Governor Asa Hutchinson has announced 57 more appointments to various state commissions. Included in Monday’s announcement are 11 from the KASU listening area.
From Jonesboro, Arkansas State University Professor of History Dr. Cherisse Jones-Branch is replacing James Lawson on the Black History Commission.
Also from Jonesboro, Kimberly Whitman replaces Jill Fussell on the Arkansas Early Childhood Commission and Jenifer Mason has been reappointed to the Arkansas State Independent Living Council.
Stephen Rose of Blytheville replaces Jennifer Ronnel on the Arkansas Development Finance Authority Board of Directors. Also from Blytheville Shrley Pulliam joins Whitman on the Arkansas Early Childhood Commission.
Dee Collins of Trumann replaces Debra Walden on the Breast Cancer Control Advisory Board. Replacing Adam Davis on the Electronic Recording Commission is Misty Richardson from Harrisburg.
Kathy Pillow-Price from Beebe joins Whitman and Pulliam on the Early Childhood Commission--replacing Kelley Smith. Normal Gilchrest of Brinkley was reappointed to the Burial Association Board.
Mahdee Raieesdana of Mount Pleasant rejoins Mason on the state Independent Living Council. Justice Robert Hudgins of Searcy is replacing Justice Courtney Goodson as a Special Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Arkansas on the Richard H. Ashley v.Todd H. Ashley case.
The full list of appointments are as follows:
Lance Lindow, Benton, to the Arkansas State Board of Nursing. Appointment expires October 1, 2017. Replaces Patricia Staggs.
Damon Reed, Conway, to the Arkansas Local Police and Fire Retirement System Board of Trustees. Appointment expires January 1, 2020. Replaces Terrell Henson.
Keith Rutledge, Batesville, to the Arkansas Sentencing Commission. Appointment expires June 15, 2020. Replaces Chris Palmer.
Jerry Cash, Harrison, to the Career Education and Workforce Development Board. Appointment expires June 30, 2016. Replaces Dan Serrano.
Sharon Ingram, North Little Rock, to the Martin Luther King Jr. Commission. Appointment expires September 1, 2019. Replaces N. Wesley Hunt.
Christopher Kauffman, Searcy, to the Arkansas Livestock and Poultry Commission. Appointment expires January 14, 2023. Replaces Greg Hale.
Garland “Gary” Dowdy, to the Board of Visitors for the Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences, and the Arts. Appointment expires January 14, 2023. Replaces Donna Casparian.
Dee Collins, Trumann, to the Breast Cancer Control Advisory Board. Appointment expires January 14, 2020. Replaces Debra Walden.
Elise Hampton, Conway, to the Black History Commission. Appointment expires January 14, 2023. Replaces Barry Dobson.
Cherisse Jones-Branch, Jonesboro, to the Black History Commission. Appointment expires January 14, 2023. Replaces James Lawson.
Seth Mims, Springdale, to the Arkansas Development Finance Authority Board of Directors. Appointment expires January 14, 2020. Replaces Jesse Sharp.
Stephen Rose, Blytheville, to the Arkansas Development Finance Authority Board of Directors. Appointment expires January 14, 2020. Replaces Jennifer Ronnel.
Matishia Bland, West Helena, to the Delta Cultural Center Policy Advisory Board. Appointment expires October 1, 2018. Replaces Christine Allen.
Chintan Desai, Helena, to the Delta Cultural Center Policy Advisory Board. Appointment expires October 1, 2018. Replaces Reginald Jackson.
Myka Sample, Benton, to the Electronic Recording Commission. Appointment expires September 1, 2017. Replaces Andrea Billingsley.
Kristi McKinnon, Little Rock, to the Electronic Recording Commission. Appointment expires September 1, 2017. Replaces Martha Smith.
Misty Richardson, Harrisburg, to the Electronic Recording Commission. Appointment expires September 1, 2017. Replaces Adam Davis.
Mary Pankey, Texarkana, to the Electronic Recording Commission. Appointment expires September 1, 2017. Open Position.
Ryan Clayborn, Harrison, to the Arkansas Early Childhood Commission. Appointment expires June 30, 2018. Replaces Janice Dancer.
Kathy Pillow-Price, Beebe, to the Arkansas Early Childhood Commission. Appointment expires June 30, 2018. Replaces Kelley Smith.
Kimberly Whitman, Jonesboro, to the Arkansas Early Childhood Commission. Appointment expires June 30, 2018. Replaces Jill Fussell.
Brenda Zedlitz, Rogers, to the Arkansas Early Childhood Commission. Appointment expires June 30, 2018. Replaces Rhonda Ahrent.
Leslie Stokes, Springdale, to the Burial Association Board. Appointment expires December 31, 2017. Replaces Sammie James.
