Partner Representatives

Business and Industry

Archie Schaffer

Archie Schaffer
Vice President

archie.schaffer@tyson.com
Tyson Foods, Inc.
P.O. Box 2020
Springdale, AR 72765
(479) 290-7232 Fax (479) 290-7984
Sharon Bilgischer

Sharon Bilgischer
Manager of Corporate Education People Division

smstewa@wal-mart.com
Wal*Mart Stores, Inc.
2001 SE 10th Street
Bentonville, AR 72712-1917
(479) 273-4000 Fax (479) 273-1917

Governmental Agencies

 

Tom Kimbrell
Commissioner

Tom.Kimbrell@arkansas.gov
Arkansas Department of Education
#4 Capitol Mall - Room 304A
Little Rock, AR 72201
(501) 682-4203 Fax (501) 682-1079
William L. Walker

William L. "Bill" Walker
Director

william.walker@arkansas.gov
Arkansas Department of Career Education
Three Capitol Mall, Room 406D
Little Rock, AR 72201-1083
(501) 682-1500 Fax (501) 682-1509

Shane Broadway

Interim Director

shane.broadway@adhe.edu
Arkansas Department of Higher Education
114 East Capitol Street
Little Rock, AR 72201-3818
(501) 371-2030

Allen Weatherly
Director

aweatherly@aetn.org
Arkansas Educational Television Network
350 South Donaghey
Conway, AR 72032
(501) 682-2386

Education Service Cooperatives

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Phillip Young
Director

pyoung@afsc.k12.ar.us
Arch Ford Education Service Cooperative
101 Bulldog Drive
Plumerville, AR 72127
(501) 354-2269 Fax (501) 354-0167


Barbara Warren

Director

warrenb@aresc.arsc.k12.ar.us
Arkansas River Education Service Cooperative
912 West 6th Street
Pine Bluff, AR 71601
(870) 534-6129 Fax (870) 534-7162

John Manning
Director

jmanning@crmail.k12.ar.us
Crowley's Ridge Education Service Cooperative
1606 Pine Grove Lane
Harrisburg, AR 72432-9304
(870) 578-5426 Fax (870) 578-5896


Becky Jester
Director

beckyj@dawson.dsc.k12.ar.us
Dawson Educational Service Cooperative
711 Clinton, Suite 201
Arkadelphia, AR 71923
(870) 246-3077 Fax (870) 246-5892


John Ponder
Director

ponderj@dmec1.dmsc.k12.ar.us
DeQueen-Mena Education Cooperative
P.O. Box 110
Gillham, AR 71841
(870) 386-2251 Fax (870) 386-7731


Suzann McCommon
Director

smc@griver.grsc.k12.ar.us
Great Rivers Educational Cooperative
P.O. Box 2837
West Helena, AR 72390
(870) 338-6461 Fax (870) 338-7905


Rick Nance
Director

rnance@oursc.k12.ar.us
Ozarks Unlimited Resources Cooperative
P.O. Box 610
Valley Springs, AR 72682-0610
( 870) 429-9100 Fax (870) 429-9099

Dennis Martin
Director
dennis.martin@northcentral.k12.ar.us
Northcentral Arkansas Education Service Center
P.O. Box 739
Melbourne, AR 72556
( 870) 368-7955 Fax (870) 368-4920


Donna Harris
Director

dharris@nea.k12.ar.us
Northeast Arkansas Educational Cooperative
211 West Hickory
Walnut Ridge, AR 72467
(870) 886-7717 Fax (870) 886-7719
                                   Mike Van Dyke

Director

mike@starfish.nwsc.k12.ar.us
Northwest Arkansas Education Service Cooperative
4 North Double Springs Road
Farmington, AR 72730
(479) 267-7450 Fax (479) 267-7456


Marsha Daniels
Director

mdaniels@gumbo.scsc.k12.ar.us
South Central Service Cooperative
400B Maul Road
Camden, AR 71701
(870) 836-2213 Fax (870) 836-5347


Karen Eoff
Director

keoff@se2.k12.ar.us
Southeast Arkansas Education Service Cooperative
1022 Scogin Drive
Monticello, AR 71655
(870) 367-6848 Fax (870) 367-9877


Lindy Franks
Director

 lindy.franks@swaec.org
Southwest Arkansas Educational Cooperative
2502 South Main Street
Hope, AR 71801
(870) 777-3076 Fax (870) 777-5793


Guy Fenter
Director

guy.fenter@wscstarfish.com
Western Arkansas Education Service Cooperative
Route 1, Box 104
Branch, AR 72928
(479) 965-2192 Fax (479) 965-2723


Jeff Williams
Director
jwilliams@wilbur.k12.ar.us

Wilbur D. Mills Education Service Cooperative
P.O. Box 850
Beebe, AR 72012
(501) 882-5467 Fax (501) 882-2155

Higher Education Institutions


Tom Smith
Dean

tecsmith@uark.edu
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville College of Education and Health Professions
324 Graduate Education
Fayetteville, AR 72701
(479) 575-3208 Fax (479) 575-4681


Tony Finley
Dean

tfinley@harding.edu
Harding University
P.O. Box 12254
Searcy, AR 72149
(501) 279-4242


Diana Pounder
Dean

dianap@uca.edu
University of Central Arkansas College of Education
Mashburn Hall 100
201 Donaghey Avenue
Conway, AR 72035
(501) 450-3175 Fax (501) 450-5358

Merribeth Bruning
Dean

bruningm@obu.edu
Ouachita Baptist University
410 Ouachita Street
Arkadelphia, AR 71923
(870) 245-5154 Fax (870) 245-5161
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Angela Sewall
Dean

amsewall@ualr.edu
University of Arkansas at Little Rock College of Education
2801 S. University
Little Rock, AR 72204
(501) 569-3113 Fax (501) 569-8694


