Doyne Construction
Brad Eagle, Arkansas Travelers Baseball Club
Holly Fish - EGP, PLLC
Tiffany Greenway - TruService Community Federal Credit Union
J. Fletcher Hanson III – Moses Tucker Partners
Ron Harris - Summerwood, Inc.
Scott Hilburn - Hilburn & Harper, LTD.
Jim Jackson - Jackson Law Firm
Melissa Johnston, First Orion
Kristen Kennon-iRealty Arkansas
Chris Kent - Argenta Downtown Council
Lisa Lake - AT&T
Nick Leopoulos - Thea Foundation
Jeff Lewis - Eagle Bank & Trust Company
Miguel Lopez - Encore Bank
Kal Makan - Makan Hospitality Management
Eddie Martin - Coulson Oil Company, Inc.
Laura McKinney - CDI Contractors, LLC
Lisa Meyer - McCain Mall
George Miller - NIBC
Leigh Ann Newton - TC Print Solutions
ReNae Patterson - Manpower
Margaret Powell - City of North Little Rock
Rachael Reynolds - Bell & Company
Mike Richardson - US Bank
Errin Stanger - Arkansas Regional Innovation Hub
Randy Southerland - Arvest Bank
Maurice Taylor - Vivid Real Estate Learning Center
Wes Thomas-McLarty Nissan
2023 EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS
Justin Avery - Rock Region Metro
Trenna Barker - North Little Rock Young Professionals
Shawn Barnett - CHI St. Vincent North
Tad Bohannon – Central Arkansas Water
Linda Chesterfield – State Senator District 30
Rajesh Chokhani - Little Rock Regional Chamber Chair
Dr. Summer DeProw - University of Arkansas - Pulaski Technical College
Chris Heitzmann - Caterpillar Inc.
Jane English – State Senator District 34
Judge Rita Gruber - Arkansas Court of Appeals Judge (Past Chair)
Jay Hartman - Entergy Arkansas
Mayor Terry Hartwick - City of North Little Rock
Judge Barry Hyde – Pulaski County Government (Past Chair)
Rusty Mathis – Ben E. Keith Foods
Cathy Owen - Eagle Bank & Trust (Past Chair)
Lt. Col. Will Phillips - Arkansas National Guard
Dr. Greg Pilewski - North Little Rock School District
Jamie Scott – State Representative District 37
COL Marty Smith - Little Rock Air Force Base
Drew Tessier - Union Pacific
Karen Trevino - North Little Rock Tourism
Cody Walker - Baptist Health Medical Center - NLR
Chad Williams - Vanguard
Carlton Wing – State Representative District 38
