State Conference History

Conference History

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Celebrating 37 Years of History

2023 marks the 37th anniversary of the Arkansas State Human Resources Conference and Expo. We would like to acknowledge our past conference themes and the conference chairpersons who worked tirelessly to make all the 30 years of our conference a success!

• 1986 - August 14-16, Hot Springs | Anticipating the Future | Chair: Ben Traylor
• 1987 - August 13-15, Hot Springs | HR Tomorrow's Competitive Edge | Tim Orellano, PHR
• 1988 - August 4-6, Ft. Smith | Adventures in Human Resources | Tim Orellano, PHR
• 1989 - September 28-30, Little Rock | Building Bridges to the 21st Century | Aaron Lubin
• 1990 - August 23-25, Hot Springs | Challenge of Change | Helen Moore
• 1991 - August 15-17, Springdale | The Rock n Roll of HR | Bruce Johanson
• 1992 - August 6-8, Hot Springs | Winning Strategies | Helen Moore
• 1993 - August 18-21, Jonesboro | Discover the Difference | Jim Corter, SHRM-SCP, SPHR
• 1994 - August 17-20, Hot Springs | HR Law | Russell Gunter, SPHR
• 1995 - August 10-12, Springdale | HR: The Final Frontier | Don Marr, PHR
• 1996 - August 15-17, Hot Springs | HR 96: Going for the Gold | Donna Merriweather, SHRM-SCP, SPHR
• 1997 - August 7-9, Springdale | HR Shines | Linda Cote, PHR
• 1998 - August 4-7, Little Rock | HR Rocks in the Rock | Allen Dobson, JD, SPHR
• 1999 - August 3-6, Jonesboro | Making HR Magic | Hal Wyatt, SHRM-SCP, SPHR
• 2000 - August 1-4, Hot Springs | HR 2000: It's a Jungle Out There | Lin Blair, SHRM-SCP, SPHR
• 2001 - July 31-August 3, Hot Springs | Weathering the Seasons of Change | JC Cote, PHR

2002 - April 16-19 | Fayetteville

Ed Wheeler, PHR & Donna Davis, PHR

 
2003 - April 23-25 | Little Rock

Sam Carr

 
2004 - April 7-9 | Hot Springs

Irene DeHuff, SPHR

 
2005 - April 6-8 | Hot Springs

Kathleen McComber, SHRM-SCP, SPHR

 
2006 - April 5-7 | Hot Springs

Debbie Wheeler, PHR, SHRM-CP

 
2007 - April 25-27 | Ft. Smith

Kim Finne, PHR, SHRM-CP

 
2008 - April 23-25 | Springdale

Beth Graves, PHR, SHRM-CP

 
2009 - April 6-8 | Hot Springs

Steve Schulte, JD, SHRM-CP, SPHR

 
2010 - April | Ft. Smith

Michele Burns, SHRM-SCP, SPHR

 
2011 - April 13-15 | Hot Springs

Holley Little & Kathleen McComber, SPHR

 
2012 - April 25-27 | Springdale

Cathleen Hoffman, SHRM-SCP, SPHR & Danielle Wood, Ed.D

 
2013 - April 17-19 | Hot Springs

Allison Ramsey, PHR, SHRM-CP

 
2014 - April 9-11 | Ft. Smith

Jim Harris PHR, SHRM-CP & Eric Garvin, PHR

 
2015 - April 8-10 | Hot Springs

Tara Mauk Arthur, PHR, SHRM-CP

 
2016 - April 6-8 | Rogers

Jim Madden, SHRM-SCP, SPHR & Clifford Sandsmark SHRM-SCP, SPHR

 
2017 - April 5-7 | Hot Springs

Cammie Scott, SHRM-SCP, SPHR

 
2018 - April 4-6 | Hot Springs

Donna Merriweather, SHRM-SCP, SPHR

 
2019 - April 3-5 | Hot Springs
 

Teri Roper, PHR, SHRM-CP

 
2020 - April 1-3 | Rogers - Postponed due to COVID-19
 

Sheila Moss, SHRM-SCP, SPHR

 
2021 - Sep 29 - Oct 1 | Rogers
 

Sheila Moss, SHRM-SCP, SPHR

 
2022 - Oct 24-26 | Hot Springs
 

Dale Clinton, PHR

2023 - Oct 18-20 | Fort Smith
  

Cindy Ruffing, SHRM-SCP, SPHR