John Ed Chambers III
John Ed Chambers III of Danville was elected by his fellow trustees to serve as 2016 chairman of the Arkansas Tech University board of trustees during a meeting on Thursday.
Chambers, CEO of Chambers Bank, is in his third term as a member of the Arkansas Tech board of trustees. His current term will expire on Jan. 14, 2017. He first served on the board from 1994-99. In 2007 and 2012, he was appointed to five-year terms on the board.
Also serving as 2016 Arkansas Tech Board of Trustees officers are Leigh Whiteside of Russellville (vice chairman) and Charles Blanchard of Russellville (secretary).
They are joined by fellow board members Fritz Kronberger of Russellville and Tom Kennedy of Little Rock.
Kennedy was sworn in by Pope County Judge Jim Ed Gibson to begin his second term on the Arkansas Tech Board of Trustees at the beginning of Thursday’s meeting. He previously served as a trustee from January 2010-January 2015. Kennedy was chairman of the board in 2014.
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