Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Wednesday announced a number of appointments to boards, commissions and to special justice positions on the Arkansas Supreme Court for cases where a sitting justice has recused. A full list appears below:
- Tyler West, Little Rock, to the Arkansas Suicide Prevention Council. Appointment expires June 4, 2019.
- Audrey House, Altus, to the Arkansas Alternative Energy Commission. Appointment expires at the Will of the Governor. Reappointment.
- Gregory Perkins, Lowell, to the Arkansas Alternative Energy Commission. Appointment expires at the Will of the Governor. Replaces Kurt Castleberry.
- David Dodge, Roland, to the Arkansas Alternative Energy Commission. Appointment expires at the Will of the Governor. Replaces Leo Kauser.
- Terri McCullough, Eudora, to the Mississippi River Parkway Commission of Arkansas. Appointment expires June 8, 2020. Reappointment.
- Patricia Audirsch, Marianna, to the Mississippi River Parkway Commission of Arkansas. Appointment expires June 8, 2020. Reappointment.
- Matthew Ross, Conway, to the Arkansas Towing and Recovery Board. Appointment expires June 22, 2018. Replaces Ronnie Walker.
- Tommy Brown, North Little Rock, to the Arkansas Towing and Recovery Board. Appointment expires June 22, 2018. Replaces Walter Fenton.
- Jeremy Vint, Alexander, to the Arkansas Towing and Recovery Board. Appointment expires June 22, 2018. Reappointment.
- Joseph Spadoni, White Hall, to the Arkansas Towing and Recovery Board. Appointment expires June 22, 2018. Replaces E.L. Jacobs.
- Leo Sutterfield, Mountain View, to the Arkansas Beef Council. Appointment expires March 30, 2018. Reappointment.
- Sam Cecil, Russellville, to the Arkansas Beef Council. Appointment expires March 30, 2018. Replaces Charles Rodgers.
- Billy Olson, McNeil, to the Auctioneer’s Licensing Board. Appointment expires April 15, 2019. Reappointment.
- Johnny Mitchum, Maumelle, to the Auctioneer’s Licensing Board. Appointment expires April 15, 2019. Replaces Brad Wooley.
- Lowell Wetherbee, Bentonville, to the state Board of Architects, Landscape Architects, and Interior Designers. Appointment expires April 26, 2020. Replaces T.G. Connelly.
- Robert Bevis, Scott, to the Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission. Appointment expires Jan. 14, 2024. Reappointment.
- Rohn Craft, Jonesboro, to the Liquefied Petroleum Gas Board. Appointment expires Jan. 14, 2019. Reappointment.
- Dr. Cheryl Bryant, Little Rock, to the state Board of Pharmacy. Appointment expires June 30, 2021. Replaces Percy Malone.
- Carol Rader, Fort Smith, to the state Board of Pharmacy. Appointment expires June 30, 2021. Replaces Sheila Castin.
- Dr. Michael Courtney, Hot Springs, to the Arkansas State Board of Chiropractic Examiners. Appointment expires June 9, 2020. Replaces Jeffrey Kent Moore.
- Kevin Case, Little Rock, to the Arkansas Tobacco Control Board. Appointment expires July 1, 2020. Reappointment.
- Jay Hickey, Texarkana, to the Arkansas Tobacco Control Board. Appointment expires July 1, 2020. Replaces John Hauge.
- Carolyn Collins, Paragould, to the Black River Technical College board of trustees. Appointment expires July 1, 2022. Replaces John Jackson.
- Rodney Allen, Malvern, to the College of the Ouachitas board of trustees. Appointment expires July 1, 2022. Replaces Jean Harper.
- Robert Cheatwood, Pine Bluff, to the Southeast Arkansas College board of trustees. Appointment expires July 1, 2020. Replaces Clifford Flowers.
- Bonnie Davis, Sherwood, to the Pulaski Technical College board of trustees. Appointment expires July 1, 2022. Replaces Diane Bray.
- Tommy Free, Fayetteville, to the Northwest Technical Institute board of directors. Appointment expires June 30, 2020. Replaces Marsha Jones.
- Ryan Howard, Melbourne, to the Ozarka Technical College board of trustees. Appointment expires July 1, 2022. Replaces Paul Weaver.
- Dr. Jim Carr, Searcy, to the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board. Appointment expires May 1, 2021. Replaces Sarah Argue.
- Amy Braswell, Little Rock, to the Arkansas Commission for Coordination of Educational Efforts. Appointment expires June 1, 2019. Reappointment.
