Tyson names new director over chaplain program

Michael Tarvin was recently named director of chaplain services for Springdale-based Tyson Foods.

Tarvin will be responsible for leading more than 120 workplace chaplains employed by the multinational meat giant. He replaces Chaplain Rick McKinnie, who is retiring.

Tarvin is a U.S. Army veteran with more than 30 years of service, serving as a chaplain with the 82nd Airborne Division and the 25th Infantry Division.

He was a also senior chaplain of Multi-National Corps in Iraq, where he supervised more than 300 chaplains in combat operations.

In addition to multiple military certifications, Tarvin also holds graduate degrees from Boston University, Brite Divinity School and the U.S. Army War College.

Tarvin previously worked as chief of pastoral care at military hospitals at Fort Carson, Colo., and Fort Lewis, Wash.