Board of Directors
Connect Arkansas programs and organization development will be guided by the Board of Directors. The Board is comprised of strategic partners with an interest in promoting a more economically competitive Arkansas.
Board of Directors
Chair: Susan Norton, Chief Information Officer
Fayetteville Public Schools
Vice Chair: Dr. Edward Franklin, Executive Director
Arkansas Association of Two-Year Colleges
Representative Bill Abernathy, Honorary Member
District 22
Dr. John Ahlen, President
Arkansas Science & Technology Authority
Greg Ashcraft, Chief Financial Officer
South Arkansas Telephone Company
Claire Bailey, Director
Department of Information Systems
Phil Billingsley, Director of Business Development
Information Network of Arkansas
Elizabeth Bowles, President
Aristotle
Senator John Paul Capps, Honorary Member
District 29
John W. Caver, Area Business Director
Sprint Nextel
Tom Chilton, Technology Development Manager
Arkansas Economic Development Commission
Larry Clary, President
CT&T
Maryce Cunningham, Manager Community & Government Relations
Suddenlink
Eddie Drilling, President
AT&T Arkansas
John W. Harvey, District Sales Manager
Nuvox Communications
Bill Hegmann, General Manager
Southwest Arkansas Telephone Cooperative
George Hopkins, Attorney
Jeff Jones, Public Affairs Manager
CenturyTel
Wendy Jones, Regional Manager
Cisco Systems
Philip E. Junker, Senior Vice President - Corporate Strategy
Alltel Corporation
J.T. Meister, Vice President - State Government Affairs
Windstream Communications
Joe Molinaro, Executive Director
Arkansas Cable Telecommunications Association
Rex Nelson, Alternate Federal Co-Chairman
Delta Regional Authority
Andrew Parker, Liaison
Office of the Governor
Dr. Mark Peterson
University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service
David Phillips, Director of Telecommunications
University of Arkansas Community College at Hope
Len Pitcock, Director of Government Affairs
Cox Communications
Ann Purvis, Administrator
Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration
Paul Waits, President
Ritter Communications
C. Sam Walls, Chief Executive Officer
Arkansas Capital Corporation
Ricky Williams, Owner
Genesis Broadband Wireless
James Winningham, Insurance Deputy Commissioner
Arkansas Insurance Department
Officers
C. Sam Walls, President
Leslie Lane, Senior Vice President
Sam Walls III, Senior Vice President
Kim Tran, Vice President