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Little Rock board confirms slate of appointments to advisory boards and commissions after executive session

Little Rock City Board of Directors · May 6, 2026
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Summary

After an executive session on May 5, the board reconvened and approved appointments to multiple advisory boards and commissions, including the Age Friendly Commission, Animal Services Advisory Board, Arts and Culture Commission, and more; votes were recorded by voice.

The Little Rock City Board of Directors reconvened from executive session on May 5 and approved a slate of appointments to advisory boards and commissions across city government.

The meeting record lists appointments approved by voice vote to the following bodies (as read into the record): Age Friendly Commission (Joe Okiki; Katie [last name unclear in transcript]; Jeremy L. Martin), Animal Services Advisory Board (Brent Bridal), Arts and Culture Commission (Yelena Petriquina), Board of Adjustment (Ronald Roberts), City Beautiful Commission (Robert Lowery), Commission on Children, Youth and Families (Kristen Koningfest), Community Housing Advisory Board (Andrea Fresh, Philip Hood, Denise White, Anthony Nichols), Historic District Commission (Scott Green), Little Rock Citizens Review Board (Torrealicia Brewer), Little Rock Planning Commission (Kevin Haney), Little Rock Sustainability Commission (Kari Brady, Jeremy Steele, Tamara Walker, Carla Marisi), Oakland Fraternal Historic Cemetery Board (Sherrill Snodgrass), Public Safety Commission (James Dole, Kendall Summons, Solomon Graves), and Sister City's Commission (Edward Haddock, Summer Carey, Brandon Morris, Juan Hernandez).

Each appointment was approved by voice vote after reconvening; the presiding officer announced the ayes carried for the listed nominees. The meeting transcript records the full list of names as read into the record; where the transcript transcribes a name unclearly, the board’s official minutes or city human-resources records should be consulted for authoritative spelling.

Next steps: appointees will be notified per city process and will assume duties according to each commission’s schedule and charter.

(Provenance: appointments read into the record following the executive session and recorded in the meeting transcript.)