The Winthrop Rockefeller Institute - University of Arkansas System

Key Staff Guide

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• Conference Services
• Executive Staff
• Gift Shop
• Human Resources/Accounting
• Maintenance and Groundskeeping
• Marketing and Communications
• Outreach
• Programs
• River Rock Grill/Conference Dining
• Tech Support

Executive Staff

Christy Carpenter
Chief Executive Officer
501-727-6218

“The Winthrop Rockefeller Institute is an extraordinary resource for thought leadership, and I’m honored to have the opportunity to head it at a time of tremendous national and international change, when fresh perspectives and multi-disciplinary collaboration is so urgently needed. I look forward to working with the University of Arkansas and its leaders to draw upon the University’s intellectual talent as we shape a more dynamic and robust agenda for the Institute going forward.”
-Christy Carpenter

Christy Carpenter has more than 30 years of experience in media, marketing and nonprofit management. Most recently, she served as executive vice president and chief operating officer of The Paley Center for Media managing its operations in New York and Los Angeles. The Paley Center convenes top-level executives, journalists and creative talent from the converging industries of media and technology to discuss critical issues on media – its role in democracy, business dynamics, and influence on lives and culture. Based at the Center’s New York headquarters, she helped lead the institution through a period of positive transformation.

Prior to joining the Paley Center, Carpenter was appointed by President Clinton to the Board of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting in 1998, where she served as vice chair. She continues to serve on the board of KCET, the largest public television station in southern California. Previously, in San Francisco, she served as executive vice president and chief operating officer for the Wine Institute and as the senior executive for professional and public services for the State Bar of California. A lawyer by training, she was an early pioneer in online services during the 1980s and served as vice president and group director for the international public relations firm Hill & Knowlton in New York.

Early in her career, Carpenter worked for all three branches of the federal government, including clerking for former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Tom C. Clark when he served as a U.S. Court of Appeals judge after retiring from the nation’s highest court. She received her bachelor’s degree from Brown University and her law degree from the American University Law School as well as completing a year of studies at the London School of Economics.

 

Kathy Edgerton
Director of Communications and Marketing
501-727-6226 

Jim Fix
Director of Hospitality Operations
501-727-6210

Gary Greene
Chief Financial Officer
501-727-6218

Angie York
Director of Outreach
501-727-6257

Leo York
Director of Maintenance and Construction
501-727-6214
 

Programs

Amy Stockton
Senior Program Coordinator
501-727-6265

Robert Hall
Culinary Programs Coordinator
501-727-6243

Ashley Snellenberger
Programs Associate
501-727-6220

Conference Services

Jim Fix
Director of Hospitality Operations
501-727-6210 

Tracy Kendrick
Conference Services Representative/Front Desk Director
501-727-6227

Kristin Ramsey
Conference Services Representative
501-727-6253

Sue Thomson
Conference Services Representative/Room Quality Director
501-727-6208

Darrell Wallace
Conference Services Representative
501-727-6209
 

Marketing and Communications

Kathy Edgerton
Director of Communications and Marketing
501-727-6226

Jessica Kelley
Creative Director
501-727-6251

Jana Wood
Public Relations Coordinator
501-727-6239 

Outreach

Angie York
Director of Outreach
501-727-6257
 

Gift Shop

Gerry Soltz
Gift Shop Manager
501-727-6249

Maintenance and Groundskeeping

Leo York
Director of Maintenance and Construction
501-727-6214

Kari Karnes
Horticulturist
501-727-6247


Human Resources/Accounting

Gary Greene
Chief Financial Officer
501-727-6218

LaDonna Cole
Controller
501-727-6204 

Deanna Doughty
Benefits Manager
501-727-6205