Walton Arts Center fills new COO role

Jeffrey Mann is the new chief operating officer of the Walton Arts Center in Fayetteville. In the new role, Mann will oversee all facility operations, marketing and public relations of both Walton Arts Center and Walmart Arkansas Music Pavilion (AMP) in Rogers and guide Walton Arts Center’s programming and education initiatives.

Most recently Mann was vice president of live events promoter Outback Presents in Nashville, Tenn. Mann also spent five years with Live Nation as a general manager of Xfinity Center and Orpheum Theater in Boston. Before that he was COO of the International Association of Venue Managers, a global trade association for venue professionals.

NEW HIRES
Accounting
Kaitlin Nabholz
Rogers
Employer: Nabholz
Title: assistant controller
Previous employer: RSM US LLP
Previous title: assurance manager

Banking & Finance
Latisha Pinkston
Fayetteville
Employer: United Bank
Title: mortgage loan originator
Previous employer: Centennial Bank
Previous title: mortgage trainer

Zelda Parson
Springdale
Employer: Arkansas & Missouri Railroad
Title: vice president of finance
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Food Production
Paul Davis
Springdale
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Nonprofit
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Technology
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Trish Watkins
Fayetteville
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Emma Pierce
Fayetteville
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Fayetteville
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