Staff

Margaret Birdsong

Margaret Birdsong is the Donor Services Coordinator for the Arkansas Community Foundation.  In this role, Margaret help donors make grants from their advised funds and works with scholarship fund donors, students and colleges to help Arkansas kids get an education.  Margaret is a Little Rock native and a UALR graduate.  She has been with the Foundation since 1999.

Sheryl Colclough

Sheryl Colclough, Affiliate Director for the Arkansas Community Foundation joined the staff in 2001. She oversees the ongoing planning and organizing of ARCF’s 27 local offices throughout Arkansas, providing consulting, training, technical support as well as presentations regarding endowments and their benefits during her regular visits around the state.

Sheryl is a native of Little Rock and attended Henderson State University in Arkadelphia, where she earned a Bachelor’s degree in speech communications. Prior to joining the ARCF staff, Sheryl served as the Director of the Mentoring Resource Center with the United Way of Pulaski County.

Lisa Duckworth

Lisa Duckworth is the Finance Associate for the Arkansas Community Foundation. Lisa was hired in June 2004 as the Executive Assistant to the President and was promoted to the Finance Department in April 2006.

Lisa is a native of Forrest City, Arkansas where she graduated from Forrest City High School. After graduation, she spent 2 years at Henderson State University in Arkadelphia. She moved to Little Rock, Arkansas and was hired at IMPAC Learning Systems, Inc. where she worked for 18 years. Lisa is the mother of 3 sons and a member of Second Baptist Church - John Barrow.

Trina Greuel

Trina Greuel, a native of Oklahoma, graduated magna cum laude from Southwestern Oklahoma State University, where she majored in accounting. Her background includes over 17 years of experience with for-profit and not-for-profit organizations. She has served as senior accountant at Beverly Health and Rehabilitation Services, Inc., in Fort Smith and as accountant for Pollution Management, Inc., in Little Rock.

In 1997 she became director of finance for Goodwill Industries of Arkansas, where she oversaw all financial accounting, insurance activities, annual budgeting and audit preparation for the organization.

She and her husband Jerry live in Benton and enjoy volunteering with Big Brothers Big Sisters.

David E. Johnson

As ARCF’s Vice President for Community Investment, David E. Johnson provides leadership for the Foundation’s role as a convener on issues important to Arkansas and its communities.

Johnson has practiced law at Wright, Lindsey & Jennings LLP, a Little Rock law firm, where he engaged in a commercial and general business law practice. He received his B.A. at Georgetown University, after which he served as a staff assistant for the United States Senate Committee on Small Business chaired by United States Senator Dale Bumpers.

Johnson graduated law school at the University of Arkansas in 1997, after which he joined the Pulaski County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office as Deputy Prosecuting Attorney. Johnson is chair of the Board of Stewards of First United Methodist Church in Little Rock. He serves on Board of Directors of Youth Home, a Little Rock nonprofit organization that serves emotionally troubled adolescents and their families. Johnson is a faithful volunteer at Stew Pot, a lunch ministry in Downtown Little Rock. He and his wife, Amy, have two daughters.

Jane Jones

Jane Jones is the Development and Outreach Assistant for Arkansas Community Foundation. She was hired in December 2007.

Jane is a native of northeast Arkansas and a graduate of Harding University. After graduation, Jane moved to Dallas, Texas where she enjoyed a 10 year career with American Airlines. Jane moved back to her home state of Arkansas in 1997. Jane is the wife of Dave Jones, and a member of Fellowship Bible Church.

Sarah Kinser

Sarah Kinser joined the staff of ARCF in 2007. As communications director, she has the pleasure of collecting and telling stories about the impact of ARCF’s grantmaking and the donors whose generosity makes Arkansas a better place to live.

A true native Arkansan, Sarah lived in Jonesboro, Fayetteville, Conway, Benton and Prescott all before the age of 18. After earning a B.A. in English from Lambuth University in Jackson, Tennessee, she returned home to Central Arkansas, where she worked for the Arkansas Literary Festival for two years. She recently earned a master’s degree in professional and technical writing at UALR.

In addition to her work at the Community Foundation, Sarah is also a freelance writer, active volunteer with the Argenta Community Garden and founding member of the Young Nonprofit Professionals Network - Little Rock chapter.

Heather Larkin

Heather Larkin joined the Arkansas Community Foundation in 1998 and became its President and CEO in January 2008. She is committed to and enjoys engaging people and connecting resources to build stronger communities in Arkansas.

In 2010, Heather was named one of the top 20 Influential Women in Arkansas by Arkansas Business. In 2009, she was named on as one of the “25 for the Future” list, a list of Arkansans who will make headlines in years to come. She was also named as a “Scholar in Residence” at the Clinton School of Public Service for exemplary contributions in the field of community philanthropy.

Heather is a Hull Fellow and attended the Hull Leadership Program, a program to nurture and inspire the Southeast’s next generation of philanthropic leaders. In 2005, she was selected as one of five Americans to be a Transatlantic Community Foundation Fellow. The Fellowship enabled her spend three weeks in Europe exploring issues of nonprofit governance, strategic planning, grantmaking, investments and public/private partnerships.

Heather is a native of Charleston, Arkansas. She attended Hendrix College in Conway, Arkansas, and while at Hendrix, she competed in several sports including cross-country, track, and basketball. Upon graduating with distinction in Economics and Business, she went to work for Ernst and Young, LLP and became a Certified Public Accountant. After working at Ernst and Young for a couple of years, she returned to the academic arena and graduated from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock School of Law. While at the UALR School of Law she served as Survey/Comments Editor for the UALR Law Journal.

Heather is a board member of the Southeast Council of Foundations, the Women’s Foundation of Arkansas, and Just Communities of Arkansas. She was inducted into the Hendrix Athletic Hall of Honor in 2007. She is also a member of various organizations including Rotary Club 99 in Little Rock, and is a Paul Harris Fellow. Heather is a graduate of Leadership Greater Little Rock class 19 and of Leadership Arkansas Class 1. She is a current member and past president of Arkansas Women Executives and of the Arkansas Council of the National Committee on Planned Giving. She is a member of Quapaw Quarter United Methodist Church.

Melissa Stiles

Melissa Stiles is the Development Director for Arkansas Community Foundation. With more than thirteen years of development experience, Melissa understands the importance and value of philanthropy and enjoys working with donors to make their charitable wishes become reality.

Melissa is a native Arkansan and a cum laude graduate of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, where she received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Speech Communication with a minor in Marketing. She has put her degree to work in the field of development working for such organizations as the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra, Centers for Youth & Families and St. Vincent Foundation.

In addition to her work at ARCF, Melissa is the president-elect for the Association of Fundraising Professionals – Arkansas Chapter and the 2010 Outstanding Fundraising Professional award recipient. She is also active in the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra Society Guild.