ADVISORY COUNCILS, BOARDS & TRUSTS
The purpose of League advisory councils is to provide policy input and ongoing discussion of matters of municipal concern. To this end, advisory councils meet quarterly to make recommendations to the executive committee. Advisory council chairs are ex-officio attendees to executive committee meetings, which are also held quarterly unless in the opinion of the president a “called” meeting is warranted. Member officials are given the opportunity to sign up for advisory council service at the closing business session of each annual convention of the League.
Cities of the Large First Class
- Chief Financial Officer Mandy Spicer, Benton
- Council Members Eddie Long and James Reid, Cabot
- Mayor Bill Edwards, Centerton
- City Clerk Heather McVay, El Dorado
- Mayor Larry Bryant, Forrest City
- City Administrator Carl Geffken, Fort Smith
- City Director Phyllis Beard, Hot Springs
- Council Members Chris Gibson and John Street, Jonesboro
- Assistant City Manager Emily Cox, Little Rock
- Council Member James Jefferson Jr., Magnolia
- Mayor Hillrey Adams, Mountain Home
- Council Members Steve Baxter and Debi Ross, North Little Rock
- Office of Planning & Development Director Kevin Lang, Paragould
- City Clerk Janice Roberts, Pine Bluff
- Mayor Mary Jo Heye-Townsell and Council Member Marina Brooks, Sherwood
- Executive Director Heath Ward, Springdale Water Utilities
- Chief Deputy City Clerk Kim Lackey, Van Buren
Mayor Marco McClendon, City Clerk Patricia Joplin, Sr. Deputy City Clerk Patricia Lane, Purchasing Director Kenneth Johnson, Finance Director Tori Perry and Community Outreach Director Theresa Bowe, West Memphis
Cities of the First Class
- Council Member Lorene Pearson, Ashdown
- Mayor Bernie Chamberlain, Austin
- City Clerk/Treasurer Sarah Rollins, Brinkley
- Council Member David Loggins, Brookland
- Clerk/ Treasurer Kimberly Hutcheson, Cave Springs
- City Clerk Penny Trumpy, Cherokee Village
- Council Member Romona Weatherford, Dumas
- Council Member Claudie Forrest, Earle
- Council Member Allison Launius, Green Forest
- Mayor David Streeter, Hamburg
- City Clerk Jean Wiley, Lake Village
- Mayor Seth Smith and Assistant to Mayor Becky Horton, Mena
- Council Member Vivian Wright, Nashville
- Mayor Roxie Hall, Treasurer Marla Ward, and Council Members Angela Harris and Randall Melton, Ozark
- Mayor Randy Tankersley, Pottsville
- Mayor David Faulk, Prairie Grove
- Council Member Patricia Roberts, Prescott
- Council Member Betty Cook, Sheridan
- Clerk/Treasurer Becky Burgess, Stuttgart
- Council Member Misty Piazza, Tontitown
- Mayor Charles Snapp, Walnut Ridge
- Deputy Director of Administration Jamee McClain, Ward
- Council Member Dorothy Henderson, Warren
- Human Resources Director Meredith McKnight, and Director of Parks and Recreation Zach Morris, Wynne
Incorporated Towns and Cities of the Second Class
- Mayor Carolyne Blissett, Arkansas City
- Recorder/Treasurer Charlotte Goodwin, Ash Flat
- Recorder/ Treasurer Tina Bailey, Bull Shoals
- Recorder/Treasurer Stacey Bennett, Cherry Valley
- Recorder/Treasurer Dena Malone, Clinton
- Mayor Walter Jordan, Dermott
- Chief Court Clerk Vonna Marpel, Dover
