Board of Directors

We are a 509(a)(3) supporting organization of the University of Arkansas System. The Institute was established in 2005 by the Winthrop Rockefeller Charitable Trust in partnership with the UA System, which continues to support the Institute’s operations and programmatic initiatives. The Institute’s board is composed of nine members, five of whom are appointed by Jay B. Silveria, president of the University of Arkansas System.

Dr. Deborah Baldwin

Chair

Associate Provost at UA Little Rock, and Director of the UA Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture. 

Dr. Deacue Fields

Vice-Chair

Vice President of Agriculture for the University of Arkansas System

Lisenne Rockefeller

Secretary

President of The Winrock Group, Inc.

Dr. Carla Martin

Board Member

Vice Chancellor of Finance & Administration at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff

Bob McKuin

Board Member

Retired, telecommunications and technology industries, including AT&T and Alltel

Gus Vratsinas

Board Member

Chairman of Bailey Construction and Consulting, LLC in Little Rock

Will Rockefeller

Board Member

Managing Director of Private Banking at Bank OZK

Lisa Willenberg

Board Member

Chancellor of the University of Arkansas Community College at Morrilton

Dr. Wendy Ward

Board Member

Associate Provost for Faculty at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences