Chairman

Ryan Stephens

Ryan Diego Morales
Ibarra
Vice-Chair

Colea Blann
Immediate Past-Chairman

Connor
Martz
Petite Roche Wealth Management

Michal Harris
IKARUS Youth Outreach Program

Itzel Velazquez
Kiva Little Rock

Whitney Scales
MHP.SI

Ciara
Mills
Arkansas Geological Survey

Josiah
Johnson
Apptegy

Hector Balada
Arkansas Department of Health
Vice Chair
Diego Morales Ibarra, DIMORI Services, LLC
Programming Co-Chairs
Ross Burnett, Merrill Lynch
Keith Marks, AON
Marketing Committee
Whitney Scales (Chair), MHP.SI
Brandon Thompson, Taggart Architects
Membership Committee
Hector Balada (Chair), Arkansas Department of Health
Josiah Johnson, Apptegy
Connor Martz, Petite Roche Wealth Management
PopUp in the Rock Co-Chairs
Josiah Johnson, Apptegy
TBD, studioMAIN representative
At Large Board Members
Ciara Mills, Arkansas Geological Survey
Mike Harris, IKARUS Youth Outreach Program
Itzel Velazquez, Kiva Little Rock
Jared Landrum, BOND.AI
Committees
Looking to get involved? Create Little Rock has 4 committees you can join. Learn about them below, and email the committee chair to get on the list. Committee meeting schedules are determined by each of the committee chairs.
PopUp in the Rock
Organizes and implements our annual PopUp in the Rock project in partnership with studioMAIN. To learn more about PopUp, visit our PopUp in the Rock page.
Programming
Responsible for selecting speakers for our Unplugged Speaker Series and other programming throughout the year, and for facilitating Serve the Rock and Crew at the Zoo.
Land in the Rock
Organizes and implements our annual Land in the Rock summer program designed to entertain interns, law clerks and medical residents who are here for the summer and demonstrate to them what Little Rock has to offer. These events are also for young professionals who have recently moved to Little Rock. To see last summer’s schedule, visit our Land in the Rock page.
Be501
Be501.com was conceived by the Economic Development Committee of Create Little Rock’s Think Big Little Rock initiative. It’s designed to be a one-stop shop for things to do in the Little Rock Region. It’s in its beta phase while we build up a committee of volunteers to regularly contribute upcoming events and activities to the site. If you’d like to be an influencer, email clryp@littlerockchamber.com