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Carolyn (Floyd) Ishee ’75 has been appointed to the board of directors for the UCA Alumni Association.

Kelley Erstine ’79 has been elected president of the �������� Society of Association Executives.

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Martin Eggensperger ’90 has been elected to serve a three-year term for the �������� Institute for Performance Excellence. Eggensperger is president of Black River Technical College.

Brenda Hatton-Ficklin ’90 has been named a board member for the Ronald McDonald House Charities of ��������. Hatton-Ficklin is the sales director at the Little Rock Convention & Visitors Bureau.

Stanley Hancock ’91 was named to the winner’s circle for having the top sales growth in Ansell’s North American industrial market.

Keith Svagerko ’91 has been appointed to the board of directors for the UCA Alumni Association.

Donald “Donnie” Crain Jr. ’94 has been hired as president and CEO of the Morrilton Area Chamber of Commerce and Conway County Economic Development Corporation.

Cindy (Hudson) Webb ’95 was elected to the Conway City Council for a four-year term.

Shelley (Pope) Short ’96 has been hired as president and CEO of the Arkadelphia Regional Economic Development Alliance and Area Chamber of Commerce.

Lorrie (Payne) Trogden ’97 was elected chairman of the board of trustees of the �������� of Banking at the University of Wisconsin – Madison

Sean McCarron ’99 was promoted to director of occupational health and corporate safety at CTEH in Little Rock.

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Chris Martin ’00 joined Edafio in Little Rock as the vice president of platform engineering.

Sarah True ’00, ’01 has been hired as the travel and tourism account executive at CJRW in Little Rock.

Shannon (Samples) Newton ’02 has been named to the Transportation Industry Council of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.

Clint O’Neal ’02, ’08 has been named executive director of the �������� Economic Development Commission by �������� Gov.Sarah Huckabee Sanders.

William “Trey” Hankins III ’03 has been named director of CX/DX and design for �������� Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Little Rock.

Heide (Pingley) Harrell ’03 has been elected to serve as the 2023 chair of the University of �������� at Little Rock Alumni Association board of directors. Harrell is the vice president and communications director for the private wealth management division at Stephens Inc. in Little Rock.

Jeremy Owoh ’03 has been appointed to the board of directors for the UCA Alumni Association.

Joshua Neal ’04 has been promoted to private banking manager at Arvest Bank in Fayetteville.

Leslee (Smith) Tell ’04, ’10 has been awarded a Fulbright U.S. Distinguished Teaching Award to Vietnam for the Fulbright Teacher Exchanges project.

Alicia “Nicole” (Holt) Herndon ’05 has been named a certified fundraising executive by CFRE International.

Courtney (Myers) Magie ’05 has been promoted to compliance and internal audit specialist at First Service Bank.

Jennie (McNulty) Strange ’05 has joined Palmer Music Company as director of education in Conway.

Maegan (Nicholson) Dyson ’06, ’10 has been named chief development officer of Conway Regional Health Foundation.

Tawny Laymon-Basinger ’06, ’12 has been promoted to strategic partnerships leader at Ronald McDonald House Charities of ��������.

Kevin Stanley ’06, ’07, ’15 has been promoted to tax operations manager at HoganTaylor in Little Rock.

Nicole Hobbs ’07, ’08 was promoted to principal at HCJ CPAs & Advisors PLLC of Little Rock.

Jasper T. Johnson ’07 was awarded the 2022 Conway Area Chamber of Commerce Diversity in Business Young Minority Professional Award.

Aaron King ’07 has been appointed to the board of directors for the UCA Alumni Association.

Haley M. Heath ’08 joined Gordon & Rees as Partner.

Ryan Nix ’08 joined Horton’s Orthotics & Prosthetics as rehab support director in Little Rock.

Jennifer (Williams) Ragsdale ’08 has been elected to the board of directors at Immerse �������� of Little Rock. Ragsdale is chief administrative officer and senior vice president of human resources at Uniti in Little Rock.

Capri (Bell) Salaam ’08 was named 2023 �������� Teacher of the Year. Salaam is a teacher at North Little Rock Middle School.

Chase Selby ’08 has been promoted to senior vice president at the Center for Toxicology & Environmental Health LLC in North Little Rock.

Randi (Gottsponer) Chambers ’09, ’10 has been promoted to partner at HoganTaylor of Tulsa.

