Arkansas Unemployment Rises to 3.8 Percent in February 
2014 Power List
Agriculture & Poultry
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Steven M. Anthony
President Anthony Timberlands |
Aubra H. Anthony, Jr.
President and CEO Anthony Forest Products Co. |
Butch Calhoun
Secretary Arkansas Department of Agriculture |
Ronald M. Cameron
Chairman and CEO Mountaire Corp. |
Greg W. Cole
President and CEO AgHeritage Farm Credit Services |
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Ray C. Dillon
President and CEO Deltic Timber Corp. |
Carl and Charles George
Co-CEO and Co-President George's Inc. |
Keith Glover
President and CEO Producers Rice Mill |
Trent Goins
President and CEO O.K. Industries Inc. |
Karl Daniel Kennedy
President and CEO Riceland Foods |
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Todd Simmons
President and CEO Simmons Foods |
Donnie Smith
President and CEO Tyson Foods Inc. |
Randy Veach
President Arkansas Farm Bureau |
Architecture/Engineering
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Richard Alderman
CEO Wittenberg Delony & Davidson |
Matt Crafton
President and CEO Crafton Tull, Rogers |
Harrison French
CEO Harrison French & Associates |
Steve Kinzler
President and COO Polk Stanley Wilcox Architects |
Rusty Mullen
CEO TME Inc. |
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Charley Penix
CEO Cromwell Architects Engineers Inc. |
Dan Williams
President and Chairman Garver LLC |
Banking & Finance
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Johnny Allison
Chairman Home BancShares Inc. |
Greg W. Cole
President and CEO AgHeritage Farm Credit Services |
Donald Cook
Arkansas State President and Little Rock Market President Bank of America |
George Gleason II
Chairman and CEO Bank of the Ozarks Inc. |
Barbara Hambrick
Managing Member Beall Barclay & Co. |
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Rush F. Harding
CEO Crews & Associates |
Jim King
President and CEO Arvest Asset Management |
Alex Lieblong
President and Owner Lieblong & Associates |
George Makris Jr.
Chairman and CEO Simmons First National Corp. |
Mark Millsap
Principal and Co-owner Foundation Resource Management |
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Reynie Rutledge
Chairman, President and CEO First Security Bancorp |
Warren Stephens
Chairman, President and CEO Stephens Inc. |
Witt Stephens Jr.
Co-chairman and CEO The Stephens Group LLC |
Ryan Underwood
Managing Partner BKD LLP |
Jim Walton
Chairman and CEO Arvest Bank Group |
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Steven Warren
Regional Managing Partner BKD LLP |
Lynn Wright
Arkansas Area President Regions Bank |
Pete Yuan
Arkansas Regional President IberiaBank |
Business Services
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Steven M. Anthony
President Anthony Timberlands |
Aubra H. Anthony, Jr.
President and CEO Anthony Forest Products Co. |
Gary Cooper
Managing Partner JPMS Cox |
Ray C. Dillon
President and CEO Deltic Timber Corp. |
Karen Garrett
Managing Partner Hudson Cisne & Co. LLP |
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Keith Glover
President and CEO Producers Rice Mill |
Barbara Hambrick
Managing Member Beall Barclay & Co. |
Scott Howe
CEO Acxiom Corp. |
Mike Malone
President and CEO Northwest Arkansas Council |
Ryan Underwood
Managing Partner BKD LLP |
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Steven Warren
Regional Managing Partner BKD LLP |
Construction
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Sam Alley
Chairman and CEO VCC |
William Clark
Chairman and CEO Clark Contractors LLC |
Scott Copas
President and CEO Baldwin & Shell Construction Co. |
Lloyd Garrison
CEO CDI Contractors |
Thomas Schueck
President and CEO Lexicon Inc. |
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Greg Williams
CEO Nabholz Construction |
Economic Development
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James Chesshir
President and CEO Little Rock Regional Chamber of Commerce |
Kathy Deck
Director Center for Business & Economic Research, University of Arkansas Walton College of Business |
Kermit Kuehn
Director Center for Business & Economic Research, University of Arkansas at Fort Smith |
Mike Malone
President and CEO Northwest Arkansas Council |
Michael Pakko
Chief Economist and State Forecaster Institute for Economic Advancement, University of Arkansas at Little Rock |
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John Shelnutt
Administrator for Economic Analysis and Tax Research Arkansas Department of Finance & Administration |
Grant Tennille
Executive Director Arkansas Economic Development Commission |
Jim Youngquist
Executive Director Institute for Economic Advancement, University of Arkansas at Little Rock |
Randy Zook
President and CEO Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce/Associated Industries of Arkansas |
Education
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Joel Anderson
Chancellor University of Arkansas at Little Rock |
Bret Bielema
Head Football Coach University of Arkansas |
Donald Bobbitt
President University of Arkansas System |
Shane Broadway
