Arkansas Business

Eddie Drilling has been elected chairman of the Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce and Bill Hannah has been elected chairman of the Associated Industries of Arkansas for two-year terms beginning on Jan. 1.

Drilling is the president of the Arkansas Division of AT&T Arkansas in Little Rock. Hannah is chief executive officer of Nabholz Construction Corporation of Conway.

Other State Chamber officers who were elected to two-year terms during last week's 82^nd State Chamber/AIA Annual Meeting in Little Rock include:

• Gary Head, Signature Bank of Arkansas, vice chairman
• Phil Baldwin, Southern Bancorp Inc., treasurer
• Maggie Sans, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., vice chairman
• George Wheatley, Waste Management of Arkansas, vice chairman
• Mike Callan, Arkansas Oklahoma Gas Corporation, vice chairman
• Randy Wilbourn, Martin-Wilbourn Partners LLC, past chairman
• Hugh McDonald, Entergy Arkansas Inc., past chairman. 

Additional AIA officers who were also elected last week include:

• Russ Bragg, OK Industries Inc., vice chairman
• Bill Reed, Riceland Foods Inc., vice chairman
• Steve Cousins, Lion Oil Company, vice chairman
• Ken Kimbro, Tyson Foods Inc., vice chairman
• Ray Dillon, Deltic Timber Corp., past chairman
• Benny Baker, International Paper Container Division, past chairman

The Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce and Associated Industries of Arkansas are private, non-profit corporations, which are totally funded by member dues.