Ronnie Dedman and Chris Hart will be chairing the Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce and the Associated Industries of Arkansas, respectively, in 2021.
On Monday, Dec. 7, Dedman, with AT&T Arkansas was elected to be the State Chamber chairman. Hart, with Central Maloney Inc., was named AIA chairman.
Dedman will be taking over the chairman position from Phil Baldwin of Citizens Bank, who will become the immediate past chair with Ray Dillion as past chair. Hart is taking over from Grady Harvell of W&W/AFCO Steel, and McGeorge Contracting Company’s Haskell Dickson is the past chair.
Signature Bank’s Gary Head will remain the treasurer for both the State Chamber and the AIA, and Rayond Burns from the Rogers-Lowell Area Chamber of Commerce will remain the Executive Committee’s local chamber representative.
Two new vice chairs have been named to the State Chamber. These are Larry Shackleford from Washington Regional and Stanley Hill from Arkansas Farm Bureau. Curtis Barnett, Laura Landreaux, Andy Miller, John Burgess, Nelson Peacock, Frank Thomas, Michael Lindsey and George Wheatley will continue to serve as State Chamber vice chairs.
At AIA, four individuals were named as vice chairs. The new vice chairs are Troy Brooks of Nucor Steel Arkansas, Dean Hoover of Koontz Electric, Patty Cardin of Lanxess, and Gina Radke of Galley Support Innovations. The continuing AIA vice chairs include Sam Maia, Greg Williams, Mike Callan and Jeffrey Wood.
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