Board and Staff

HS/HSV Symphony Guild Board Member (Children’s Concert Chair), Member of Altrusa, DAR, PEO, Hot Springs Village Community Foundation Board, Former financial executive for Frito-Lay, Inc. and V.P. – Controller for Greyhound, Inc., Arthur Andersen & Co., CPA

Vice Chair of Arkansas Economic Development Commission, former Chair of the Arkansas Workforce Investment Board. Chair of the Saline County Republican Committee. Member of Benton and Bryant Chambers of Commerce. Board Member, Diamante Country Club. Retired Operations Vice President of a large manufacturing company.

Choral Director for 35 years in Norfolk Public Schools. Taught in Pulaski Co. Special School
District where he served as Honors Festival Chair and Central Region Chair AR-ACDA. Chaired several committees for Virginia Choral Directors and Virginia Music Educators Association. Served as National Chair of the Urban Music Leadership Conference Board. National Board Certified teacher in Early/Young Adult Music Education.

Former CPA, Arthur Andersen & Co., Construction Company Owner, Hot Springs Village POA Committee Chairman, Diamante Country Club Board Member.

Current Director of Arkansas School for Math, Science and the Arts (grades 10 – 12) in Hot Springs,
a public residential school for gifted students and providing distance learning statewide,
particularly for rural areas. Participated in building the Gatton Academy of Math and Sciences on the Western Kentucky campus. Served as counselor for the Center for Gifted Studies. Received a Masters in English from Bowling Green University and PhD. in Secondary Leadership. Named as one of the 40 under 40 in 2014 by Arkansas Business Magazine.

HS/HSV Symphony Guild Board Member & Membership Vice President, Board Member of Ouachita
Speaker Series, Council Director – HSV Knights of Columbus. Former negotiating/purchasing executive in the hospitality industry with various hotel headquarter corporate offices.

Retired Attorney. Certified Mediator for LA City Attorney’s DRP, LA County Bias Policing Mediator
and Peer Mediation LAUSD. In Hawaii, held positions as Director of Consumer Rights, Administrative Law Judge on health and social justice issues, Liaison to Hawaii legislature, Sr. Labor Relations mediator, negotiator and arbitrator on multiple agency disputes, and Commissioner on Hawaii’s Governor’s Commission on the Clean Needle Act. Executive Director of Kauai Cty. HIV/AIDS project. Founder of Kearney Consulting, Inc. which provided training, education and capacity-building, e.g. licensing a Children Defense Freedom Schools program, serving rural and underserved communities.

Current Board Member HS/HSV Symphony Guild and Ouachita Speaker Series (Treasurer). Member of the Hot Springs Village Community Foundation. Retired economic evaluation software developer in the oil and gas industry.

Philanthropist, advisor and volunteer to many community organizations

Development and Community Relations Officer for Arkansas Hospice, Hot Springs (retired)
Founding Board member of the Imagination Library of the Ouachita, Former Chair, Veterans Community Partnership of the Ouachita, Founding Board member of Lifelong Learning Institute of Hot Springs Village, Board member and former President of the Ouachita Speakers Series
Chairman, 2018 and 2019 for the Garland County Leadership Prayer Breakfast, and member of the Jessieville School District CTE Advisory Council, Member, Past President, Rotary Club of Hot Springs Village.

Former HS Music Festival Board Member (President), HS/HSV Symphony Guild Board Member and
President, (Education Committee and Special Projects), current pianist/organist at Presbyterian Kirk in the Pines. 2011 LMTA Outstanding Teacher, 2012 MTNA Foundation Fellow. Former middle school choir director, piano instructor at Episcopal School of Baton Rouge, maintained a private piano studio, and was church musician in preschool/children/keyboard ministries.

Responsible for oversight of resident artists, curriculum writing, partnerships and budget.

Responsible for scheduling, implementation, management, and evaluation of ongoing ALTTA programs in schools located primarily in Garland and Saline Counties.

Responsible for scheduling, implementation, management, and evaluation of ongoing ALTTA programs in schools located primarily in Phillips County.

Responsible for ALTTA’s development initiatives, grant writing, and fundraising.