DIPLOMATS

Diplomats serve as the ambassadors of the Chamber by greeting at Chamber events, helping new members get acquainted with the Chamber and attending ribbon cuttings & groundbreakings.

AMAUD MITCHELL

BOOTSIE ACKERMAN

Bootsie Ackerman is the District Director for Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3). She has supervised the district operations since 2011, overseeing offices in Rogers, Fort Smith, and Harrison. In her role as the District Director, she provides strategic leadership in planning Congressman Womack's district schedule and guides the efforts of his district staff to offer excellent constituent service.

BRITTNEY GULLEY

Brittney Gulley is the Director of Development for WelcomeHealth. Her passion for her job is infectious as she is always happy to talk about the wonderful non-profit she works for and to give tours of their state-of-the-art medical facility in the heart of Fayetteville. Born and raise in NWA, she is married and the proud mom of two boys. 

Brown Hanna

Carla Harris

With 13 years banking experience, Carla Harris is responsible for maintaining strong relationships with current Centennial Bank customers as well as cultivating new relationships with prospective customers while sharing products and services Centennial Bank has to offer.  ​

Carrie Gamble

Chris Hawkins

Christy Gillespie

Diana Nathan

Diana Nathan has been employed with Bank of Fayetteville since July 2016. She graduated from NSU in Tahlequah, OK with a Bachelors of Marketing. She enjoys volunteering, traveling, reading, and spending time with her husband, son, and two rescue beagles.

Don George

Don George is a retired pastor.  He and his wife, Vera, moved to NWA in 2004.  They have two daughters, five grandchildren and four great grandchildren.  Don and Vera work with their daughter and son-in-law who own Nelson Berna Funeral Home, Moore's Chapel Funeral home and Fairview Memorial Gardens. They enjoy their family and do some traveling in their spare time.

George Turner

Jake Ladue

Justin Huddleston

Kaylee Knittig

Kaylee Knittig has worked as the Director of Sales for the Courtyard in Fayetteville since 2014.  She has a passion for her community and loves bringing people to Fayetteville! She has served as a diplomat since June of 2016.

Keith Branch

Keith Branch is a PPA recognized Master and Craftsman photographer creating beautiful portraits of families and high school seniors for almost 40 years.  He also as expanded into commercial photography for headshots, product photography, architecture photography and food photography to help businesses make the best first impression. 
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Keith Moore

Keith Moore represents Servpro of Fayetteville/Springdale and Servpro of Western Washington/Crawford Counties as Sales Marketing Representative. Prior to his current position, Keith was an insurance agent. He logged 30 years in the insurance business. 

Kerry Hall

Kerry Hall is the fundraising and promotions Coordinator for the Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette for the NiE Newspaper in Education Literacy program. She has the passion and drive for all the students and schools in NWA. We now provide Digital on line access for all students and schools in NWA. I was born and raised in Chicago and came to Arkansas in 2003 and love it. I love spending time with my family and discovering new things to do in NWA. nwaonline.com/nie

Kirby Jett Harris

Larra Donaldson

Since starting as the Outreach and PR Director for Sam’s Furniture, Larra Donaldson has been able to fulfill her dream of serving people and the community. Her NWA roots serve her well when it comes to connecting peoples passions with local outreach. 479-435-0564, samsfurniture.net

Larry Marion

Lee Chalmers

Megan Hueso

Megan Hueso has been the GM of the Courtyard since 2014 and has worked with Marriott starting in 2007. She has a passion for customer service, community involvement and enjoying time with her family. She has been a diplomat since June of 2017.

Patrick Harrington

Patrick Harrington is a Fleet & Commercial Account Manager for the Lewis Automotive Group. He loves to help business owners save money on there transportation needs. He has served as a Diplomat with the Fayetteville Chamber since December of 2014. He was named Diplomat of the year for 2015. He enjoys Hunting and playing with his Grandchildren.

Penny Storms

Rita Wu

Robert Bradley

Russell Hill

Russell Hill serves as the Washington County Assessor. Elected into office in 2014, he takes great pleasure in serving the residents of the county that he was born and raised in.

Shannon McNeill-Sawney

Shannon McNeill-Sawney, Business Director for Arkansas Physical Health & Rehab,
matches and coordinates community, business, and corporate health and wellness needs with APHR. Together, with our years of multidisciplinary clinic experience and strong NWA ties, we implement strategies to keep the public and local businesses healthy! Shannon has been with APHR for over 23 years, was elected the Fayetteville Chamber 2018 Diplomat of the Year, and in addition is co-chair of the Fayetteville Chamber Diplomat Committee.

Sissy Peterson

Formerly the Administrative Director of Breast Imaging at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Sissy Pederson came home to Arkansas where she was Director of Imaging Services at Washington Regional for eight years before retiring. Lending support to the Komen Board of Directors Executive Committee (Ozark Affiliate) and to the WRMC United Way as Campaign Coordinator Sissy has always enjoyed bringing cause and community together.    She is a Certified Radiology Administrator and belongs to the Association for Medical Imaging Management.  Honored to be a graduate of both Leadership Fayetteville and Leadership Springdale, she serves as Emeritus on the Fayetteville team.

Tim Snively

Vicki Bronson

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Diplomat applications are accepted all year long. There is a limited number of available positions; applications are placed on a waiting list until there is an opening.

For more information please contact chamber@fayettevillear.com