437 (2008), rejecting a ballot-title challenge to the Arkansas College Scholarship Lottery Amendment under Amendment 7 to the Arkansas Constitution Pulaski County v. 18, 2008), establishing the availability of a writ of certiorari from a circuit court to an inferior court under Amendment 80 to the Arkansas Constitution Cox v. 3d 812 (2009), dealing with federal ancillary jurisdiction in a health-care case Arkansas Democrat-Gazette v. His recent notable cases include Arkansas Blue Cross v. Jess Askew practices in the areas of business litigation, constitutional, media, and appellate law. McHenry has a BS in mathematics from Southern Arkansas University, and an MS in computer science and EdD in workforce development from the University of Arkansas. Commission on Civil Rights, and current national program director for the Leadership Training Institute of America.ĭr. McHenry has served in a number of university, public service, and non-profit organizations which include past-commissioner, past-regional chair, and past-board member of the University Continuing Education Association, past-chair of the Chamber of Commerce Leadership Fayetteville Education Committee, past-chair and current member of the Arkansas Fair Housing Commission, current chair of the Arkansas Advisory Committee to the U.S. In that capacity he managed the delivery of University of Arkansas academic courses and programs through the Departments of Independent Study, Off-Campus Classes, and National/International Credit Studies.ĭr. McHenry was director of credit studies for the University of Arkansas’ School of Continuing Education and Academic Outreach. McHenry also manages the center’s Community Aging Resources, Education and Services project (CARES).įrom 1996 to 2010, Dr. McHenry is responsible for the choice and delivery of the Center’s education programs for health professionals, paraprofessionals, and the general public. Smith earned a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and Mass Communication from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and her Juris Doctorate from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock Bowen School of Law.Gary McHenry is director of education for the Schmieding Center for Senior Health and Education, a Center on Aging affiliated with the University of Arkansas for Medical Science’s Reynolds Institute on Aging. I can’t wait to begin this new role and continue the work of improving the lives of Arkansas’s children and families.” “For more than 45 years, AACF has played a key role in keeping children’s issues at the forefront of people’s minds. “I am excited and look forward to continuing AACF’s long history of advocating on behalf of our state’s most vulnerable population, our children,” said Smith. Smith will be only the fifth Executive Director in AACF’s 45-year history. “Keesa has a strong commitment to the children and families of Arkansas, and she is prepared to lead AACF to new heights.” “We are grateful that, after a long and careful search, we have a new executive director,” said Ryan Davis, AACF Board of Directors President. Keesa Smith.īefore serving at DHS, Smith led the Department of Workforce Services’ Board of Review, overhauling processes that eliminated a backlog of more than 4,000 unemployment appeals and decreasing the wait time for clients for an agency response from 14 months to 23 days. ![]() Smith also served as Deputy Legal Counsel for former Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe, as a staff attorney at the Center for Arkansas Legal Services, and as a university instructor in Business and Constitutional Law. In that role, she oversaw the divisions responsible for the state’s child welfare, juvenile justice and early education programs during a time of significant transformation.ĭuring her time with DHS, Smith also served as the agency’s appointee on several boards and commissions, and as the Secretary’s designee on the Supreme Court Commission on Children, Youth and Families, and in her own capacity for the Racial Justice Taskforce and the Arkansas Court Improvement Program Advisory Council. ![]() ![]() Smith worked for the Arkansas Department of Human Services from 2013 until 2023 as the Deputy Director of Youth and Families. Smith will assume the role on February 20, AACF said. She replaces Rich Huddleston, who retired at the end of December. 2) that Keesa Smith has been named Executive Director. Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families (AACF) announced Thursday (Feb.
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