LeadAR Class 21 Members


Ayanna Bledsoe
Director of Inclusion and Belonging
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art

Creenna Bocksnick
AR 4-H Camping Coordinator
UA System Division of Agriculture, Cooperative Extension Service

Daisy Bonilla
Mental Health Provider
Growing in Healing

Vivian Brittenum
Director of Business Services and Special Projects
Central Arkansas Planning and Development District

Tabatha Duvall
Assistant Director
UCA Center for Community and Economic Development

Austin DuVall
Marketing & Communications Manager
Winthrop Rockefeller Institute

Tonya Fletcher
Executive Director
Paris Area Chamber of Commerce

Megan Hobbs
LPN
Baptist Family Clinic Malvern RHC

Derek Ingram
Fire Marshal
Little Rock Fire Department

D'Andre Jones
City Council Member
Fayetteville, Arkansas

Pam Keith
Dyslexia Lead Teacher
Pulaski County Special School District

Vernice Nazare King
Founder
PlaceForResources

Rena' Lawson
Chief Deputy County/Circuit Clerk
Perry County/Circuit Clerk

Matthew Magdefrau
Video Production Specialist
Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation

Quinyatta Mumford
CEO
Mumford Associates Inc. DBA Village Public Health

Nicole Nichols
County Extension Agent/Staff Chair
UA System Division of Agriculture, Cooperative Extension Service

Amber Overholser
Associate Professor/MPA Program Director
Southern Arkansas University

Dani Pugsley
President/CEO
Mountain Home Area Chamber of Commerce

Emily Stone
Staff Attorney
National Agricultural Law Center

Adam Watson
President - Business Development
GasLogix

Jacki Whisnant
Human Resources Specialist
Arkansas Department of Transportation

Rachel Bearden
Hot Spring County Extension Agent-Staff Chair
UA System Division of Agriculture, Cooperative Extension Service

Sherry Beaty-Sullivan
Polk County Extension Agent-Staff Chair
UA System Division of Agriculture, Cooperative Extension Service

Chelsea Boozer
Executive Director
Rogue Water Lab

Arnetta Bradford
Owner
HeBrews 11:1

Sylvia Brown
Director, Strategic Operations
Ruralorganizing.org Education Fund

Harold Clark, Jr.
Battalion Fire Chief
Pine Bluff Fire & Emergency Services

Angelique Cooper
Community Partnerships
Southern Bancorp

Meagan Davis
Attorney
Maddox & Maddox

Jody Harris
Co-Owner
Harris Valley Springs Farm

Jason Kaufman
District Director
Arkansas Farm Bureau

David Long
Director of Engineering and Development, NWA
Cromwell Architects Engineers Inc.

Michael Mangrum
Owner
MLM Farms Inc.

Desarae Nelson
Director, TRIO Student Support Services
University of Arkansas at Little Rock

Winfrey Norton
Outreach Editor
USDA, Economic Research Service

Daniel Phillips
State Surveyor
Arkansas Department of Transformation and Shared Services

Wendell Scales Jr.
Deputy Director of Innovation
Arkansas Lighthouse Charter Schools

Christel Taylor
Director of Workforce and Downtown Development
Newport Economic Development Commission

Priscella Thomas Scott
Instructor-4-H Events Coordinator
University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture

Dan Villamor
Research Scientist
University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture

Stacy Walley
Southern Lumber Sales Manager
Weyerhaeuser Company

Anthony Whittington
Director of Parks & Trails
City of Hot Springs

Arkansas 4-H Outdoor Skills Instructor
UA System Division of Agriculture, Cooperative Extension Service

Barrett Breeding
Vice President Corp. Services, CFO
Ozarks Electric Cooperatives, Inc.
LeadAR Program Faculty & Staff
Dr. Julie Robinson
Associate Professor - Leadership
LeadAR Program Director
Lisa Davis
Program Associate - Leadership
Community, Professional & Economic Development

















