Hutchinson announces dozens of appointments

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.

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