ARCPA Board of directors
The ARCPA Board of Directors is made up of industry experts who steer association initiatives and membership services.
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Chair
Chair
Jeremy T. Watson, CPA, Partner with HCJ CPAs & Advisors in Jonesboro, AR. He has been a member of ARCPA since 2001 and is an active member of the Northeast Chapter of CPAs (President 2005-2006). He previously served as a Director on the ARCPA Board of Directors (2018-2021). In 2012, Governor Mike Beebe appointed Jeremy to a five-year term on the Arkansas State Board of Public Accountancy, where he served as President in 2016/17. Jeremy serves on the ARCPA Accounting Principles & Auditing Committee (Chair 2019-2020). He has also served on the Nominations, Executive and Policy committees of the Board. His professional areas of expertise include employee benefits, non-profits, financial institutions, and manufacturing insurance underwriters. Outside of work and volunteering, Jeremy enjoys spending time with his family, playing golf, and traveling.
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Chair-Elect
Chair-Elect
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Vice Chair
Vice Chair
Marie Gieringer, CPA, Director of Finance, Treasury and Credit at Southwest Power Pool, Inc. in Little Rock, AR. She has been a member of ARCPA since 2011. She previously served as a Director on the ARCPA Board of Directors (2019-2022). She served as Chair of the Emerging CPAs Committee (2012), the Professional Ethics Committee (2015), the Membership & Marketing Committee (2016), and served as Vice Chair of the Nominations Committee (2022). Marie is a 2011 graduate of the AICPA Leadership Academy and served on the Task Force that worked to create and implement ARCPA’s Leadership Academy called LEAD: Leadership Exploration & Development, now in its fourth biennial program. Marie is a graduate of the University of Central Arkansas. She lives in Little Rock with her husband, their two children, and a miniature Schnauzer. They love to travel, play games, and enjoy outdoor adventures.
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Secretary
Secretary
Molly Coffman, CPA, Senior Manager with Landmark PLC CPAs in Russellville, AR. She joined the ARCPA in 2018 after earning her Arkansas CPA license. She earned degrees in accounting and marketing/management from Arkansas Tech University in Russellville. She has been active on the Emerging CPAs Committee (Chair 2024), the Western and Valley Chapters, and the Strategic Planning and Membership & Marketing committees. She is a graduate of ARCPA’s 2019 LEAD program and served on the planning task force for the 2025 program. Molly specializes in banking, including internal audits, and nonprofit audits, helping clients navigate challenges ranging from accounting-specific issues to new laws and operational guidance. Known for her problem-solving skills, Molly enjoys using her expertise to assist clients with a wide variety of issues, always striving to provide clarity and solutions. Molly lives in Russellville with her husband and daughter. Being an avid traveler, her favorite destination so far has been Lake Como, Italy, where she traveled during a babymoon. Outside of her busy work and family life, she enjoys visiting friends across the country and indulging in reality TV.
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Treasurer
Treasurer
Mark A. Glover, CPA, Partner with HCJ CPAs & Advisors PLLC in Little Rock, AR. Mark joined ARCPA in 2010 after earning his Arkansas CPA license in 2009. He was a member of the Emerging CPAs Committee (2012-2014) and has served on the society’s Audit Committee since 2023. Mark is a graduate of the University of Arkansas and the University of Central Arkansas. He specializes in Employee Benefit Plans, Not-for-Profit, School Districts, Manufacturing, and Health Care. He chose to pursue a career in accounting because he has always loved the challenge of fixing problems and working with numbers, attributing his career success to a combination of hard work and a continuous pursuit of learning. Mark and his wife live in Little Rock and have three children. In his free time, he can usually be found golfing, hunting, or engaging in other outdoor pursuits.
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Director/ECPA Liaison
Director/ECPA Liaison
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Director
Director
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Director
Director
Robert G. “Greg” Schichtl II, CPA, Partner withLandmark PLC CPAs in Conway, AR. He has been a member of the ARCPA since 1992, where he serves on the Accounting Principles & Auditing Committee. He previously served on the Federal Tax Institute and Peer Review Committees. Greg has over 30 years of experience providing audit, tax and business advisory services to small-to-medium size businesses, nonprofit organizations, and governmental entities.
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Director
Director
Blair H. Trotter, CPA, Chief Financial Officer at Blakeman's Fine Jewelry in Rogers, AR. She has been a member of ARCPA since 2013 and is a 2019 graduate of ARCPA’s Leadership Academy. She is active in the Northwest Chapter of CPAs, where she currently serves as Vice President. She is also an active member of the Industry Commerce & Banking Committee (Chair 2022-2023) and the Emerging CPAs Committee, and has served on the Strategic Planning Committee, LEAD Academy Planning Task Force, and the Bylaws Task Force. Blair began her career in accounting with HoganTaylor LLP, where she provided assurance services to a wide range of privately held clients in various industries including manufacturing, distribution, retail, and non-for-profit organizations. She left public accounting in 2015 to join CaseStack as their Controller, and then joined Central States Manufacturing in 2022.
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Director
Director
Shawn R. Grotte, CPA, Partner with Forvis Mazaars LLP in Little Rock, AR. He has been a member of ARCPA since 2012. He originally licensed in Texas in 2001 and got his Arkansas reciprocal license in 2008. He earned his accounting degree from Texas A&M University-College Station in 1996. Before joining Forvis, Mark was a senior manager with KPMG, LLP in Dallas, TX. He has more than 23 years of experience providing accounting and audit services to large and small privately held and publicly traded insurance and financial services companies.
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Director
Director
Christopher J. Mitchell,CPA, Chief Financial Officer with Capstone Wellness in Searcy, AR. He has been an ARCPA member since 2017. He graduated from Harding University in Searcy. Prior to his role as CFO, Chris spent 13 years in governmental accounting in the fields of audit and fraud investigation. Chris’s experience in fraud investigation brought to light the need for accountants to be intuitive and emotionally intelligent as they engage with numbers and with the people behind the numbers. His work in audit highlighted the need for accounting professionals to be able to clearly communicate accounting terms and principles to both accounting professionals and non-accounting professionals in a manner that is clear, concise, and meaningful to the people served by the audits. Chris lives in Searcy with his wife, three children, and a chicken.
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Director
Director
Rick Morgan-Ashley, CPA, Founder and Managing Member of J. Richard Morgan, CPA, PLLC in Smackover, AR. He has been an ARCPA since 2017. He has been active in the South Chapter (President 2022), and has served on the Federal Tax Institute, Professional Ethics, and Taxation committees. He earned his accounting degree from Northwestern State University. Rick provides bookkeeping, payroll, financial statement preparation, tax preparation, and audit services to his clients. Prior to starting his public accounting firm in 2019, Rick was a tax accountant for five years at Murphy Oil USA, Inc. in El Dorado, Arkansas. Prior to that, he served 11 years as an Internal Revenue Agent with the Internal Revenue Service. Rick has built his career on relationships, integrity, and a commitment to continuous improvement. As a member of the ARCPA Board of Directors, Rick hopes to contribute to the society’s continued success and the advancement of the accounting profession.