Board

GOVERNING STRUCTURE

The Arkansas Bar Foundation is governed by a seventeen (17) member Board of Directors.  The Board is composed of fifteen (15) Fellows elected by the Foundation Membership, five (5) from each of the three (3) state bar districts, plus the Immediate Past President of the Foundation and the Chair of the Trust Committee, who serve as ex-officio, voting members.  The Officers of the Foundation are the President, the Vice President, and the Secretary-Treasurer, who serve for a one (1) year term.  Members of the Board are elected at the annual Foundation Membership meeting in June. The Secretary-Treasurer position is elected by the Board at the annual Foundation Board meeting. The President of the Arkansas Bar Association serves in an ex-officio, non-voting capacity on the Board. 

There is also a Trust Committee which is composed of experienced lawyers who serve six-year terms.  The Trust Committee distributes the annual trust income for scholarships, professorships, and law related educational projects focused on the mission of the Foundation.  A separate operating account pays the cost of running the Foundation.

ARKANSAS BAR FOUNDATION

OFFICERS AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS

2025-2026

 PRESIDENT:  Vicki S. Vasser

VICE PRESIDENT: Robert S. Jones

SECRETARY-TREASURER:  Gwendolyn L. Rucker

                           South & East Bar District                            

2026   Robert S. Jones

2027  Michele Simmons Allgood

2027  Darby V. Doan

2028   Mark Mayfield

2028  Judge Chalk S. Mitchell

       Northwest Bar District          

2026    Russell Atchley

2026   Michael Daily

2027  J. Barrett Deacon, Jr.

2028   Jeb Joyce

2028  Kathryn Stocks

    Central Bar District  

 2026   E.B. (Chip) Chiles IV     

2026    David  A. Grace

2027   Missy McJunkins Duke

   2027    Judge Amy Dunn Moore  

2028   Julie DeWoody Greathouse

Ex-Officio, voting

Michael H. Crawford, Foundation Immediate Past President

Grant E. Fortson, Foundation Trust Committee Chair

 Mailing address:  Arkansas Bar Foundation l P.O. Box 7297 l Little Rock, Arkansas 72217

Office location: 1520 Riverfront Drive l Suite N  l Little Rock, Arkansas 

Phone: (501) 353-1627

Staff

Ann Dixon Pyle, Executive Director 

Rick Pruitt, Associate for Finance and Administration     

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