Director Arkansas Department of Higher Education |
Kathy Deck
Director Center for Business & Economic Research, University of Arkansas Walton College of Business |
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Margaret Ellibee
President Pulaski Technical College |
G. David Gearhart
Chancellor University of Arkansas |
Tim Hudson
Chancellor Arkansas State University |
Jeff Long
Athletic Director University of Arkansas |
R. Madison Murphy
President Murphy Foundation |
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Michael Pakko
Chief Economist and State Forecaster Institute for Economic Advancement, University of Arkansas at Little Rock |
Charles Welch
President Arkansas State University System |
Tony Wood
Commissioner Arkansas Education Department |
Jim Youngquist
Executive Director Institute for Economic Advancement, University of Arkansas at Little Rock |
Energy
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Scott Bennett
Director Arkansas State Highway & Transportation Department |
Walter Bryant
Division Vice President of Regional Operations CenterPoint Energy Arkansas |
Andrew Clyde
CEO Murphy USA |
John Harris
President and CEO Coulson Oil Inc. |
Duane Highley
President, CEO and Chief Affordability Officer Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corp. |
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Roger Jenkins
President and CEO Murphy Oil Corp. |
Hugh McDonald
President and CEO Entergy Arkansas |
R. Madison Murphy
President Murphy Foundation |
Shane Patterson
President Flash Market Inc. |
J. Alan Stubblefield
Senior Vice President Seeco Inc. |
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Ronald Tucker
President and CEO Baldor Electric Co. |
Government & Politics
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Mike Beebe
Governor State of Arkansas |
Scott Bennett
Director Arkansas State Highway & Transportation Department |
John Boozman
U.S. Senator U.S. Senate |
Shane Broadway
Director Arkansas Department of Higher Education |
Butch Calhoun
Secretary Arkansas Department of Agriculture |
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Davy Carter
Speaker of the House Arkansas House of Representatives |
James Chesshir
President and CEO Little Rock Regional Chamber of Commerce |
William Clinton
42nd President of the United States of America U.S. Government |
Michael Lamoureaux
President Pro Tempore Arkansas State Senate |
Mike Malone
President and CEO Northwest Arkansas Council |
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Mark Pryor
U.S. Senator U.S. Senate |
Joe David Rice
Tourism Director Arkansas Department of Parks & Tourism |
John Shelnutt
Administrator for Economic Analysis and Tax Research Arkansas Department of Finance & Administration |
Nathaniel Smith
Director of Health and State Health Officer Arkansas Department of Health |
Grant Tennille
Executive Director Arkansas Economic Development Commission |
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Randy Veach
President Arkansas Farm Bureau |
Tony Wood
Commissioner Arkansas Education Department |
Randy Zook
President and CEO Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce/Associated Industries of Arkansas |
Health Care
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Peter Banko
President and CEO St. Vincent Health System |
Ed Choate
President and CEO Delta Dental of Arkansas |
Marcy Doderer
President and CEO Arkansas Children's Hospital |
Dan Rahn
Chancellor University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences |
John Selig
Director Arkansas Department of Human Services |
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Nathaniel Smith
Director of Health and State Health Officer Arkansas Department of Health |
Joe Thompson
Director and Arkansas Surgeon General Arkansas Center for Health Improvement |
Roxane Townsend
CEO, UAMS Medical Center, Little Rock; Vice Chancellor for Clinical Programs University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences |
Troy Wells
President and CEO Baptist Health System |
David Wroten
Executive Vice President Arkansas Medical Society |
Insurance
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Jay Bradford
Commissioner Arkansas Insurance Department |
Michael Brown
Executive Vice President and COO Arkansas Blue Cross & Blue Shield |
Ed Choate
President and CEO Delta Dental of Arkansas |
John Glassford
President and CEO HMO Partners Inc. |
Jason Mann
President and CEO USAble Life |
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David Moore
Senior Vice President and General Manager Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co. of Arkansas Inc. |
Michael Stock
President and CEO QualChoice of Arkansas Inc. |
P. Mark White
President and CEO |
Investments
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Alex Lieblong
President and Owner Lieblong & Associates |
Warren Stephens
Chairman, President and CEO Stephens Inc. |
Legal
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Rick Beard
Managing Director Mitchell Williams Selig Gates & Woodyard |
Jeffrey Gearhart
EVP and Corporate Secretary Wal-Mart Stores Inc. |
Edwin Lowther Jr.