- Council Member Bella Comas, Fairfield Bay
- Mayor Heith Hogan, Flippin
- Council Member Anita Seaman, Gassville
- Recorder/Treasurer Misty McCard, Greenland
- Mayor Kyle Crawford and Recorder/Treasurer Mary Ruth Wiles, Highland
- Recorder/Treasurer Birdia Thompson, Jennette
- Mayor Lee Charles Brown Jr., Luxora
- Mayor Carl Griswold, Mitchellville
- Mayor Michael Marsh, Pangburn
- Mayor Eric Smith, Powhatan
- Mayor Donald Brock and Recorder/Treasurer Rick East, Smackover
- Recorder/Treasurer Rita Fite, Sparkman
- Mayor Gregg Cooper, Strawberry
- Council Member Sandrual Cole, Wilmot
Public Safety Advisory Council
- Council Member Keith Higginbotham, Finance Director Shannon Zappettini and Assistant Finance Director Kristin Williams, Centerton
- Fire Chief Kory Ward, Dermott
- Council Member Dianne Hammond, El Dorado
- Council Member David Avanzino, Eureka Springs
- Recorder/ Treasurer Jennifer Hill, Haskell
- City Director Karen Garcia, Hot Springs
- Mayor Eddy Bush, Lake Village
- Council Member Darrell Talley, Luxora
- Director of Public Works Jeremy Horton, Marmaduke
- Director of Public Works Eric Marks, Mineral Springs
- Deputy City Clerk/Revenue Enforcement Officer Jim Scott, North Little Rock
- Council Member Satarra Williams, Prescott
- Mayor/Police Chief Tim Mayfield, Salesville/Gassville
- Fire Chief Tony Reaves, Ward
- Director of Emergency Management DeWayne Rose, West Memphis
- Fire Chief Kory Ward, Wynne
Economic Development Advisory Council
- Council Member Angela Griffin, Alexander
- Senior Planner Dianne Morrison Lloyd, Centerton
- Council Member Robin Hawkins-Cook, Dermott
- Council Member Naomi Lassen, Gassville
- City Director Steve Trusty, Hot Springs
- Council Member Reedie Ray, Jacksonville
- Council Member Tori Green, Lake Village
- Assistant to Mayor Judy Brown, Luxora
- Recorder/Treasurer Denise Juniel, Mineral Springs
- Council Member Doug Stumbaugh, Prairie Grove
- Council Member Howard Austin, Prescott
- Director of Community and Economic Development Joshua Alexander, Sherwood
- City Clerk Hunter Vick, Trumann
- Mayor Rick Womack, Tuckerman
- Council Member Angela Scott, Turrell
- Finance and Human Resources Director Courtney Ruble, Ward
Municipal Health Benefit Program Board of Trustees
District 1
Matthew Hood
Cabot
District 2
Joy Black
Bryant
District 3
Bill Edwards
Centerton
District 4
Barbara Blackard
Clarksville
At-Large
Paul Choate
El Dorado
Municipal League Workers’ Compensation Program Board of Trustees
District 1
Charlette Nelson
Jacksonville
District 2 & Group Manager
Lisa Mabry-Williams
Conway
District 3
Sharla Derry
Greenwood
District 4
Rick East
Smackover
At-Large
Harmony Morrissey
Hot Springs
Past Presidents
2023: Mayor Virginia Young, Sherwood
2022/23: Mayor Tim McKinney, Berryville
2020/21: Mayor Gary Baxter, Mulberry
2019/20: Mayor Harold Perrin, Jonesboro
2018/19: Mayor Joe A. Smith, North Little Rock
2017/18: Mayor Doug Sprouse, Springdale
2016/17: Mayor Harry Brown, Stephens
2015/16: Mayor Rick Elumbaugh, Batesville
2014/15: Mayor Mark Stodola, Little Rock
2013/14: Mayor Jackie Crabtree, Pea Ridge
2012/13: Mayor Chris Claybaker, Camden
2011/12: Mayor Frank Fogleman, Marion
