The 48 members of the chamber’s Leadership Greater Little Rock Class XXXII were honored at a graduation luncheon at Embassy Suites on Friday, June 23. Dr. Andrew Rogerson, Chancellor of UA Little Rock, was the guest speaker for the event.
The graduates were presented with certificates of completion by Class XXXII Chairman, The Honorable Jay Moody, U.S. District Court, and Class XXXII Co-Chairman, Robin Connell, Plantation Services. The event was sponsored by BancorpSouth Insurance Services, in partnership with CDI Contractors.
The members of Class XXXII and their employers/sponsors are as follows:
Celia Anderson, Little Rock Convention & Visitors Bureau
Kate Barlow, Relyance Bank
Casey Bearden, First Security Bank
Chris Beckman, Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation
Jennifer Belt, Arkansas Foodbank
Jean Block, Little Rock Wastewater
Tanya Bonham Scott, Regions Bank
William Brookshire, Stone Ward
Austin Bryan, Smith Capital
Andrew Collins, Cypress Properties
E. Scot Davis, Arkansas Urology
Kate East, AMR Architects
David Gershner, Davidson Law Firm
Anna Beth Gorman, Women's Foundation of Arkansas
Adam Hall, Garver
Catherine Hankins, Arkansas Regional Organ Recovery Agency
Blake Helm, CDI Contractors
Roy W. Horsey, Jr., Baldwin & Shell Construction Company
Kyle James, Simmons Bank
Mike Kelly, Arvest Bank
Ben Kent, Windstream
David Koehler, Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard
Sharon Lanier, Arkansas Flight
Richard Leger, CenterPoint Energy
Sabrina NeKay Lewellen, The Junior League of Little Rock
Taylor Marshall, Friday, Eldredge & Clark
Melanie Martin, Pulaski County Prosecuting Attorney's Office
Kourtney LeAnn Matlock, Baptist Health
Erin Maxwell, Arkansas Blue Cross Blue Shield
Michael McGrew, Clark Contractors, LLC
Molly McNulty, Arkansas Court of Appeals
Patty Opitz, Polk Stanley Wilcox Architects
David Palmer, Entergy Arkansas
Lisa M. Perk, The Property Group
Allyson Pittman Gattin, Arkansas Repertory Theatre
Jennelle Primm, Philander Smith College
Amanda Raible, PDC Companies
Steven Rice, Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences and the Arts
Zach Rodgers, ATA International
Lieutenant Colonel Anthony Sanders, Arkansas National Guard
Jennifer Smith, University of Arkansas System/UAMS
Diana Snyder, UA Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law
Marie Stacks, MedEvolve / Representing Rotaract Club of Little Rock, sponsored by the Rotary Club of Little Rock
Major Allison Stephens, Heifer International
Melody Sugg, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
Tim Trzebiatowski, The Stephens Group
Melissa Wilcoxson, Arkansas Children's
Lieutenant Colonel Ryan Workman, Arkansas Air National Guard
Class XXXII was presented by Chase, in partnership with Arkansas Children’s Hospital, CHI St. Vincent, Clark Contractors, Relyance Bank, and Wright Lindsey Jennings.
Each year, approximately 50 class members are selected from many applicants to participate in the nine-month program. One day a month, October through June, the class meets at a different Central Arkansas venue to explore topics through expert speakers, panelists, tours, and group presentations. Designed to develop a network of skilled leaders, the program informs, educates, and trains participants on a wide variety of local and public issues.
To date, Leadership Greater Little Rock has graduated 1,535 community leaders, including a secretary of state, president pro tempore of the senate, two university presidents, one adjutant general of the National Guard, six chamber chairmen and two federal judges.
Leadership Greater Little Rock is a program of the Little Rock Regional Chamber. For more information, contact Melinda Moody at 377.6012, or mmoody@littlerockchamber.com.