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Selection Committee

  • Larry T. Wilson, Committee Chair
    President/CEO
    First Arkansas Bank & Trust
    Jacksonville, Arkansas
  • Ann Bordelon
    Senior Vice President & CFO
    Sam's Club
    Bentonville, Arkansas 
  • Edward Drilling
    President
    AT&T Arkansas
    Little Rock, Arkansas
  • Tom Garrison
    Founder
    Garrison Management Corp.
    Fayetteville, Arkansas 
  • Ray Hobbs
    President/Chairman/CEO
    Daisy Outdoor Products
    Rogers, Arkansas 
  • William H. Kennedy, III
    Senior VP/General Counsel
    Cooper Communities
    Rogers, Arkansas  
  • Judy McReynolds
    President/CEO
    Arkansas Best Corporation
    Fort Smith, Arkansas
  • Reynie Rutledge
    Chairman
    First Security Bancorp
    Searcy, Arkansas  
  • Bob Shoptaw 
    Chairman
    Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield
    Little Rock, Arkansas
  • Philip A. Tappan
    Managing Partner
    Tappan Land & Water, LLC
    Little Rock, Arkansas
  • Sherman Tate
    President/CEO
    HT & Associates
    Little Rock, Arkansas 
  • George Westmoreland
    Senior Vice President (retired)
    Merrill Lynch & Company
    Rogers, Arkansas

EX-OFFICIO:

  • Eli Jones, Dean
    University of Arkansas
    Sam M. Walton College of Business
    Fayetteville, Arkansas
Sam M. Walton College of Business
Business Building 117
Fayetteville, AR 72701
PH: (479) 575-6146