PLSB Members
Dr. Tiffany Bone Email: tbone@fortsmithschools.org Fort Smith Public Schools, Assistant Superintendent
Representing: Arkansas ASCD as Executive Director Term Expires: June 30, 2026 |
![]() Hosea Born Email: hosea.born@hpsdistrict.org Middle School Art Teacher, Hope Public School District Representing: Arkansas Education Association |
Dr. Kimberley Davis Email:daviski@uapb.edu Dean of the School of Education at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Representing: Public Institutions of Higher Education and Arkansas Association of Colleges for Teacher Education Term Expires: June 30, 2027 |
![]() Brenda Brown Email: twinsbrenda83@gmail.com Helena/West Helena School District Representing: Classroom Teachers - Birth-Kindergarten and Arkansas Education Association Term Expires: June 30, 2027 |
![]() Email: thompsonka@nlrsd.org North Little Rock School District, 3rd Grade Teacher
Representing: ASTA (Arkansas State Teachers Association) Term Expires: June 30, 2026 |
![]() Dr. Victoria Groves-Scott Email: vickigs@uca.edu University of Central Arkansas Representing: Public Deans of Higher Education Term expires: June 30, 2025 |
![]() Kathy Howell Email: kathy.howell@csdar.org Clarksville School District Representing: Classroom Teachers – Kindergarten-Grade 6 and Arkansas Education Association Term Expires: June 30, 2025 |
![]() Dr. Alisha Shaw Email: ashaw@astate.edu Interim Department Chair Educational Leadership, Curriculum & Special Education Center for Excellence in Education Arkansas State University Representing: ArPEL Term Expires: June 30, 2027 |
![]() Dr. Harold Jeffcoat Email: harold.jeffcoat@vbsd.us Superintendent, Van Buren School District Representing: Arkansas Association of Educational Administrators Term Expires: June 30, 2027
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![]() John D. Keeling Principal, Dardanelle Middle School Representing: AAMLA through the Arkansas Association of Educational Administrators Term Expires: June 30, 2026 |
Dr. Karen Lasker Email: laskerk@conwayschools.net Director of Personnel, Conway Public Schools Representing: ArkASPA (The Arkansas Association of School Personnel Administrators) |
![]() Dr. Raymond W. “Donny” Lee, Jr. Email: dlee@harding.edu Harding University Representing: Private Institutions of Higher Education and Arkansas Association of Colleges of Teacher Education Term expires: June 30, 2025 |
![]() Dr. Luke Lovins Email: llovins@bay.K12.ar.us Superintendent, Bay School District Representing: AREA (Arkansas Rural Ed Association) Term expires: June 30, 2026 |
![]() Wendy Peer Email: wpeer@fortsmithschools.org Fort Smith Representing: Arkansas Education Association Term Expires: June 30, 2027 |
![]() Karli Saracini, Assistant Commissioner Educator Effectiveness Division of Educator Effectiveness & Licensure Representing: Arkansas Department of Education, Division of Elementary & Secondary Education Term Expires: N/A - Non-Voting Member |
Melissa Speers Email: melissa.speers@jsdlions.net Superintendent at Jessieville School District Representing: AAEA Term Expires: June 30, 2026 |
![]() Dr. Matthew Sutherlin, Director of Educator Preparation and Licensure Division of Educator Effectiveness & Licensure Representing: Arkansas Department of Education, Division of Elementary & Secondary Education Term Expires: N/A - Non-Voting Member |
![]() Dr. Phong Tran Email: Ptran@friendshipusa.org Superintendent at Friendship Aspire Schools for Arkansas Representing: Non-Licensed Teachers at Arkansas Public School Resource Center (APSRC) Term Expires: 2025
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![]() Dudley Webb, III Email: dudley.webb@lhwolves.net 5th Grade Teacher, Lake Hamilton School District; Reading and Writing Representing: Arkansas State Teachers Association (ASTA) Term Expires: June 30, 2026 |
![]() Tonya Williams Division of Child Care and Early Childhood Education Representing: Early Childhood Education Term Expires: N/A – Non-Voting Member |
For more information, please contact:
Fax: 501-682-3781
Whitney James, Managing AttorneyProfessional Licensure Standards Board
Four Capitol Mall - Box 30
Little Rock, AR 72201
Work Phone: (501) 682-0166
Email: Whitney.James@ade.arkansas.gov