Managing Partner Wright Lindsey & Jennings LLP |
Karen L. Roberts
EVP and General Counsel Wal-Mart Stores Inc. |
J. Shepherd Russell III
Chairman and Managing Partner Friday Eldredge & Clark |
Manufacturing
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Antoine Ajarrista
Senior Vice President and General Manager Dassault Falcon Jet |
Ronald M. Cameron
Chairman and CEO Mountaire Corp. |
Scott Cole
Plant Manager Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. |
Sam Commella
Vice President and General Manager Nucor Steel Arkansas |
Ronald Tucker
President and CEO Baldor Electric Co. |
Media & Marketing
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Michael Caplan
President and General Manager KTHV-TV, Channel 11 |
Van Comer
President and General Manager KFSM-TV, Channel 5 |
Olivia Farrell
Chairman and CEO Arkansas Business Publishing Group |
Richard K. Howe
Chairman and CEO Inuvo Inc. |
Scott Howe
CEO Acxiom Corp. |
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Walter Hussman Jr.
CEO and President Wehco Media Inc. |
Alan Leveritt
Publisher Arkansas Times |
Elise Mitchell
Founder and CEO Mitchell Communications Group |
David Rainwater
Principal and CEO Mangan Holcomb Partners |
Mark Rose
President and General Manager KATV-TV, Channel 7 |
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Mike Vaughn
General Manager KARK-TV, Channel 4 |
Wayne Woods
Chairman and CEO Cranford Johnson Robinson Woods |
Nonprofits
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Don Bacigalupi
President Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art |
Rod Bigelow
Executive Director Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art |
John E. Brown III
Executive Director Windgate Charitable Foundation Inc. |
Ed Clifford
President and CEO The Jones Trust |
Clay Davis
Executive Director and Treasurer University of Arkansas Foundation Inc. |
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Mary Elizabeth Eldridge
Director of Programs Ross Foundation |
Rodney Ferguson
President and CEO Winrock International Institute for Agricultural Development |
Pierre Ferrari
CEO Heifer International |
David Frueauff
President and CEO Charles A. Frueauff Foundation Inc. |
Kaneaster Hodges
President Walton Family Charitable Support Foundation Inc. |
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Donna Huckabee
CEO Winthrop Rockefeller Trust |
Peter Kumpe
President University of Arkansas Fayetteville Campus Foundation |
Heather Larkin
President and CEO Arkansas Community Foundation Inc. |
Bruce Lindsey
Chairman William J. Clinton Foundation |
R. Madison Murphy
President Murphy Foundation |
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Rick Niece
Vice President Walton Family Charitable Support Foundation Inc. |
Buddy Philpot
Executive Director Walton Family Foundation Inc. |
Sean Rochelle
Executive Director Razorback Foundation Inc. |
Anita Scism
President and CEO Endeavor Foundation |
Alice Walton
Founder Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art |
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Darrin Williams
CEO Southern Bancorp Inc. |
Sherece Y. West-Scantlebury
President and CEO Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation |
Public Companies
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Andrew Clyde
CEO Murphy USA |
Daniel Cushman
President and CEO P.A.M. Transportation Services Inc. |
William Dillard II
Chairman and CEO Dillard's Inc. |
George Gleason II
Chairman and CEO Bank of the Ozarks Inc. |
Scott Howe
CEO Acxiom Corp. |
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Roger Jenkins
President and CEO Murphy Oil Corp. |
Hugh McDonald
President and CEO Entergy Arkansas |
Doug McMillon
President and CEO Wal-Mart Stores Inc. |
Judy McReynolds
President and CEO ArcBest Corp. |
John Roberts III
President and CEO J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. |
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Jeff Schomburger
President of Global Wal-Mart Team Procter & Gamble Distributing Co. |
John Simone
