2025 Board of Directors
Since 1981, hundreds of community leaders have shared their strategic leadership skills, compassion for families with an ill or injured child, and their desire to remove worry from parents by serving on the board of Ronald McDonald House Charities of Arkansas & North Louisiana. They volunteer countless hours to ensure the success and sustainability of our core programs.
Eric Mangham
Chair
Executive Vice President, Arkansas Federal Credit Union
Phyllis Rogers, CPA, CGMA
Vice Chair
CFO, Arkansas Foundation for Medical Care
Brent Beaulieu
Treasurer
CFO, Baptist Health
David Avery
Immediate Past Chair
Vice President Government Affairs, Windstream
Sharmane Andrews
Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer, Simmons Bank
Joe Arnold
President & CEO, Carter Credit Union, Shreveport, LA
Heather Cherry, DNP, MHA, RN, NE-BC
Senior Vice President & Chief Nursing Officer, Arkansas Children’s Hospital
Sandy Cimino
Senior Vice President/Business Development – Community Bank of Louisiana, Shreveport, LA
Tyler Cole
Sales Account Manager, Tyson Foods, Springdale, AR
Susan Davenport, CPA, FHFMA
Philanthropist, Former Managing Partner Top 10 Accounting Firm
Jaf Fielder
President & CEO, Willis Knighton Health, Shreveport, LA
Mike Flagg
General Manager, Hiland Dairy
Brenda Ficklin
Sales Director, Little Rock Convention and Visitors Bureau
Stephanie Fletcher
Owner, Wishing Well Ranch, Past Family Representative, Sulphur Rock, AR
Roy Griggs
CEO Griggs Enterprise, Inc., Shreveport, LA
RMH Shreveport-Bossier Capital Campaign Chair
Michael Hadley
McDonald's Owner Operator, Fort Smith, AR
Bryce Larry
VP Commercial Lending Manager, Legacy Bank, Bentonville, AR
Cody Mathews
McDonald's Owner Operator, Mathews Management Company, Springdale, AR
Julie Mehlin
Legal Assistant, Moody Law Firm
Andrew Norman
Senior Project Manager, Nabholz Construction
Sara E. Peeples, MD, FAAP
Medical Director, UAMS NICU
Derek Pierce
Partner, Forvis Mazars
Deb Sefcik
SR Vice President, Commercial Lending First Community Bank
Gregory Sharp, M.D.
Chief Medical Officer, Arkansas Health Group
Barry Simon
President, Datamax, Inc.
Kay Stebbins
Director of Research & Analytics, Boyette Strategic Advisors
Alpha Delta Pi Alumna
Kelly Straessle
Senior Vice President of Facilities & Procurement, Centennial Bank
Paula Coffield Styers
Senior VP, Commercial Lending, Relyance Bank
Executive Committee
Kimberly Trell
Owner, Kimber Décor Events, Past Family Representative
Michelle Timmermans
Director of Customer Experience, J.B. Hunt, Fayetteville, AR
Darryl Webb
KIMCO Family Restaurants
Executive Committee
Amanda Williams
Director, Women's Leadership, Arkansas Farm Bureau Foundation
Dennis Young
Retired Independent Insurance Agent, Texarkana, AR
Our Staff
Brittnee Harmon
Database Manager, Northwest Arkansas & River Valley
Khari Williams
Guest Relations Specialist
RMH Little Rock
Daleana Vaughan
Program Manager
Ronald McDonald House Fort Smith
Tori Minor
Program Manager
Ronald McDonald House in Washington Regional Medical Center & Ronald McDonald Family Room in Mercy Rogers
Brittney Reynolds
Program Manager
Ronald McDonald Family Room in UAMS
Angie Biscomb
Volunteer & Community Engagement Associate
Little Rock
Savannah Skidmore
Volunteer & Community Engagement Associate
Northwest Arkansas
Krystal Critton
Volunteer & Community Engagement Associate
North Louisiana
Furry Friends
Our Director of Smiles & Director of Goodness are dedicated to providing the families and children at their House with snuggles, a wagging tail, and, most importantly, smiles.
Mac
Director of Smiles
RMH Little Rock
Archie
Director of Goodness
RMH Fort Smith
When families walk into the Ronald McDonald Houses in Fort Smith and Little Rock, our canine Directors ensure our guests are embraced with the love, joy, and comfort of a new friend.
Although they are not registered therapy dogs, they were trained to fulfill their job descriptions. Their chief roles are to provide our guest families with snuggles, a wagging tail and to lend a comforting paw to families dealing with the stress and complications of their child’s treatment. They also comfort our families who are missing their furry friends left at home. They are “in the office” Monday through Friday during business hours.
Archie Mac
Australian Labradoodle, 65 lbs. Goldendoodle. 65 lbs.
Birthday: March 16, 2022 Birthday: July 8, 2014
