Class of 2023
Akemi Bauer
Environmental Director, Air
ECCI
Niki Bolton
Chief Strategic Operations Officer
American Truck & Rail Audits, Inc.
Courtney Brown
Director of Impact
City Year Little Rock
Emily Burke
Executive Portfolio Manager
Colliers Arkansas
Alex Halloran
Director of Engineering
Bernhard
Elizabeth Sewell Jones
Director, Delta Dental Smiles
Delta Dental of Arkansas
Patrick Reams
Vice President, Technology & Communications
IRBY Utilities
Bryan “BK” Smith
Vice President, Product Management
First Orion
Sharon Stanley
Director of Human Resources, Metrics & Marketing
Yates Maintenance
Rebecca Burkman
Director of Environmental Affairs
Little Rock Water Reclamation Authority (LRWRA)
Amanda Henard
Administrator
Unity Health – Searcy Medical Center
Shane Knight
Deputy Director
Southeast Arkansas Economic Development District, Inc. (SEAEDD)
Andrea Savage
Executive Lead, Data Strategy
Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield
Blake Smith
Chief Financial Officer
Birch Tree Communities, inc.
Carrie Culp
Lead Operations Planning
MISO
Aaron Jacobi
Associate Director, Software Engineering
First Orion
Aly LaBanca
Digital marketing Director
Flex 360
Sara Pollock
Director, Service Project and Process Support, Analytics
USAble Life
Lakaisha Shelby
Director, Fit2Live
City of North Little Rock
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