Officers & Executive Committee
The Chamber's Executive Committee meets at 7:30 am, the second Thursday of each month and consists of 19 members:
- Five Officers (Chairman, President & CEO, Treasurer, Chairman Elect, Immediate Past Chairman);
- Three Division Chairmen (Advocacy, Economic Development, Membership);
- Five Subdivision Vice Chairmen (Communications, Community Development, Education & Workforce, Public Safety, Small Business, Transportation & Infrastructure),
- Five Former Chairmen (Senior Council), and
- One Ex-Officio Member (President, Fifty for the Future).
For more information, Jay Chesshir, CCE (President & CEO), 501.377.6002.
2012 Officers
Chairman - Martin L. Rhodes (Stephens Insurance)
President & CEO - Jay Chesshir, President & CEO (Little Rock Regional Chamber of Commerce)
Chairman Elect - J. French Hill (Delta Trust & Bank)
Treasurer - John Womack (Arvest Bank)
Immediate Past Chairman - Hugh McDonald (Entergy Arkansas)
2012 Executive Committee
Chairman, Advocacy - Frank Thomas (Stephens Inc.)
Chairman, Economic Development - Roger Ball (Century Industries, Inc.)
Chairman, Membership - Van Tilbury (East-Harding, Inc.)
Vice Chairman, Communications - Ronnie Dedman (AT&T)
Vice Chairman, Community Development - Chuck Cook (Regions Bank)
Vice Chairman, Education & Workforce - Joel Anderson (University of Arkansas at Little Rock)
Vice Chairman, Public Safety - Kevin Crass (Friday, Eldredge & Clark, LLP)
Vice Chairman, Small Business - Cathy Tuggle (Apartment Hunters)
Vice Chairman, Transportation & Infrastructure - Jeff Hathaway (Coldwell Banker Commercial Hathaway Group)
President, Fifty for the Future (ex-officio) - Elizabeth Small (PDC Companies)
2012 Senior Council
Barbara Graves (Barbara Graves Intimate Fashions) - 2010
Herren Hickingbotham (Hickingbotham Investements, Inc.) - 2009
Elizabeth Small (PDC Companies) - 2008
Russ Harrington (Baptist Health) - 2007
Randy Wilbourn (Martin-Wilbourn Partners, LLC) - 2006
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