- Dr. Kenneth Bridges, El Dorado, to the Advisory Council for the Education of Gifted and Talented Children. Appointment expires July 20, 2018. Replaces Ernest Enchelmayer.
- Sabitha Govindarajan, Little Rock, to the Advisory Council for the Education of Gifted and Talented Children. Appointment Expires July 20, 2018. Replaces Brent Miller.
- Rosilee Russell, Fort Smith, to the Advisory Council for the Education of Gifted and Talented Children. Appointment expires July 20, 2018. Replaces Marilyn Larson.
- Joyce Wood, Pearcy, to the Advisory Council for the Education of Gifted and Talented Children. Appointment expires July 20, 2016. Replaces Tommie Anthony.
- Jacquelin Brownell, Pea Ridge, to the state Board of Private Career Education. Appointment expires April 15, 2016. Replaces Christopher Comer.
- Alice Obenshain, Cabot, to the state Board of Private Career Education. Appointment expires April 15, 2022. Replaces Doug Carter.
- Jerry Richards, Fort Smith, to the Arkansas Board of Hearing Instrument Dispensers. Appointment expires July 31, 2018. Reappointment.
- Dr. John Dickens, Little Rock, to the Arkansas Board of Hearing Instrument Dispensers. Appointment expires July 31, 2018. Reappointment.
- Gregory Smith, Brookland, to the Arkansas Board of Hearing Instrument Dispensers. Appointment expires July 31, 2018. Reappointment.
- Jean Campbell, Fort Smith, to the Arkansas Board of Hearing Instrument Dispensers. Appointment expires July 31, 2018. Replaces Shirley Clark.
- Anthony Davis, Little Rock, to the Arkansas Geographic Information Systems Board. Appointment expires Aug. 1, 2018. Replaces Matthew Hodges.
- Russell Gibson, Fort Smith, to the Arkansas Geographic Information Systems Board. Appointment expires Aug. 1, 2018. Replaces Clayton Castleman.
- Danny Games, Little Rock, to the Arkansas Geographic Information Systems Board. Appointment expires Aug. 1, 2018. Replaces Grant Tennille.
- Robert East, Little Rock, to the Arkansas Workforce Development Board. Appointment expires May 1, 2018.
- Jeff Griffin, Little Rock, to the Arkansas Workforce Development Board. Appointment expires May 1, 2018.
- Samuel Denton, Bono, to the state Board of Physical Therapy. Appointment expires July 1, 2018. Reappointment.
- Robert Hill, Prescott, to the state Board of Physical Therapy. Appointment expires July 1, 2018. Reappointment.
- Rex Bailey, Springdale, to the state Board of Barber Examiners. Appointment expires June 30, 2021. Replaces Kennith Robison.
- Mary Fisher, Danville, to the state Board of Barber Examiners. Appointment expires June 30, 2020. Replaces Annette Ledbetter.
- Dr. Ronald Martin, Little Rock, to the Medical Ionizing Radiation Licensure Committee. Appointment expires July 14, 2018. Replaces Scott Harter.
- Scott Yakoubian, Little Rock, to the Medical Ionizing Radiation Licensure Committee. Appointment expires July 14, 2018. Replaces Lawrence Berkley.
- Stephen Tabor, Greenwood, to the Arkansas Alcohol and Drug Abuse Coordinating Council. Appointment expires July 1, 2019. Replaces Joe Griffin.
- Charles Willis, Paragould, to the Criminal Detention Facility Review Committee, Judicial District 2. Appointment expires Jan. 14, 2019. Replaces Donald Purcell.
- Diana Strange, West Fork, to the Criminal Detention Facility Review Committee, Judicial District 4. Appointment expires Jan. 14, 2019. Reappointment.
- Kenda Grover, Fayetteville, to the Criminal Detention Facility Review Committee, Judicial District 4. Appointment expires Jan. 14, 2019. Replaces Terry Jones.
- Chalmer Wayland, Sherwood, to the Criminal Detention Facility Review Committee, Judicial District 6. Appointment expires Jan. 14, 2019. Reappointment.
- Doyle Caldwell, Sheridan, to the Criminal Detention Facility Review Committee, Judicial District 7. Appointment expires Jan. 14, 2019.
- Steven Conly, Murfreesboro, to the Criminal Detention Facility Review Committee, Judicial District 9 West. Appointment expires Jan. 14, 2019. Replaces Victor Pulido-Rojas.
