Officers
Chairman - John Burgess (Mainstream Technologies)
President & CEO - Jay Chesshir, President & CEO (Little Rock Regional Chamber)
Treasurer - Rajesh Chokhani (Welspun Tubular, LLC)
Chairman-Elect - Jim Cargill (Arvest Bank)
Immediate Past Chairman - Ronnie Dedman (AT&T Arkansas)
Executive Committee
Chairman, Economic Development - Laura Landreaux (Entergy Arkansas)
Chairman, Membership - Dexter Doyne (Doyne Construction)
Chairman, Advocacy - Ruth Whitney (inVeritas)
Vice Chairman, Communications - Nat Lea (WEHCO Media, Inc.)
Vice Chairman, Education & Workforce - Patrick Schueck (Lexicon, Inc.)
Vice Chairman, Public Safety - David Surgine (McLarty Auto Group)
Vice Chairman, Small Business - Anthony Brooks (Platinum Drywall)
Vice Chairman, Community Development - Troy Wells (Baptist Health)
President, Fifty for the Future (ex-officio) - Dumas Garrett, (De Wafelbakkers, LLC)
At Large - Robin Miller (RPM Group)
At Large - Gordon Silaski (Centennial Bank)
Senior Council
Kevin Crass (Friday, Eldredge & Clark, LLP) - 2019
Cathy Tuggle (Apartment Hunters) - 2018
John Riggs (Red Head Farm LLC) - 2017
Jeff Hathaway (Hathaway Group) - 2016
Van Tilbury (East-Harding Construction) - 2015
Board of Directors
Terms Expiring 2021
Chad Aduddell - CHI St. Vincent
Heather Albright - Bank of America
Justin Allen - Wright, Lindsey & Jennings LLP
Robin Connell - PLANTation Services
Rob Strickland - Georg Fischer Harvel LLC
Drew Tessier - Union Pacific Railroad
Marcus Wallace - AdvantaClean Environmental of Central Arkansas
Terms Expiring 2022
Hunter Bale - Bale Chevrolet Company
Anika Dixon - Goss Management & Realty
Dumas Garrett - De Wafelbakkers, LLC
Samuel Maia - Caterpillar, Inc.
Rodney Showmar - Arkansas Federal Credit Union
Will Thames - McGriff Insurance Services
Terms Expiring 2023
Michele Beasley - Telcoe Federal Credit Union
John Harris - Coulson Oil Company, Inc.
Barbara Sugg - Southwest Power Pool
Sam Walls III - Arkansas Capital Corporation Group
Ex-Officio
Joe Bailey - Chairman, Little Rock Port Authority
Tad Bohannon - CEO, Central Arkansas Water
Bryan Day - Executive Director, Little Rock Port Authority
Marcy Doderer - President & CEO, Arkansas Children's
Dr. Christina Drale - Chancellor, University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Dr. Margaret A. Ellibee - President, UA Pulaski Technical College
Bobby Gosser - Chairman, North Little Rock Chamber of Commerce
Gretchen Hall - Chief Executive Officer, Little Rock Convention & Visitors Bureau
Hon. Terry Hartwick - Mayor, City of North Little Rock
Gabe Holmstrom - Executive Director, Downtown Little Rock Partnership
Hon. Barry Hyde - County Judge, Pulaski County
Diego Morales Ibarra, Coordinator of Community Affairs & Economic Development, Mexican Consulate
Jim Keet - Chairman, Little Rock Advertising & Promotion Commission
Brian Kutsch - Chairman, Create Little Rock
Bryan Malinowski - Executive Director, Bill & Hillary Clinton National Airport
Dr. Charles McNulty - Superintendent, Pulaski County Special School District
Bruce Moore - City Manager, City of Little Rock
Col. Angela Ochoa - Commander, 19th Airlift Wing, Little Rock Air Force Base
Dr. Cam Patterson - Chancellor, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Dr. Gregory Pilewski - Superintendent, North Little Rock School District
Michael Poore - Superintendent, Little Rock School District
Greg Ramon - Manager, Little Rock Water Reclamation Authority
Hon. Frank Scott, Mayor, City of Little Rock
Dr. Roderick Smothers - President, Philander Smith College
Andre Webster - 2020 Ambassador of the Year
Doug White - President/General Manager, Arkansas Livestock Show Association