Crystal Johnson Earns Credit from U.S. Chamber of Commerce (Movers & Shakers)

Crystal Johnson

Crystal Johnson has graduated from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation’s Institute for Organization Management, which consists of 96 hours of course instruction in nonprofit management.

Johnson is president and CEO of the Batesville Area Chamber of Commerce.

Len Blaylock, executive director of the Bradley County Economic Development Corp, and Gregory Dale, Southern Region community economic development coordinator for USDA Rural Development, are among 10 Arkansans who have graduated from the Delta Regional Authority’s Delta Leadership Institute Executive Academy.

Other recent graduate of the yearlong program are Ben Gilmore, deputy chief of staff for the Office of Lt. Gov. Tim Griffin; Moses Goldmon, vice chancellor for student engagement at the University of Arkansas at Monticello; Mark O’Mell, executive director of Crossroads Coalition; Denver Peacock, principal at the Peacock Group; Carla Sparks, rural outreach coordinator at Arkansas Children’s Hospital; Hillary Starnes, community service manager for the city of Jonesboro; Erica Tait, director of the Jonesboro Metropolitan Planning Organization; and Ateca Williams, deputy chief of staff of internal operations for the Office of Gov. Asa Hutchinson.

Bryan Barnhouse has been named chief operating officer for the Arkansas Research Alliance in Conway. Barnhouse was previously vice president of ARA and before that was director of economic development for Jefferson County.

See more of this week’s Movers & Shakers, and submit your own announcement at ArkansasBusiness.com/Movers.