Peggy Doss
Dean

College of Education
dossp@uamont.edu
University of Arkansas at Monticello
P.O. Box 3608
Monticello, AR 71655
(870) 460-1062 Fax (870) 460-1922


Calvin Johnson
Dean

johnsonc@uapb.edu
University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff
P.O. Box 4063
Pine Bluff, AR 71601
(870) 575-8256 Fax (870) 575-8261


Eldon Clary, Jr.
Dean

eclary@atu.edu 
Arkansas Tech University School of Education
203 Crabaugh Building
Russellville, AR 72801
(479) 968-0350 Fax (479) 964-0811


Judy Harrison
Dean

harrisj@hsu.edu
Henderson State University
Box 7820
Arkadelphia, AR 71999-0001
(870) 230-5367 Fax (870) 230-5144


A. Zaidy MohdZain
Dean

azmohdzain@saumag.edu
Southern Arkansas University
College of Education
100 E. University
Magnolia, AR 71754-9408
(870) 235-5161 Fax (870) 235-5035
 

Greg Meeks

Dean

gmeeks@astate.edu
Arkansas State University College of Education
P.O. Box 940
Jonesboro, AR 72467-0842
(870) 972-3057 Fax (870) 972-3828

John Jones
Dean

jrjones@uafortsmith.edu
College of Education
University of Arkansas at Fort Smith
5210 Grand Ave., Math/Science Bldg. 111
Fort Smith, AR 72913-3649
(479) 788-7912 Fax: (479) 788-7914


James L. "Skip" Rutherford
Dean

srutherford@clintonschool.uasys.edu
University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service
1200 President Clinton Avenue
Little Rock, AR 72201
(501) 683-5200 Fax: (501) 683-5210

Howard Gibson
Dean

howard.gibson@arkansasbaptist.edu
Arkansas Baptist College

1621 Dr. Martin Luther King Drive
Little Rock, AR 72202
(501) 244-5141 Fax: (501) 244-5162

Kathy Price
Director of Teacher Education
kathy.pillowprice@lyon.edu  
Lyon College
P.O. Box 2317
2300 Highland Road
Batesville, AR 72503
(870) 307-7373 Fax (870) 301-7364

Professional Associations


Richard Abernathy
Executive Director

r.abernathy@theaaea.org
Arkansas Association of Educational Administrators

219 S. Victory
Little Rock, AR 72201
(501) 372-1691 Fax (501) 372-2807


Rich Nagel
Executive Director

rnagel@nea.org
Arkansas Education Association
1500 West Fourth Street
Little Rock, AR 72201
(501) 375-4611 Fax (501) 375-4620


Dan Farley
Executive Director

dan@arsba.org
Arkansas School Boards Association
P.O. Box 165460
523 South Ringo Street
Little Rock, AR 72201
(501) 372-1415 Fax (501) 375-2454

Beth Everett

Education Committee Chair

Arkansas State PTA Board

arpta_office@yahoo.com
Arkansas Parent Teacher Association

3252 31st Terrace

Van Buren, AR  72956

 (479) 208-3947
(501) 753-5247 (800) PTA-4PTA Fax: (501) 753-6168


Dale Query

Arkansas Rural Education Association
Flippin School District
210 Alford Street
Flippin, AR 72634
(870) 453-2270 Fax (870) 453-5059

Mary Gunter
Executive Director

mgunter@atu.edu
Arkansas Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
Arkansas Tech University
227 SR 333
Russellville, AR 72802
(479) 968-0374


Tara Thomason

tara.thomason@fcsd.grsc.k12.ar.us
Arkansas School Public Relations Association
Forrest City School District
845 North Rosser
Forrest City, AR 72335
(870) 633-7141 Fax: (870) 633-7142


Emma Bass
Executive Director

ebass@astate.edu
NCA CASI AdvancED
Smith Center for Excellence
ASU, P.O. Box 719, Room 216
State University, AR 72467
(870) 972-2020 (870) 972-3008 Fax (870) 972-3945

Superintendent Representatives


Randy Willison

Superintendent

rwillison@batesvilleschools.org
Batesville School District
955 Water Street
Batesville, AR 72501
(870) 793-6831
Fax (870) 793-6760

Kay Johnson
Superintendent

kjohnson@greenwood.k12.ar.us
Greenwood School District
420 North Main
Greenwood, AR 72936
(479) 996-4142 Fax (479_ 996-4143

Tony Thurman

Superintendent

tony.thurman@cps.k12.ar.us
Cabot School District
602 N. Lincoln Street
Cabot, AR  72023
(501) 843-3363
Fax (501) 843-0576

Ex-Officio Partners


Brenda Gullett
Arkansas State Board of Education

brendagale.gullett@gmail.com
Arkansas State Board of Education
1305 S. River Meadows Drive
Fayetteville, AR 72701
(479) 521-1214


Emily Jordan-Cox
Office of the Governor

emily.jordan-cox@arkansas.gov
Office of the Governor
250 State Capitol Building
Little Rock, AR 72201
(501) 682-2345 Fax (501) 682-3597


Les "Skip" Carnine
Legislative Liaison

carninel@arkleg.state.ar.us
P.O. Box 615
Rogers, AR 72757
479-636-2619


Joyce Elliott
Legislative Liaison

elliottj@arkleg.state.ar.us
P.O. Box 4248
Little Rock, AR 72214
501-603-9546

Page last updated: 1/3/2012 11:04 AM

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