LITTLE ROCK — Tilbury is president, CEO of East-Harding
Van Tilbury, 44, of Little Rock, has been named chief executive officer of East-Harding Inc., the Little Rock-based general contracting and construction management firm.
“Van is a tremendous asset to our company and has managed East-Harding day-to-day for the last six years,” Bob East, chairman of the company’s board of directors, said in a statement.
Tilbury joined East-Harding in 2004 as vice president for business development. In 2006, he was named president and company co-founder Tom Harding became chief operating officer.
As of Dec. 1, Tilbury became president and chief executive officer. Both East and Harding will remain active with the company they created in 1974, with East serving as board chairman and Harding as vice chairman. Tilbury will also serve as the board’s secretary.
- Glen ChaseLabor agency finalizes policy on tribal issues
The U.S. Department of Labor has finalized its tribal consultation policy, establishing the department’s process for consulting with American Indian tribes on actions or policies that will significantly affect tribal nations, according to a news release.
“Implementation of this policy will ensure that the department honors the government-to-government relationship shared between the United States and the federally recognized tribes,” Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis said in a statement.
The policy requires that government-to-government consultation with recognized tribes by the department involve appropriate tribal and department officials. The department met with representatives from the tribes, the department’s Native American Employment and Training Council and the National Congress of American Indians before the finalizing the policy, according to the release.
The department published the policy in the Federal Register on Tuesday. A draft version was published in the Federal Register in April and was followed by a comment period that ended in June.
- John MagsamArkansas Index sheds 2.11, closes at 243.07
The Arkansas Index, a price-weighted index that tracks the largest public companies based in the state, slipped 2.11 to 243.07 Wednesday.
“The Arkansas Index moved lower as eight stocks advanced, six declined and two remained unchanged,” said John Blackwell, senior vice president and managing director of equity trading at Stephens Inc. in Little Rock.
The index was developed by Bloomberg News and the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette with a base value of 100 as of Dec. 30, 1997.
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