GOVERNOR HUTCHINSON APPOINTS
LISA HUNTER TO STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
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Lisa Hunter
Executive Vice President and Chief Data Officer
overnor Asa Hutchinson has appointed Lisa Hunter of White Hall to the Arkansas State Board of Education. “Lisa will provide excellent leadership experience to Arkansas schools and communities,” Governor Hutchinson said. “She is as experienced as she is passionate and I believe she will have a meaningful impact on education within the state.” Mrs. Hunter currently serves as executive vice president and chief data officer for Simmons Bank. Prior to joining Simmons, Lisa started her career as an internal auditor at Premier Bank ( JP
Morgan Chase) in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and later served as the assistant controller at Andrew Jackson Savings Bank in Tallahassee, Florida. She was part of the de novo Thomasville National Bank in Thomasville, Georgia. “It is an honor to be selected, and I am very excited to serve the state of Arkansas,” Mrs. Hunter said. “I am grateful to the Governor for his confidence in me and for giving me an opportunity to make a positive difference in the lives of Arkansas children.” Mrs. Hunter's term expires on June 30, 2029. She will replace Beth Anne Rankin.
TRUCKING INDUSTRY LEADER SHANNON NEWTON
NAMED TO COUNCIL AT FEDERAL RESERVE BANK
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hannon Newton, president of the Arkansas Trucking Association, has been named to the Transportation Industry Council of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. The St. Louis Fed created four District Industry Councils in 2006, each designed to provide the Fed with important feedback about economic conditions in key Eighth District industry sectors. The members’ observations, along with the economic data developed through the Federal Reserve Board’s Beige Book and meetings of the Reserve Bank’s board
of directors, help ensure conditions in Main Street America are represented in monetary policy deliberations in Washington. Each council is supported by one of the St. Louis Fed’s four offices: St. Louis (real estate); Little Rock, Ark. (agribusiness); Louisville, Ky. (health care); and Memphis, Tenn. (transportation). The councils meet twice a year.
ARVEST EXEC DONNY STORY,
FAYETTEVILLE MARKET LEADER, TO RETIRE
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onny Story, president and CEO of Arvest Bank’s Fayetteville market, will retire after an almost four-decade career with the company. Story’s retirement is effective at the end of the year. His banking career has spanned 43 years, with close to 37 of those with Arvest in multiple markets in Oklahoma and Arkansas. The company named him president and CEO in Fayetteville in 2004, just two days after former market leader Gary Head resigned to start Signature Bank of Arkansas.
“Donny’s contributions to Arvest are innumerable, and we can’t thank him enough for what he has done not just for the bank but for our customers, associates and communities,” said Craig Rivaldo, regional executive for Arvest. “He will be greatly missed as a friend and colleague, but we have known this announcement would be coming for some time and appreciate Donny working carefully with us to plan ahead. Arvest maintains its charter in Fayetteville but operates over 200 bank branches in Arkansas, Oklahoma, Missouri and Kansas through a group of 14 locally managed banks, each with an independent board and management team. By assets ($26.6 billion), Arvest is Arkansas’ largest bank. THE ARKANSAS BANKER
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