President and CEO USA Truck Inc. |
Donnie Smith
President and CEO Tyson Foods Inc. |
S. Robson Walton
Chairman Wal-Mart Stores Inc. |
Real Estate
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John Cooper III
Chairman and President John Cooper Communities Inc. |
Dickson Flake
Colliers International |
John Flake
Chairman Flake & Kelley Commercial |
Kevin Huchingson
CEO Colliers International |
Hank Kelley
CEO Flake & Kelley Commercial |
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Jim Lindsey
President Lindsey & Associates |
Jimmy Moses
Chairman Moses Tucker Real Estate |
R. Madison Murphy
President Murphy Foundation |
Rett Tucker
Co-Chairman Moses Tucker Real Estate |
Restaurants & Food
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Bill Fontes
General Manager Little Rock Marriott |
Gretchen Hall
President and CEO Little Rock Convention & Visitors Bureau |
Montine McNulty
Executive Director Arkansas Hospitality Association |
Retail
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Roger Collins
Chairman and CEO Harps Food Stores Inc. |
William Dillard II
Chairman and CEO Dillard's Inc. |
Doug McMillon
President and CEO Wal-Mart Stores Inc. |
Shane Patterson
President Flash Market Inc. |
Tracy Rosser
Senior VP of Transportation Wal-Mart Stores Inc. |
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Jeff Schomburger
President of Global Wal-Mart Team Procter & Gamble Distributing Co. |
S. Robson Walton
Chairman Wal-Mart Stores Inc. |
Alice Walton
Founder Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art |
Technology & Telecom
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Tim Atkinson
President Arkansas Science & Technology Authority |
Jan Collier
Vice President and General Manager of Arkansas, Oklahoma AT&T Mobility |
Kristi Crum
President, South-Central Region, Little Rock Verizon Wireless |
John Dreher
Vice President and General Manager CenturyLink |
Edward Drilling
President and Senior Vice President of External and Regulatory Affairs AT&T Arkansas |
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Richard K. Howe
Chairman and CEO Inuvo Inc. |
Scott Howe
CEO Acxiom Corp. |
Tourism
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Steve Arrison
CEO Hot Springs Convention & Visitors Bureau |
Richard Davies
Executive Director Arkansas Department of Parks & Tourism |
Bill Fontes
General Manager Little Rock Marriott |
Gretchen Hall
President and CEO Little Rock Convention & Visitors Bureau |
Eric Jackson
General Manager and Board Member Oaklawn Jockey Club |
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Troy Keeping
President and General Manager Southland Greyhound Park |
David Lang
General Manager Hammons Center & Embassy Suites of NWA |
Mike Malone
President and CEO Northwest Arkansas Council |
Montine McNulty
Executive Director Arkansas Hospitality Association |
Joe David Rice
Tourism Director Arkansas Department of Parks & Tourism |
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Alice Walton
Founder Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art |
Transportation
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Scott Bennett
Director Arkansas State Highway & Transportation Department |
Daniel Cushman
President and CEO P.A.M. Transportation Services Inc. |
Bryan Day
Executive Director Little Rock Port Authority |
Ronald Mathieu
Executive Director Bill & Hillary Clinton National Airport |
Judy McReynolds
President and CEO ArcBest Corp. |
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Shannon Newton
President Arkansas Trucking Association |
Dennis Oakley
President Bruce Oakley Inc. |
Patrick Reed
EVP and COO FedEx Freight |
John Roberts III
President and CEO J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. |
Tracy Rosser
Senior VP of Transportation Wal-Mart Stores Inc. |
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John Simone
President and CEO USA Truck Inc. |
Scott Van Laningham
Executive Director Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport |
Steve Williams
Chairman and CEO Maverick USA Inc. |