- George Webb, Camden, to the Criminal Detention Facility Review Committee, Judicial District 13. Appointment expires Jan. 14, 2019. Replaces Chester Thompson.
- Shawna Gay, Batesville, to the Criminal Detention Facility Review Committee, Judicial District 16. Appointment expires Jan. 14, 2019. Replaces Justin Burge.
- James House, Searcy, to the Criminal Detention Facility Review Committee, Judicial District 17. Appointment expires Jan. 14, 2019. Replaces Randall McLeod.
- Bart Walker, Alexander, to the Criminal Detention Facility Review Committee, Judicial District 22. Appointment expires Jan. 14, 2019. Replaces Pamela Ray.
- Andrew Branch, Bryant, to the Criminal Detention Facility Review Committee, Judicial District 22. Appointment expires Jan. 14, 2019. Replaces James Crone.
- Dr. Barry Pierce, Mountain View, to the Trauma Advisory Council. Appointment expires July 1, 2017. Reappointment.
- Dr. Charles Mabry, Pine Bluff, to the Trauma Advisory Council. Appointment expires July 1, 2017. Reappointment.
- Kathryn Blackman, Jonesboro, to the Trauma Advisory Council. Appointment expires July 1, 2017. Reappointment.
- Kenneth Jones, Harrison, to the Trauma Advisory Council. Appointment expires July 1, 2017. Reappointment.
- Dr. Ronald Robertson, Little Rock, to the Trauma Advisory Council. Appointment expires July 1, 2017. Reappointment.
- Dr. Michael Pollock, Little Rock, to the Trauma Advisory Council. Appointment expires July 1, 2017. Reappointment.
- Terry Collins, Little Rock, to the Trauma Advisory Council. Appointment expires July 1, 2017. Reappointment.
- Jon Wilkerson, Conway, to the Trauma Advisory Council. Appointment expires July 1, 2017. Reappointment.
- Dr. Corey Montgomery, Little Rock, to the Trauma Advisory Council. Appointment expires July 1, 2017. Reappointment.
- Ranzy “RT” Fendley, Little Rock, to the Trauma Advisory Council. Appointment expires July 1, 2017. Reappointment.
- Judge Gordon McCain, Ozark, to the Arkansas Sentencing Commission. Appointment expires June 15, 2020. Replaces Charles Davis.
- Christopher Palmer, Little Rock, to the Arkansas Sentencing Commission. Appointment expires June 15, 2020. Replaces Allen Hankins.
- Nathan Smith, Bentonville, to the Arkansas Sentencing Commission. Appointment expires June 15, 2020. Replaces Marc McCune.
- The Honorable David Greenbaum, Little Rock, as a Special Workers’ Compensation Commissioner. Michael Sparkman v. Idaho Timber, LLC; AWCC No. G406292. Replaces Dale Douthit.
- Derek Ford, Ash Flat, to the Sharp County Quorum Court District 5. Appointment expires Dec. 31, 2016. Replaces Gary Rogers.
- Dane Fulmer, Fort Smith, as the Sebastian County justice of the peace, District 13. Appointment expires Dec. 31, 2016. Replaces Denny Altes.
- Kristin Pawlik, Fayetteville, as a special associate justice of the Supreme Court of Arkansas. CV-15-65; Desoto Gathering Company , LLC v. Faulkner County Circuit Court, Honorable Troy B. Braswell, Jr., Barbara Ramsey and Richard Ramsey. Replaces Justice Karen Baker.
- Curtis Hitt, Paragould, as a special associate justice of the Supreme Court of Arkansas. CV-15-33 Mahmood Admad, M.D. v Joseph Beck, M.D., Chairman, Arkansas State Medical Board. Replaces Justice Karen Baker.
- Hermann Ivester, Little Rock, as a special associate justice of the Supreme Court of Arkansas. CR-15-266, William Dewey Gill v State of Arkansas. Replaces Chief Justice Jim Hannah.
- Michael O’Quinn, Little Rock, as a special associate justice of the Supreme Court of Arkansas. CV-14-818; John Chad Griffin v State of Arkansas. Replaces Justice Paul Danielson.
- Brain Vandiver, Little Rock, as a special associate justice of the Supreme Court of Arkansas. CV-15-357; Washington County, Russell Hill, County Assessor, David Ruff, Tax Collector and Fayetteville School District No. 1 v. Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas. Replaces Justice Courtney Goodson.