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 & Little Rock Regional Chamber of Commerce (EX-O Past Chair)
Josh Davenport - Seal Solar
Dr. Margaret Ellibee - University of Arkansas Pulaski Technical College (EX-O Past Chair)
Melinda Faubel - AT&T
Bobby Gosser – Baldwin & Shell Construction Co.(EX-O Past Chair)
Anna Beth Gorman - Women's Foundation of Arkansas
Bill Gray - Taggart Architects
Dr. Jerome Green - Shorter College
Derrell Hartwick - North Little Rock Chamber of Commerce
Ashley Hight - North Little Rock Chamber of Commerce
Chris Johnson – Dillard's (EX-O Past Chair)
Judge Paula Juels Jones - State District Court Judge / NLR Division
Kevin Newton – C.B.M. Construction (EX-O Past Chair)
Laura Nick - Garver
Steve Owen – Complete Care (EX-O)
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
Nell Sterling - Bell & Company
Robert Tellez - Tellez Law Firm
2022 BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Jay Amberg- BXS Insurance
Haskell Anderson, Simmons Bank
J.D. Ashley Jr. - Ashley Group Commercial Real Estate
Justin Bentley-Colliers International
Williams Collins - Cypress Properties
Brandon DeGroat, Bank OZK
Mason Doyne, Doyne Construction
Brad Eagle, Arkansas Travelers Baseball Club
Holly Fish - EGP, PLLC
Michael Fritz - Little Caesars Pizza of AR
J. Fletcher Hanson III – Moses Tucker Partners
Jim Jackson - Jackson Law Firm
Linda Jefferey – TruService Community Federal Credit Union
Melissa Johnston, First Orion
Kristen Kennon-iRealty Arkansas
Chris Kent - Argenta Downtown Council
Lindy Lanford – The Bridal Cottage
Nick Leopoulos - Thea Foundation
Miguel Lopez - Encore Bank
Eddie Martin - Coulson Oil Company, Inc.
Laura McKinney - CDI Contractors, LLC
Lisa Meyer - McCain Mall
Leigh Ann Newton - TC Print Solutions
ReNae Patterson - Manpower
Margaret Powell - City of North Little Rock
Gina Radke - Galley Support Innovations
Mike Richardson - US Bank
Adam Shelton, Hydco
Pete Simpson, Image Works Commercial Interiors
Errin Stanger - Arkansas Regional Innovation Hub
Randy Southerland - Arvest Bank
Wes Thomas-McLarty Nissan
2022 EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS
Shawn Barnett - CHI St. Vincent North
Tad Bohannon – Central Arkansas Water
Rob Brainerd - Caterpillar Inc.
Karilyn Brown - State Representative District 41
Linda Chesterfield – State Senator District 30
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)
Mark Lowery – State Representative District 39
Rusty Mathis – Ben E. Keith Foods
Cathy Owen - Eagle Bank & Trust (Past Chair)
Mike Perkins – Baptist Health Medical Center – NLR
Lt. Col. Will Phillips - Arkansas National Guard
Dr. Greg Pilewski - North Little Rock School District
Scott Rawlings – Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits
David Ray – State Representative District 40
Colonel Andrew Roddan – Little Rock Air Force Base
Jamie Scott – State Representative District 37
Drew Tessier - Union Pacific
Karen Trevino - North Little Rock Advertising & Promotion
Erica Warden - NLR Young Professionals
Chad Williams - Vanguard
Carlton Wing – State Representative District 38
TBD - Rock Region Metro