Elliott Hartle ’09 has been promoted to senior bank examiner at the �������� State Bank Department in Little Rock.

Brittany Paul ’09 has been hired as director of events and annual gifts at City Year in Little Rock.

Katherine Vasilos ’09 has been named to the CJRW executive committee. She is vice president and senior account supervisor for the advertising agency.

Joseph “Joe” Wheeler ’09, ’11 has joined Garland & Greenwood CPAs & Advisors as manager at the new office location in Jonesboro.

John T. “J.T.” Wilson ’09 was promoted to director of the Toxicology Emergency Response Program at CTEH in Little Rock.

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Anushree Jumde ’11 was appointed director in the Office of Community Relations by �������� Attorney Gen. Tim Griffin.

Megan (Branson) Vestal ’11, ’12 has been promoted to senior assurance manager at HoganTaylor in Little Rock.

Bryan Head ’11, ’12 joined Conway Orthopedics & Sports Medicine Center.

Jamie Beck ’13 was promoted to director of response management at CTEH in Little Rock.

Leo Cummings III ’13 was promoted to senior vice president of development at the Conway Area Chamber of Commerce. Cummings previously held the position of director of sales.

Mary DeLoney Logan ’13 was promoted to marketing and communications manager at Cromwell Architects Engineers in Little Rock. She also earned the Accreditation in Public Relations (APR) from the Public Relations Society of America.

Drew T. Evans ’14 was appointed chief of staff by �������� Lt. Gov. Leslie Rutledge.

Wesley “Wes” Mathis ’14 has been promoted to senior bank examiner at the �������� State Bank Department in Little Rock.

Steven Overturf ’14 became a senior graphic designer of the Houston Texans, an NFL team. He was previously a graphic designer for the Major League Soccer team Los Angeles Galaxy.

Joe Dunn ’15 has been promoted to chief lending officer at Stone Bank in Mountain View. Dunn was previously senior vice president and senior loan officer.

Emma Baird ’16 joined Crews & Associates as compliance specialist in Little Rock.

Callie (Clifton) Parks ’16 has been hired as associate vice president of hospital operations at Baptist Medical Center in North Little Rock.

Richard “Rick” Sisk ’16 has been named one of �������� Business’ 20 in their 20s. Sisk is director of procurement for Rock Dental Brands in Little Rock.

Kandi (Chitman) Hughes ’17 has joined Midcontinent Independent System Operator as senior corporate counsel in Little Rock.

Matthew Stephens ’17 earned the broadband premises installer certification. Stephens is a telecom installer technician at Conway Corp.

Alexander Denker ’18 joined Hosto & Buchan as associate attorney in Little Rock.

Ellen Huckabay ’18 has been promoted to senior tax accountant at HoganTaylor in Little Rock.

Tyler Lucas ’18 joined the �������� State Bank Department as commercial examiner.

Waid Rainey ’18 has been hired as creative specialist at Conway Regional.

Carly Jo Riggins ’18 has been promoted to property manager at Kelley Commercial Partners in Little Rock.

Blake Hood ’19 has been named senior of assurance at HoganTaylor LLP.

Amanda (Davis) Kennedy ’19 joined Mercy Sleep Center as a nurse practitioner in Berryville.

Kaitlyn (Reeves) Logan ’19 has been hired as associate attorney at Rainwater Holt & Sexton in Little Rock.

Mallory Watson ’19 joined the Conductor as the marketing and outreach manager in Conway.

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Miranda Daily ’20 joined Garcia Wealth Management Northwestern Mutual, in Conway, as marketing manager.

Baylee Halford ’20 has been promoted to senior tax accountant at HoganTaylor in Little Rock.

Pansy Johnson ’20 has been named as one of �������� Business’ 20 in their 20s. Johnson is the treasury management sales specialist at Arvest Bank in Little Rock.

Nelio Zamorano ’20, ’21 has been named conductor of the �������� Symphony Orchestra’s community orchestra.

Jordan Ester ’21 has joined Conway Area Chamber of Commerce as the director of development.

Sharon Lanier ’21 has been promoted to executive director of the Delta Dental of �������� Foundation.

Hannah Phillips ’22 has been promoted to public relations and client services coordinator at The Communications Group in Little Rock.