Achieve Community Alliance Adds Board Members

Achieve Community Alliance, formerly United Cerebral Palsy of Arkansas, has added five new board members.

“We are thrilled to welcome this outstanding group of leaders to our board,” said Jennifer Cobb, Achieve’s president and CEO. “Their unique professional experience and passion for serving others will be valuable as we continue strengthening and expanding opportunities for Arkansans with intellectual and developmental disabilities.”

Achieve’s current board officers include Chad Cumming, chair; Kathleen Fitzpatrick, first vice chair; Siva Soora, second vice chair; Bill Yee, treasurer; and Helaine Williams, secretary. The nonprofit’s new additions include:

• Mattie Hatcher Pruitt, an employee benefits consultant at Group Health Captives, an insurance brokerage affiliated with The Hatcher Company;
• Tina Jackson, a family advocate, public speaker and founder of Kids Rare Care, an organization dedicated to mentoring moms who have children with complex medical needs;
• Kevin Kinard, vice president-branch manager and lending at First Community Bank, who has spent nearly two decades in the financial industry;
• Tim Maddox, principal-in-charge of DEMX Architecture in Fayetteville, who previously served as chair of the nonprofit’s Northwest Arkansas Council;
• Rebecca Tennille, a veteran communications professional specializing in crisis communications, media relations, public affairs and strategic storytelling.

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