Leadership

Jerry Damerow

Apr 7, 2016

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...

John C. Edwards

Apr 7, 2015

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.

Apr 1, 2015

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

Jan 28, 2014

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

Apr 7, 2013

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

Apr 7, 2013

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

Apr 10, 2010

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.

Apr 7, 2010

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...

Aurelia Jones-Taylor

Apr 1, 2010

Aurelia Jones-Taylor Aaron E. Henry Community Health Services, Inc., Chief Executive Officer Born and reared in Hollandale, MS, Mrs. Jones-Taylor has directed Aaron E. Henry for close to thirty years. During her tenure she has increased the number of service sites...

Daniel Koehler

Apr 7, 2009

Daniel Koehler Koehler Software, Inc., President Daniel Koehler has worked in banking and finance for over thirty years. In 2012, he was honored to join Southern at the invitation of former chairman, Walter Smiley, where he served as a bank board member and Audit...