Poultry Federation Names New Business Operations Director (Movers & Shakers)

Joyce Wood

Joyce Wood has been promoted to director of business operations at the Poultry Federation, based in Little Rock.

Wood has worked for the federation since 2005, most recently in accounting and event planning.

Cobb-Vantress Inc. of Siloam Springs has joined the National Business Research Institute’s Circle of Excellence after scoring in the 75th percentile of companies in the poultry industry in employee and customer engagement.

Chris and Judy Isbell of England have been named the Arkansas Farm Bureau’s East Central District Farm Family of the Year.

The following were the other Arkansas Farm Family of the Year honorees and their districts

• Jared and Lacey Standridge of Dennard (Van Buren County), the North Central District
• Michael and Rhonda Ahrent of Corning, Northeast District
• Carl and Christie Campbell of Harrison, Northwest District
• Dean and Tawana Watson of St. Charles (Arkansas County), Southeast District
• Jimmy and Crystal Hewitt of Fouke (Miller County), Southwest District
• Travis and Valerie Sims of Center Ridge (Conway County), Western District
• Damon and Jana Helton of Lonsdale (Garland County), West Central District

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