Leadership
Officers
Chairman - Cathy Tuggle (Apartment Hunters)
President & CEO - Jay Chesshir, President & CEO (Little Rock Regional Chamber)
Chairman Elect - Kevin Crass (Friday, Eldredge & Clark, LLP)
Treasurer - Ronnie Dedman (AT&T)
Immediate Past Chairman - John Riggs
Executive Committee
Chairman, Economic Development - Laura Landreaux (Entergy Arkansas)
Chairman, Membership - John Burgess (Mainstream Technologies)
Chairman, Advocacy - Ruth Whitney (inVeritas)
Vice Chairman, Communications - Nat Lea (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)
Vice Chairman, Education & Workforce - Patrick Schueck (Lexicon, Inc.)
Vice Chairman, Public Safety - Lynn Wright (Regions Bank)
Vice Chairman, Small Business - Anthony Brooks (Platinum Drywall)
Vice Chairman, Transportation & Infrastructure - William Clark (Clark Contractors)
Vice Chairman, Community Development - Troy Wells (Baptist Health)
President, Fifty for the Future (ex-officio) - Philip Tappan (Simmons Bank)
At Large - Marcy Doderer (Arkansas Children's Hospital)
At Large - Rajesh Chokhani (Welspun Tubular, LLC)
Senior Council
John Riggs - 2017
Jeff Hathaway (Hathaway Group) - 2016
Van Tilbury (East-Harding Construction) - 2015
Gary Smith (Glass Erectors) - 2014
French Hill (Congressman, 2nd Congressional District of Arkansas) - 2013
Martin M. Rhodes (Stephens Insurance) - 2012
Board of Directors
Terms Expiring 2018
Chad Aduddell - CHI St. Vincent
Justin Allen - Wright, Lindsey & Jennings LLP
Robin Connell - PLANTation Services
Schawnee Hightower - Verizon Wireless
Greg Purtle - Georg Fischer Harvel LLC
Marcus Wallace - AdvantaClean Environmental of Central Arkansas
Alfred Williams - BancorpSouth Insurance Services, Inc.
Terms Expiring 2019
Hunter Bale - Bale Chevrolet Company
Nick Brown - Southwest Power Pool
Susan Reynolds - The Janet Jones Company
Paul Rivera - Caterpillar, Inc.
Rodney Showmar - Arkansas Federal Credit Union
David Surguine - McLarty Auto Group
Terms Expiring 2020
Curtis Barnett - Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield
State Rep. Charles Blake - CenArk Transportation LLC
John Harris - Coulson Oil Company, Inc.
Robin Miller - Coldwell Banker RPM
Gary Parrish - Parrish Delivery Services
John Rutledge - First Security Bank
Gordon Silaski - Centennial Bank
Ex-Officio
Tad Bohannon - CEO, Central Arkansas Water
Bryan Day - Executive Director, Little Rock Port Authority
Col. Gerald Donohue - Commander, 19th Airlift Wing, Little Rock Air Force Base
Dr. Margaret A. Ellibee - President, UA Pulaski Technical College
Gretchen Hall - Chief Executive Officer, Little Rock Convention & Visitors Bureau
Chris Hancock - Chairman, Create Little Rock
Melissa Hendricks - Chairman, Little Rock Port Authority
Gabe Holmstrom - Executive Director, Downtown Little Rock Partnership
Hon. Barry Hyde - County Judge, Pulaski County
Ronald Mathieu - Executive Director, Bill & Hillary Clinton National Airport
Dr. Charles McNulty - Superintendent, Pulaski County Special School District
Bruce Moore - City Manager, City of Little Rock
Kevin Newton - Chairman, North Little Rock Chamber of Commerce
Dr. Cam Patterson - Chancellor, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Capi Peck - Chairman, Little Rock Advertising & Promotion Commission
Michael Poore - Superintendent, Little Rock School District
Rodolfo Quilantán-Arenas - Consul General, Mexican Consulate
Greg Ramon - Manager, Little Rock Water Reclamation Authority
Dr. Kelly Rodgers - Superintendent, North Little Rock School District
Dr. Andrew Rogerson - Chancellor, University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Ralph Shoptaw - President/General Manager, Arkansas Livestock Show Association
Hon. Joe Smith - Mayor, City of North Little Rock
Dr. Roderick Smothers - President, Philander Smith College
Hon. Mark Stodola - Mayor, City of Little Rock