Vance Smiley Vance Smiley, Chief Operating Officer Vance Smiley is the founder of System61 and serves as Chief Operating Officer at Southern Bancorp. Long frustrated by the innovation gridlock he has witnessed at the intersection of legacy core systems, banking...
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...
Raymond Christman RPRC Consulting, President & CEO Ray Christman resides in Naples, Florida. He was elected to the Naples City Council in April 2019. He is also the President and CEO of RPRC Consulting, providing consulting and advisory services to community...
John C. Edwards Helena-West Helena/Philips County Port Authority, General Counsel & Economic Development Director John Edwards serves as General Counsel & Economic Development Director for Helena-West Helena/Philips County Port Authority in Helena, Arkansas....
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...
Sarah Gentry HCJ CPAs & Advisors, PLLC, CPA, Principal Sarah Gentry is a Certified Public Accountant and Principal with the Little Rock accounting firm of HCJ CPAs & Advisors, PLLC where she focuses on audit and tax services. A 2002 Summa Cum Laude graduate of...
Amanda Johnson Clarksdale Collegiate Public Charter School, Executive Director Amanda J. A. Johnson is the Founder and Executive Director of Clarksdale Collegiate Public Charter School, a college preparatory school that opened in July 2018 in Clarksdale, Mississippi....
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...
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