Chair of the Board
Patty Cardin
Chemtura
Phone: 864-1550
Fax: 864-1690

Vice Chair Economic Development
Dr. Lynn Persyn
SouthArk Community College
Phone: 864-8410
Fax: 864-7180

Vice Chair Business/Industrial Development
Allison Parker
Murphy Oil Corporation
Phone: 864-6385
Fax: 864-6231

Vice Chair Governmental Matters
Mayor Mike Dumas
City of El Dorado
Phone:  862-7911
Fax:  864-1690

Vice Chair Community Development
Brent McDiarmid
Glenn Mechanical
Phone: 862-5901
Fax: 862-8587

Vice Chair Education
Bob Watson
El Dorado Public School District
Phone #: 864-5001
Fax #: 864-5004

Vice Chair Membership Services
Robert Johnson
Dixie Maintenance
Phone: 862-4161
Fax: 862-5428

Vice Chair Tourism
Shea Wilson
El Dorado News-Times
Phone: 862-6611
Fax: 862-5226

Immediate Past Chair
Randy Haynie
Dixie Air
Phone: 862-6571
Fax: 862-5008

President & CEO
Don Wales
Chamber of Commerce
Phone #: 863-6113
Fax #: 863-6115

DIRECTORS RETIRING IN 2008

Richard Alewine, fayray’s
Toby Anderson, El Dorado Housing Authority
Scott Fife, Simmons First Bank
Randy Haynie, Dixie Air
Ron Hines, Clean Harbors
Ronnie Hughes, El Dorado Golf & Country Club
Alan Meadows, United Insurance Agency
Jason Reed, Century21 Reed-Whatley-Moore
Beth Weldon, First Financial Bank

DIRECTORS RETIRING IN 2009

Craig Bonsall, Murphy Oil
Patty Cardin, Great Lakes/Chemtura
Mike Dumas, City of El Dorado
Joe Heard, Del-Tin
Robert Johnson, Johnson Employer Support
Chuck Long, Medical Center of South Arkansas
Allison Parker, Murphy Oil
Sandy Sanford, Noalmark Broadcasting
David Skinner, BancorpSouth
Bob Watson, El Dorado Public Schools

DIRECTORS RETIRING IN 2010

Chad Archer, AmerCable
Scott Attebery, Wyatt Baptist Church
Martin Crawford, Pilgrim’s Pride
Shelli Cross, Cross Roofing/Cross Mgmt./Seasons
Tom Galbraith, Milbank Manufacturing
Keith Haney, KTVE
Ken Long, Long’s Roofing & Sheet Metal
Eric Moody, Lion Oil
Kevin Waldrum, El Dorado Chemical
Shea Wilson, El Dorado News-Times

EX-OFFICIO

Edwin Alderson, Fifty for the Future
Steve Cameron, Union County Industrial Board
Robin Carroll, Union County Prosecuting Attorney
Mike Dumas, City of El Dorado
Bobby Edmonds, Union County Judge
Mark Givens, Main Street El Dorado
John Lowery, Jr., State Representative
Bill Luther, Entergy
Jim Moore, El Dorado Industrial Development Corp.
Bill O’Brien, Union Power Station -Entegra
Dr. Barbara Jones, South Arkansas Community College
Robert Reynolds, Union County Water Conservation Board
Laurin Rickenbacker, El Dorado Jaycees
Larry Waldrop, El Dorado Water Utilities