Executive Board

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

as of April 2023 

 

EXECUTIVE BOARD

Carol Worley, President 

David Sargent, Vice President   

Brent Birch, Past President                           

Pattie Weed, Treasurer

Chris East, At Large

Hank Kelley, At Large

Jimmy Moses, At Large

Gina Gemberling, LRCVB Representative

Dr. Dean Kumpuris, City Board Director

Bruce Moore, City Manager

Doug Meyer, Metrocentre Representative

Frank Scott, Jr., City Mayor

 

 

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Terms Expiring 2024 

Ross Cranford, Cranford Co. 

Chris East, Cromwell  

Lisa Lake, AT&T 

Rocky Goodman, McIlroy, Keen, and Goodman, CPAs 

Denise Hanson, Colliers International 

Kyle James, Arvest Bank 

Jennifer Lester, Union Plaza Commercial 

Greg McCarroll, Centennial Bank 

Jacob Spears, Baldwin and Shell Construction 

Mimi San Pedro, The Venture Center 

Will Trice, Arkansas Repertory Theatre 

Jeff Utecht, Meadors Adams Lee 

Paul Parnell, Rose Law Firm 

Joe Weinsinger, Regions  

Carol Worley, Worley, Wood, & Parrish 

 

Terms Expiring 2025 

Dr. Victoria Ramirez, Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts 

Staci Miller, Arkansas Democrat Gazette 

Blake Bowlin, CJRW 

Stanley Hastings, Jr., Complete Care 

Jay Hartman, Entergy 

Heartsill Ragon, III, Gill, Ragon, Owen, P.A. 

Hank Kelley, Kelley Commercial Partners 

David Lang, Little Rock Marriott 

Nathan Coulter, Mitchell Williams Selig Gates and Woodyard 

Jimmy Moses, Moses Tucker Partners 

Katy Bartlett, Stone Ward 

Wanda Hoover, UA Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law 

Justin Allen, Wright Lindsey Jennings 

Rebecca Tennille, JPJ Consulting 

Phil Brandon, Rock Town Distillery 

Nikki Crane, StudioMAIN  

Valerie Erkman, Arkansas Federal Credit Union 

Christa Clark, Beaty Capital Group, LLC 

Madeline Balgavy, RE/MAX Elite 

Sarah Thomas, Downtown Neighborhood Association 

 

NEW APPOINTMENTS 

Terms Expiring 2026 

James Sullivan, AMR Architects 

Debbie Shock, Clinton Foundation 

Lesley Nalley, Empire Financial Architects 

Arlton Lowery, Few 

Jeremiah Wood, Friday Eldredge & Clark LLP 

Guy Choate, Garver 

Mandy Marshall, Hounds Lounge 

Sara Beth Leader, Junior League of Little Rock  

Pattie Davidson, Landmark PLC 

Brent Birch, Little Rock Technology Park 

David Hutchison, Lyon College 

Marti Nicholson, Marriott  

John Martin, Moses Tucker Partners 

Kelley Bass, Museum of Discovery 

Jacob Fair, Simmons First National Bank 

Mark Stodola, Stodola & Associates, Inc. 

David Sargent, WER Architects 

 

Ex Officio 

Anne Laidlaw, Arkansas Building Authority 

Nate Coulter, Central Arkansas Library System 

Dr. Dean Kumpuris, City of Little Rock, Board of Directors 

Bruce Moore, City of Little Rock, City Manager 

Frank Scott, Jr., City of Little Rock, Mayor 

Gina Gemberling, Little Rock Convention & Visitors Bureau 

Jay Chesshir, Little Rock Regional Chamber 

Doug Meyer, Metrocentre Representative 

Casey Covington, Metroplan 

Robert Birch, NLR Economic Development Corporation 

Barry Hyde, Pulaski County Judge 

Patricia Blick, Quapaw Quarter Association 

Justin Avery, Rock Region Metro 

Dr. Christina Drale, UA Little Rock