Board

2020 - 2021 Executive Committee

Steve Strickland – Chair 

Jan Alman – Vice Chair

Tim Gauger – Treasurer

Randy Bynum – Secretary

2020 - 2021 Directors

  • Jan Alman

    Community Volunteer

  • Randall L. Bynum

    Managing Partner - Dover Dixon Horne PLLC

  • Kerri Jackson Case

    Senior Communication Specialist - Entergy Arkansas

  • Gertrude Clark

    Community Volunteer

  • Chris Cranford

    Partner - Cranford Co.

  • Dr. Philip James Deer, III

  • Price Gardner

    Managing Partner - Friday, Eldredge & Clark

  • Tim Gauger

    Senior Vice President & Chief Legal Officer and Secretary - Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield

  • Jim Gifford

    Retired: Aerospace Engineer

  • Maya Goree

  • Melanie A. Hillard

  • Brandi Hinkle, MBA, APR

  • Kevin G. Horn, CPA, CFP, CFA

  • Catherine Hughes

    Chair - Leadership Council

  • Michelle Kaemmerling

  • David Knight

    Executive Vice President - Stephens Inc.

  • Miguel Lopez

    Vice President, Community Development & Hispanic Resource Officer - First Community Bank

  • Nikki Lovell

  • Michael Manning

  • Laura Martin

    Community Relations Director - Little Rock Police Department

  • Lori Maxwell

    Partner - Maxwell CPAs

  • Sharon Meador, MD

    Physician - ARCare Clinic

  • Lanny Nickell

    VP of Engineering - Southwest Power Pool

  • Bill Rector

    President - Renaissance Properties Limited, Inc.

  • Lee Rush

    Senior Vice President of Wealth Management - Simmons Bank

  • Ruth Shepherd

    Retired: Executive Director - Just Communities of Arkansas

  • Tom Small

  • Steve Strickland

    Retired: Vice President, Regulatory Affairs - Entergy Arkansas

  • Phillip Thomas

    Vice President of Commercial Lending - Centennial Bank

  • B.J. Walker

    Member - Rose Law Firm

  • Doris Washington, BSA, MPA, SES Certified

  • James H. Wilkins, Jr.