Hugh Arant, Jr. Arant Farms, President Hugh Arant, Jr. is President of Arant Farms, Inc. and is a partner in his family business, Arant Acres. A graduate of Mississippi State University with a degree in Agricultural Engineering, Mr. Arant has been farming since 1973...
Jerry Damerow Retired Ernst & Young Partner Jerry Damerow served as Associate Director of the medical technology accelerator, UAMS BioVentures; as a Managing Partner for Ernst & Young operations in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and Southeast Asia; and as a management...
Kim Evans, J.D. Walton Family Foundation, Senior Program Officer Kim H. Evans is a Senior Program Officer for Special Projects with the Walton Family Foundation. She previously served as Senior Director of Corporate & Foundation Relations at the University of...
Jim Franks Retired Banker Jim Franks served as the Arkansas Regional President and board member of First National Bankers Bank, the second largest correspondent bankers’ bank in the United States, until his retirement in 2017. An attorney, Franks began his banking...
Donna Gambrell Appalachian Community Capital, President & CEO Donna Gambrell is President and CEO of Appalachian Community Capital, a CDFI that promotes small business development throughout the distressed Appalachia region. She serves on the boards of three...
Glendell Jones, Jr. Chairman of Southern Bancorp, Inc. Georgetown University, Senior Advisor to the President Glen Jones currently serves as senior advisor to the president at Georgetown University, one of the world’s leading academic and research institutions. He has...
Michael Montgomery Radius Group, LLC, Chairman and CEO An engineer by training, Michael Montgomery has had a distinguished career in the technology and banking industries beginning with long tenure at Alltel Information Services (formerly Systematics) where he worked...
Walter Morris, Jr. WLM Enterprises, President Walter Morris, a graduate of the University of Arkansas, is an active member of the Rotary Club, where he previously served as President and was a Paul Harris Fellow. He is a board member of the Helena Museum of Phillips...
John T. Olaimey Southern Bancorp Bank, President and Chief Executive Officer John Olaimey came to Southern with over twenty years of experience in banking, finance, corporate law and executive management. Olaimey serves as the president and CEO of SBB, where he...
Susan F. Smith Financial Consultant With over 27 years of executive leadership at community banks, Susan Smith currently serves as a financial consultant. Previously, she has had 16 years of experience as a Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operations Officer at a...
