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 - The McLarty Companies

 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
Ron Witherspoon - Arvest

Vice Chairman, Small Business
Anthony Brooks - Platinum Drywall, Inc.

 Vice Chairman, Transportation & Infrastructure
Kristin Merlo - Delta Dental of Arkansas

At-Large
Will Ford - Westrock Coffee Company

 At-Large
Bobby Gosser - Baldwin & Shell Construction

Ex-Officio
President, Fifty for the Future
Merritt Dyke - Dyke Industries, Inc

Senior Council (Past Chairmen)

Rajesh Chokhani (2023), BOND.AI
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

Board of Directors

Terms Expiring 2025

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

Terms Expiring 2026

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

Terms Expiring 2027

Jessica Flake Dearnley - Flake & Company
Alan Jessup - Bank OZK
Heather Jones - Bank of America
Brian Marsh - Goodwill Industries of Arkansas
Julie McCallister - ECCI
Brendan Monaghan - Cadence Insurance
Carlton Saffa - Saracen Casino Resort
Sharon Tallach Vogelpohl - mhp.si

Ex-Officio

Steven Baker - Bill & Hillary Clinton National Airport
Jean Block - Little Rock Water Reclamation Authority
Tad Bohannon - Central Arkansas Water
Susan Altrui - City of Little Rock
Colonel Denny Davies - 19th Airlift Wing, Little Rock Air Force Base
Bryan M. Day - Little Rock Port Authority
Dr. Summer DeProw - UA Pulaski Technical College
Marcy Doderer - Arkansas Children’s
Dr. Christina Drale - University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Gina Gemberling - Little Rock Convention & Visitors Bureau
Dr. Maurice D. Gipson - Philander Smith College
Carlos I. Giralt-Cabrales - Mexican Consulate
Hon. Terry Hartwick - City of North Little Rock
Gabe Holmstrom - Downtown Little Rock Partnership
Hon. Barry Hyde - Pulaski County
Jim Keet - Little Rock Advertising & Promotion Commission
Colonel Damon M. Knarr - U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Little Rock District
Diane McCoy - 2024 Ambassador of the Year
Clay McGeorge - Little Rock Port Authority
Dr. Jerry Guess - Pulaski County Special School District
Dr. Cam Patterson - University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Gregory J. Pilewski - North Little Rock School District
Dr. Leslie Rodriguez-McClellon - Arkansas Baptist College
Hon. Frank Scott - City of Little Rock
Payton Smith - North Little Rock Chamber of Commerce
Ryan Stephens - Create Little Rock
Drew Tessier - Union Pacific Railroad
Tiffany Wilkerson - Arkansas Livestock Show Association
Dr. Jermall Wright - Little Rock School District
Dr. Jeremy Owoh - Jacksonville North Pulaski County School District
Dr. Brendan Kelly - Arkansas State University System