2010/11: Alderman Murry Witcher, North Little Rock
2009/10: Vice Mayor Gary Campbell, Fort Smith
2009/10: Vice Mayor Gary Campbell, Fort Smith
2008/09: Mayor JoAnne Bush, Lake Village
2007/08: Mayor Mike Gaskill, Paragould
2007: Mayor Tab Townsell, Conway
2006: Mayor Stewart Nelson, Morrilton
2005/06: Mayor Terry Coberly, Bentonville
2004/05: Mayor Gene Yarbrough, Star City
2003/04: Mayor Robert Patrick, St. Charles
2002/03: Mayor Jim Dailey, Little Rock
2001/02: Mayor George Overbey, Jr., Lamar
2000/01: Mayor Harold West, Monticello
1999/2000: Alderman Tommy Baker, Osceola
1999/00: Alderman Tommy Baker, Osceola
1998/99: Mayor Tommy Swaim, Jacksonville
1997/98: Mayor R. Gregg Reep, Warren
1996/97: Mayor Arnold Feller, Mulberry
1995/96: Mayor Joann Smith, Helena
1994/95: Mayor Pat Hays, North Little Rock
1993/94: Mayor Bill Scrimshire, Malvern
1992/93: Mayor Marvin Vinson, Clarksville
1991/92: Mayor Bob Teeter, West Helena
1990/91: Alderman Martin Gipson, North Little Rock
1989/90: Mayor Eugene Farrell, Dermott
1989/90: Mayor Eugene Farrell, Dermot
1988: Mayor Marilyn Johnson, Fayetteville
1987/88: Mayor Jim Shirrell, Batesville
1986/87: Mayor Larry Combs, El Dorado
1985/86: Mayor Dean Boswell Jr., Bryant
1984/85: Mayor Gene Bell, Van Buren
1984: Mayor Thad Kelly Jr., Helena
1983: Mayor Charles Partlow Paragould
1982: Mayor John Schallhorn, DeWitt
1981: Mayor Jack Rhode, Lake Village
1980: Mayor R.E. “Dick” Prewitt, Osceola
1979: Mayor Charles Moore, Pine Bluff
1978: Mayor James Jordan, Monticello
1977: Mayor Harry Kolb, Magnolia
1976: Mayor Neil Stallings, Jonesboro
1975: Mayor Tom Ellsworth, Hot Springs
1974: Mayor Leslie Carmichael, Searcy
1973: Mayor Tom Little Jr., Blytheville
1972: Mayor Ed Bautts, Rogers
1971: Mayor Adrian White, Pocahontas
1970: Mayor Flynn Chivers, Clarendon
1968/69: Mayor Jesse Porter, West Helena
1968: Mayor C.A. Hughes, Russellville
1967: Mayor John Bueker, Stuttgart
1966: Mayor Vaskell Carter, Crossett
1965: Mayor Clyde Andrews, Marianna
1964: Mayor Allen Ray Toothaker, Van Buren
1963: Mayor Billy Free, Dumas
1962: Mayor Roy Row, Batesville
1961: Commissioner Hugh Brewer, Fort Smith
1960: Mayor John Harsh, Magnolia
1959: Mayor William F. Laman, North Little Rock
1958: Mayor Ben Butler, Osceola
1957: Mayor H.B. Price, West Memphis
1956: Mayor H.R. Hestand, Fort Smith
1955: Mayor William L. Ward Jr., Marianna
1954: City Clerk H.C. Graham, Little Rock
1953: Mayor James T. Horner, Helena
1952: Mayor Harold Falls, Wynne
1951: Mayor Harney Chaney, Batesville
1950: Mayor B.R. McCarley, Texarkana
1949: Mayor George Steed, Pine Bluff
1949: Mayor Earl Ricks, Hot Springs
1948: Mayor James Hurley, Warren
1947: Mayor Don Harrell, Camden
1946: Mayor R.C. Bodenhamer, El Dorado
1945: Mayor Jim Dandridge, Paris
1944: Alderman Sam Wassell, Little Rock
1943: Mayor Chester Holland, Fort Smith
1942: Mayor H.O. Walker, Newport
1941: Mayor Tom Cashion, Eudora
1941: Mayor J.V. Satterfield, Little Rock
1940: Mayor A.D. McAllister, Fayetteville
1939: Mayor H.C. Stump, Stuttgart
1938: City Manager C.C. Mitchener, Marianna
1937: Mayor R.E. Overman, Little Rock
1936: Mayor Jim Jordan, Fort Smith
1934/35: Mayor U.E. Moore, North Little Rock