Board of Directors

2023 Board of Directors

President

Bill Akins | Honors Marketing Professor, University of Arkansas

Vice President

Kelly Carlson | Senior Vice President - Commercial Loan Manager, Arvest Bank

Secretary

Ken Mantel | Senior Vice President - Retail Development, ViacomCBS

Treasurer

Albino Feijo | Vice President - Digital Operational Excellence and Enterprise PMO, Tyson Foods

Past President

Whitney Yoder | PR Manager, Cox Communications

At Large Executive Committee

Ellie Bertani | Gitlab Foundation

Board Members

Ellie Bertani | Gitlab Foundation

Robin Copestick | Procter & Gamble

Kathleen Dalton | Kinetic Consulting, Ltd

Sarah Goforth | University of Arkansas

Elda Scott | Community Leader & Philanthropist

Eric Scott | Solamere Capital, LLC

Jennifer Swartout | NorthWest Arkansas Community College

Rand Waddoups | Walmart

Emma Willis | Principal & Investor

Advisory Board

Bob Arvin | Walmart

Kalene Griffith | Visit Bentonville

Jill Grimsley | Mitchell Williams

Nancy Leake | Downtown Bentonville Revitalization