Economics Arkansas Adds Six to Board of Directors
June 12, 2025
LITTLE ROCK— At its quarterly board meeting on May 14, 2025, the Economics Arkansas board voted to appoint six new members to its roster. Those elected began a three-year term beginning June 1, 2025.
They are:
- Brian Beasley, Senior Manager, Innovation & Strategy, ArcBest Technologies
- Stephen Lane, Vice President, Clark Contractors LLC
- Sam Phillips, Assurance Manager, HoganTaylor LLP
- Zeb Prothro, Incoming Superintendent, Beebe School District
- Lt. Gen. Jay Silveria, President, University of Arkansas System
- Ron Witherspoon, President & CEO, Arvest Bank Central Arkansas
At the same meeting, board member Allison Richardson was recognized for her twenty-five years of service with the organization. Richardson is a retired CPA in Little Rock.
Economics Arkansas is a private, non-profit, non-partisan, educational organization founded in 1962 by Dr. Arch Ford and led by Dr. Bessie B. Moore to promote economic literacy in Arkansas. Its mission is to equip PreK-12 schools with training and resources to teach economics and personal finance using practical, innovative and inspiring methods so that Arkansas students may become economically and financially literate, allowing them to achieve their own American dream and thrive in a free-market economy.