Board of Directors
Dr. Jay Barth
JCA Board Chair
M.E. and Ima Graves Peace Distinguished Professor of Politics
Chair of the
Department of Politics and International Relations
Director of Civic
Engagement Projects
Hendrix College
Don Marshall
JCA Board Vice-Chair
Owner
Marshall Management, Inc.
Sharon Heflin
JCA Board Secretary
Principal
Bird & Bear Companies
Laine Harber
JCA Board Treasurer
Deputy Director of Operations
Arkansas Arts Center
Orville E. Abrams, Jr.
Certified Public Accountant
Abrams Services, LLC
Instructor, Philander Smith College
Nate Coulter
Partner
Wilson, Engstrom, Corum & Coulter
Lela Delgado-Presley
Account Planner & Hispanic Outreach Coordinator
The Communications Group
Brad Diner, M.D.
President
Arkansas Psychiatric Clinic
Dr. Beverly Divers-White
President
BSW Consulting
Senator Joyce Elliott
Director, Legislative and State Outreach
The College Board
Mariah Hatta
Executive Director
Democratic Party of Arkansas
Rev. Dr. Ray Higgins
Coordinator
Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of Arkansas
Ivan Hudson
Diversity Business Enterprise Manager
Arkansas Scholarship Lottery
Heather Larkin
President & CEO
Arkansas Community Foundation
Dexter Lewis
Vice President, Commercial Lending
Arvest Bank
Richard H. Lewis
Dentist
Lewis Family Dentistry
Pat Lile
Director of Planned Giving
First United Methodist Church
Retired President, Arkansas Community Foundation
Freeman McKindra
Community Liaison
UAMS/College of Public Health
Bill Paschall
President/CEO
Paschall Strategic Communications
Jennifer Pierce
Attorney
Mitchell Williams Selig Gates & Woodyard, P.L.L.C.
Pat Riley, Jr.
Owner/Operator
Little Rock & North Little Rock Athletic Clubs
Sophia Said
Research Associate and Masters of Public Service Candidate
Clinton School of Public Service
Chief Gregory L. Summers
Fire Chief
Little Rock Fire Department
Chief Stuart Thomas
Little Rock Police Chief
Little Rock Police Department
Maria Touchstone
ESL Director
North Little Rock School District
Mallory Van Dover
Human Resources Consultant
Allied Wireless Communications Corporation
Oscar Washington
Director of Customer Service
Entergy Arkansas
Dr. Sue Weinstein
State Public Health Veterinarian
State of Arkansas
Will Whiting
Vice President, Public Policy
Little Rock Regional Chamber of Commerce
Dr. Namvar Zohoori
Chief of Chronic Disease Branch
Arkansas Department of Health
Ruth Shepherd
Executive Director
Just Communities of Arkansas