Executive Committee

Chairman, Economic Development - Laura Landreaux, Entergy Arkansas
Chairman, Membership - Jay Meador, First Horizon
Chairman, Advocacy - Robin Miller, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Arkansas Realty
Vice Chairman, Communications - David Surguine, McLarty Nissan of Little Rock
Vice Chairman, Community Development - Dexter Doyne, Doyne Construction Company, Inc.
Vice Chairman, Education & Workforce - Curtis Barnett, Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield
Vice Chairman, Public Safety - Patrick Schueck, Lexicon, Inc.
Vice Chairman, Small Business - Anthony Brooks, Platinum Drywall, Inc.
Vice Chairman, Transportation & Infrastructure - Kristin Merlo, Delta Dental of Arkansas

President, Fifty for the Future (ex-officio) - Sharon Vogelpohl, MHP/Team SI
At Large - Will Ford, Westrock Coffee Company
At Large - Ron Witherspoon, Arvest Bank

Senior Council (Past Chairmen)

Jim Cargill, Back Porch Consulting - 2022
John Burgess, Mainstream Technologies - 2021
Ronnie Dedman, AT&T Arkansas (Retired) - 2020
Kevin Crass, Friday, Eldredge & Clark, LLP - 2019
Cathy Tuggle, Apartment Hunters - 2018

Board of Directors

Terms Expiring 2024

Jessica Flake Dearnley - Flake & Company
Mike Halter - Cadence Insurance
Heather Jones - Bank of America
Julie McCallister - ECCI
Mary Parham - J. Kelly Referrals & Information Services
Carlton Saffa - Saracen Casino Resort

Terms Expiring 2025

Hunter Bale - Bale Chevrolet Company
Susan Desselle - Capital Sotheby’s International Realty
Anika C. Dixon - Goss Management & Realty
Bobby Gosser - Baldwin & Shell Construction
Kevin Reynolds - W&W | AFCO Steel
Chris M. Heitzmann - Caterpillar Inc.
Wes Martin - Hathaway Group
Chris White - Simmons Bank

Terms Expiring 2026

Michele Beasley - Telcoe Federal Credit Union
Daryl Brown - MISO Energy
Robin Connell - leafscape
Scot Davis - Arkansas Urology
Steve Lancaster - Wright Lindsey Jennings
Gordon Silaski - Centennial Bank
Barbara Sugg - Southwest Power Pool
C. Sam Walls III - Arkansas Capital Corporation Group
Rodney Abston - Regions Banks

Ex-Officio
Colea Long - Chairman, Create Little Rock
Jean Block - CEO, Little Rock Water Reclamation Authority
Cynthia Bond Hopson - Interim President, Philander Smith College
Clay McGeorge - Chairman, Little Rock Port Authority
Tad Bohannon - CEO, Central Arkansas Water
Emily Cox - Interim City Manager, City of Little Rock
Colonel Denny Davies - Commander, 19th Airlift Wing Little Rock Air Force Base
Bryan M. Day - Executive Director, Little Rock Port Authority
Dr. Summer DeProw - Chancellor, UA Pulaski Technical College
Marcy Doderer - President & CEO, Arkansas Children’s
Dr. Christina Drale - Chancellor, University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Gina Gemberling - Chief Executive Officer, Little Rock Convention & Visitors Bureau
Carlos I. Giralt-Cabrales - Ambassador, Mexican Consulate
Hon. Terry Hartwick - Mayor, City of North Little Rock
Gabe Holmstrom - Executive Director, Downtown Little Rock Partnership
Hon. Barry Hyde - County Judge, Pulaski County
Jim Keet - Chairman, Little Rock Advertising & Promotion Commission
Colonel Damon M. Knarr - Commander, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Little Rock District
Tom Clarke - Acting Executive Director, Bill & Hillary Clinton National Airport
Dr. Calvin McFadden, Sr. - President, Arkansas Baptist College
Dr. Charles McNulty - Superintendent, Pulaski County Special School District
Laura Nick - Chairman, North Little Rock Chamber of Commerce
Dr. Cam Patterson - Chancellor, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Gregory J. Pilewski - Superintendent, North Little Rock School District
Hon. Frank Scott - Mayor, City of Little Rock
Drew Tessier - Union Pacific Railroad
Andre Webster - 2023 Ambassador of the Year
Tiffany Wilkerson - President/General Manager, Arkansas Livestock Show Association
Dr. Jermall Wright - Superintendent, Little Rock School District