Officers and Directors

Board of Directors 

ARCPA's Board of Directors is comprised of 14 members: the Chair, Chair-Elect, Vice Chair, Secretary, Treasurer and nine elected Directors. In addition, 12 Ex-Officio members of the Board include the Past Chair, presidents of the 10 ARCPA chapters, and the AICPA Council Representative, all of whom are nonvoting Ex-Officio members of the Board. The combined total is 26 members.

Officers serve a one-year term, except for the Secretary and Treasurer, who serve for two years.  Directors serve a three-year term.  Ex-Officio Directors serve a one-year term. All these terms begin on April 1 of each year and end on the following March 31.  The AICPA Council Representative serves a three-year term which begins preceding the AICPA Fall Council Meeting.  The Board Chair-Elect serves as the AICPA Key Person Representative.

A slate of Officers and Directors is submitted by the Nominations Committee to the Board of Directors for approval, and then published to the membership at least 30 days prior to a scheduled Annual Business Meeting.  Additional nominations for Officers and Directors may be made from the floor at the Annual Meeting. The ARCPA membership elects the new Officers and Directors at the Annual Meeting.

Chairperson

  • Gary Beckwith, Individual Practitioner, Beckwith & Company Ltd

Chair-Elect

  • Deana Infield, Partner, Landmark PLC CPAs

Vice Chair

  • Jeremy Watson, Partner, HCJ CPAs & Advisors PLLC

Secretary

  • William Puckett, Corporate Controller, Pritchard Industries Southwest

Treasurer

  • Jaye Gasaway, Partner, Gasaway & Company CPAs

Past Chair

  • Rocky Goodman, Partner, Garland & Greenwood CPAs and Advisors PLLC

Director

  • Alfred Baldwin, Staff Auditor IV, Arkansas Legislative Audit
  • Christopher Brown, Vice President & CFO, Arkansas Colleges of Health Education
  • Jack Chami, Individual Practitioner, Jack Chami CPA PLLC
  • Lou Anne Emrich, Manager, Emrich & Scroggins LLP
  • Elizabeth Knipscheer, Senior Assurance Manager, HoganTaylor LLP
  • Steven Muzatko, Associate Professor, Arkansas State University
  • Robert Schichtl, Partner, Garland & Greenwood CPAs and Advisors PLLC
  • Blair Trotter, Corporate Controller, Central States Manufacturing
  • David Vaden, Partner, EY LLP

AICPA Council Member

  • Randy Milligan, Managing Partner, Landmark PLC CPAs

Ex-Officio Member

  • Joel Gulledge, Staff Accountant, Unknown Accounting Firm
  • Chance Locklear, Tax Manager, Mowery & Schoenfeld LLC
  • Laura Long, Manager, Capital Finance, Clinton National Airport
  • Nikki Nottingham, Tax Senior, HCJ CPAs & Advisors PLLC
  • J Pierce, Partner, Pierce Firm PLLC
  • Christopher Warrick, Instructor, Southern Arkansas University
  • Kevin White, Individual Practitioner, KDW CPAs and Advisors PLLC
  • Leslie Winton, Partner, Wilf & Henderson PC