Debra Elerson, El Dorado, to the Burial Association Board. Appointment expires December 31, 2018. Replaces Charles Dearman.
Aaron Gutting, Harrison, to the Burial Association Board. Appointment expires December 31, 2017. Replaces Scott Berna.
Dr. Ronda Henry-Tillman, Little Rock, to the Breast Cancer Control Advisory Board. Appointment expires January 14, 2020. Reappointment.
Hope Keiser, Little Rock, to the Breast Cancer Control Advisory Board. Appointment expires January 14, 2020. Reappointment.
Normal Gilchrest, Brinkley, to the Burial Association Board. Appointment expires December 31, 2018. Reappointment.
Ronald Ocker, Van Buren, to the Burial Association Board. Appointment expires December 31, 2018. Reappointment.
Sandy Stroope, Harrison, to the Arkansas Motor Vehicle Commission. Appointment expires January 14, 2023. Reappointment.
John Neal, Harrison, to the Arkansas Local Police and Fire Retirement System Board of Trustees. Appointment expires January 1, 2020. Reappointment.
Jack Hill, Springdale, to the Arkansas Local Police and Fire Retirement System Board of Trustees. Appointment expires January 1, 2020. Reappointment.
Shirley Pulliam, Blytheville, to the Arkansas Early Childhood Commission. Appointment expires June 30, 2018. Reappointment.
Jackie Govan, Scott, to the Arkansas Early Childhood Commission. Appointment expires June 30, 2018. Reappointment.
Billie Jo Haymes, North Little Rock, to the Dietetics Licensing Board. Appointment expires January 14, 2020. Reappointment.
Kimberly Jablonski, Little Rock, to the Dietetics Licensing Board. Appointment expires January 14, 2021. Reappointment.
Linda Means, Little Rock, to the Dietetics Licensing Board. Appointment expires January 14, 2020. Reappointment.
Patricia Bryant, Little Rock, to the Dietetics Licensing Board. Appointment expires January 14, 2020. Reappointment.
Dr. John Dornhoffer, Roland, to the Universal Newborn Hearing Screening, Tracking, and Intervention Advisory Board. Appointment expires January 14, 2019. Reappointment.
Dr. Charles Bower, Little Rock, to the Universal Newborn Hearing Screening, Tracking, and Intervention Advisory Board. Appointment expires January 14, 2019. Reappointment.
Una Carroll, North Little Rock, to the Universal Newborn Hearing Screening, Tracking, and Intervention Advisory Board. Appointment expires January 14, 2019. Reappointment.
Dr. Jennifer Rigsby, Maumelle, to the Universal Newborn Hearing Screening, Tracking, and Intervention Advisory Board. Appointment expires January 14, 2019. Reappointment.
Brenda DeShields, Centerton, to the Electronic Recording Commission. Appointment expires September 1, 2017. Reappointment.
Cheryl Wilson, El Dorado, to the Electronic Recording Commission. Appointment expires September 1, 2017. Reappointment.
Sharon Blount-Baker, Alma, to the Electronic Recording Commission. Appointment expires September 1, 2017. Reappointment.
Alicia Nowotny-Stewart, Clarksville, to the Electronic Recording Commission. Appointment expires September 1, 2017. Reappointment.
Mayme Brown, Donaldson, to the Electronic Recording Commission. Appointment expires September 1, 2017. Reappointment.
Sharon Brooks, Fort Smith, to the Electronic Recording Commission. Appointment expires September 1, 2017. Reappointment.
Brian Bowen, Little Rock, to the Arkansas State Independent Living Council. Appointment expires February 1, 2019.
Adren Duncan, Little Rock, to the Arkansas State Independent Living Council. Appointment expires February 1, 2019. Reappointment.
Jenifer Mason, Jonesboro, to the Arkansas State Independent Living Council. Appointment expires February 1, 2019. Reappointment.
Barbara Nolen, Little Rock, to the Arkansas State Independent Living Council. Appointment expires February 1, 2019. Reappointment.
Mahdee Raieesdana, Mount Pleasant, to the Arkansas State Independent Living Council. Appointment expires February 1, 2019. Reappointment.
Timothy Odom, Cabot, to the Lonoke County Quorum Court District 13. Appointment expires December 31, 2016.
Jerry Sheridan, Garfield, to the Benton County Quorum Court District 1. Appointment expires December 31, 2016. Replaces Ron Easley.
Margaret Dobson, Sheridan, as a Special Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Arkansas. CV-15-480 Calvin Johnson, and Bd. Of Trustees of the Univ. of Ark. v. Eugene Johnson. Replaces Chief Justice Howard Brill, who has disqualified himself from the case.
Robert Hudgins, Searcy, as a Special Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Arkansas. CV-15-362 Richard H. Ashley v. Todd H. Ashley. Replaces Justice Courtney Goodson, who has disqualified herself from the case.
