News: Alumni

Spencer Lucker, a 2012 graduate of the Clinton School of Public Service, is currently the Director of Strategic Talent Initiatives for the Michigan Economic Development Corporation.

Patrick Banks, a 2011 graduate of the Clinton School of Public Service, has enjoyed a varied career across the nonprofit and business sectors, and is currently a Diversity Recruiting Business Partner for Apple.

Derrick Rainey, a 2012 graduate of the Clinton School of Public Service, has been elected mayor of Wrightsville, Ark.

Nora Bouzihay, a 2017 graduate of the Clinton School of Public Service, recently joined Southeast Missouri State University as Assistant to the President for Equity Initiatives and Title IX Coordinator.

Assistant Professor Dr. Chul Hyun Park and Laura Florick ('22) have co-authored a research article, “A pilot study exploring the impacts of COVID-19 on small-scale direct-marketing farmers in Northwest Arkansas and their responses to the pandemic” for the Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development.

Burt Hicks, a 2013 graduate of the Clinton School of Public Service at the University of Arkansas, is the Co-Founder and President of Encore Bank.

Arkansas native Valerie Carpenter’s ('20) path in life wasn’t a direct one, but as she is quick to tell you, it’s not the road one travels so much as where it leads. It's one of the lasting lessons she learned during her two years at the Clinton School of Public Service.

Clinton School graduates Mollie Henager and Amie Wilcox, both members of the Class of 2018, and the Clinton School’s Director of Technology, Steve Person, have been announced as selections for the 38th Class of Leadership Greater Little Rock.

Kent Broughton has been named Assistant Director of the Center on Community Philanthropy at the Clinton School of Public Service.