The State Chamber/AIA will hold our Annual Meeting on Nov. 9 in the Wally Allen Ballroom of the Statehouse Convention Center in Little Rock.

Thanks to the following sponsors for this year’s Annual Meeting:

Title Sponsor: Saracen Casino Resort

Presenting Sponsors: AT&T Arkansas, Central Moloney Inc., Snyder Environmental, Tyson Foods, Inc., and  Walmart Inc.

Partner Sponsors: Arkansas Business Publishing Group, First Community Bank, First Orion Corporation, Nabholz Construction Services, and Southland Casino Racing.

Supporting Sponsors: America’s Car Mart, Ben E. Keith Company, Delta Dental of Arkansas Inc., Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas, Pain Treatment Centers of America and Stephens Production Company.

Table Sponsors: CenterPoint Energy, Edwards Food Giant, Farm Credit Services of Arkansas, FutureFuel Chemical Company, Goodwill Industries, Kutak Rock, McGriff Insurance Services and Southwest Power Pool.

Bronze Sponsor: CDI Contractors

If your company or organization is interested in helping sponsor the State Chamber/AIA Annual Meeting, contact Bill Watson at 501-802-1740 or bwatson@arkansasstatechamber.com.

Save the date for the State Chamber/AIA Washington Fly-In, which will be held Tuesday through Thursday, Oct. 19-21.

A rooftop reception will be held the evening Wednesday, Oct. 20 at the 101 Constitution Building. More details on other events will be forthcoming when they are available.

We would like to thank and recognize the various sponsors for this year’s Washington Fly-In:

Dinner Sponsor – Garver

Entertainment Sponsor – Central Moloney

Gold Sponsor – Arkansas Business Publishing Group and Southwest Power Pool

Silver Sponsor – AT&T Arkansas, Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas and First Community Bank

If your company or organization is interested in sponsoring the Washington Fly-In, or for more information on sponsorship levels, contact Bill Watson at 501-802-1740 or bwatson@arkansasstatechamber.com .

 

 

WHEN: Thursday, August 12 – 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. (registration begins at 8 a.m.) WHERE: Virtual OR In Person Embassy Suites – 11301 Financial Centre Parkway Little Rock, AR 72211 8:30 a.m. Keynote: Using a Leadership System to Create a Culture of Agility and Continuous Improvement John B. Chessare, President/CEO & Carolyn L. Candiello, VP Quality and Patient Safety, GBMC Healthcare, 2020 National Baldrige recipient 9:45 a.m. Session 1: Higher Education Panel Adapting Healthcare Education During a Global Health Crisis Kathryn Neill, Pharm.D., Director of Interprofessional Administrative and Curricular Affairs, UAMS Division of Academic Affairs; Ramonda Housh, MNSc, APRN, Dean of Nursing and Allied Health, Black River Technical College; Brenda Trigg, Director of Nursing, Ouachita Baptist University 11 a.m. Session 2: Balancing Urgency & Importance Rachel Davis, Executive Director, Arkansas Health Care Association; Denten Park, President/CEO & Shanda Guenther, Chief Quality Officer, Northwest Health; Ron Peterson, CEO, Baxter Regional Medical Center Break for Lunch 1 p.m. Session 3: Managing Staffing Agility to Meet Organizational Needs Matt Troup, President/CEO, Conway Regional Health System, 2014 GQA for Performance Excellence recipient 2:15 p.m. Session 4: Imagining Health Care in 2023 & the Implications on Leadership Rachel Maguire, Research Director, Institute for the Future Contact Carol Mugerditchian – 501-372-2222 or carolm@arkansasstatechamber.com **Lunch is provided for in-person attendees. Links for virtual attendees will be provided 24 hours before the event. Registration cost is $80 for virtual or in-person. Social distancing protocols will be followed. Arkansas Department of Health guidelines will be observed.

 

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Leadership Arkansas Class XV will hold its final session — Planning, Leadership & Graduation – Thursday and Friday, May 20-21 in Little Rock.

Classmates will pull on their proverbial gowns and parade through the streets. But before they do, this now cohesive unit will examine the miles they’ve traveled and make plans for the future. Joined by eleven years of alumni, the class will take their places in a long line of graduates and become a part of this accomplished group. Highlighting the series of events will be some of Arkansas’s most accomplished leaders.

The session is sponsored by CenterPoint Energy and Tyson Foods, Inc.

The Underwriting Sponsor for the 2020-2021 Leadership Arkansas program is The Citizens Bank of Batesville.  The Presenting Sponsor is ARcare. Statewide Program Sponsors are Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas, Farm Credit Services of Arkansas, Nucor Steel Arkansas, Southwest Power Pool, and Walmart.

For more information on Leadership Arkansas, contact Toni Lindsey at tlindsey@arkansasstatechamber.com or 479-409-4389.

If your  company or organization is interested in sponsoring Leadership Arkansas Class XVI, contact Bill Watson at bwatson@arkansasstatechamber.com or 501-802-1740.

Leadership Arkansas Class XV will hold their Regional Development Session April 21-23 in Northwest Arkansas.

From healthcare to poultry production, and transportation to retail sales, Northwest Arkansas continues to be one of the fastest-growing and most progressive areas of the U.S. Class members will examine the impact a relative handful of entrepreneurial pioneers have had not just within our state but nationally. They will also see how those who have followed have pooled the collective resources to continue their legacy.

The session is sponsored by Cox Communications, Gerdau Special Steel,  Tyson Foods, Inc. and Washington Regional Medical Center.

The Underwriting Sponsor for the 2020-2021 Leadership Arkansas program is The Citizens Bank of Batesville.  The Presenting Sponsor is ARcare. Statewide Program Sponsors are Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas, Farm Credit Services of Arkansas, Nucor Steel Arkansas, Southwest Power Pool, and Walmart.

If your  company or organization is interested in sponsoring a Leadership Arkansas session, contact Bill Watson at bwatson@arkansasstatechamber.com or 501-802-1740.