by - September 22, 2025 4:53 pm
CDI Contractors, LLC announced Monday (Sept. 22) a series of leadership changes that included Mike Preston, former Arkansas Secretary of Commerce, being named CEO of the construction company owned by…
by - January 18, 2023 10:20 am
Former Arkansas Secretary of Commerce and Arkansas Economic Development Commission director Mike Preston is joining Stephens Inc. to start a new Site & Incentive Advisory (SIA) practice, the Little Rock-based…
by - November 3, 2021 10:35 am
Arkansas Secretary of Commerce Mike Preston sees an opportunity in the bottleneck choking global trade. Preston said the state’s geographic location, transportation advantages, and economic leadership chemistry has positioned Arkansas…
by - February 7, 2021 9:57 am
Arkansas Secretary of Commerce Mike Preston is juggling a lot these days: unemployment insurance, broadband expansion, a spate of bills at the legislature, and efforts to keep economic development projects…
by - October 20, 2019 9:54 am
While prospects abound for Arkansas in the Middle East and India, new Chinese investments have largely ground to a halt in Arkansas and U.S., according to Arkansas Secretary of Commerce…
by - April 28, 2019 10:17 am
With 750 new jobs announced over a three-day period, the state’s top jobs recruiter says the pipeline “is full” for more and he expects to close most, if not all,…
by - January 28, 2018 9:48 am
As part of Talk Business & Politics “2018 State of the State” magazine, three Arkansas executives offered their insights on the upcoming year and their expectations. Former Deltic Timber CEO…
by - July 30, 2017 9:38 am
Arkansas Economic Development Commission Executive Director Mike Preston said Gov. Asa Hutchinson and President Donald Trump’s administration deserve credit for the breakthrough with the reopening of U.S.-China rice and beef…
by - March 20, 2017 5:59 pm
A key program that is part of Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s workforce initiative to retrain and retool Arkansas’ blue collar-focused labor pool for a more technology-oriented economy could be at risk…
by - February 26, 2017 9:52 am
Arkansas Economic Development Commission Executive Director Mike Preston said there is brimming CEO confidence that has his agency’s pipeline of potential projects full. Preston, who appeared on this week’s edition…
by - December 11, 2016 10:53 am
Editor’s note: Mike Preston is executive director of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission. Opinions, commentary and other essays posted in this space are wholly the view of the author(s). –––––––––––––––––––…
by - July 6, 2015 9:58 am
Mike Preston, the new executive director of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission, sits in his fourth-floor office overlooking Capitol Avenue in downtown Little Rock on a sunny late-spring afternoon, sipping…
by - March 29, 2015 2:04 pm
On Thursday, Gov. Asa Hutchinson officially named Mike Preston as the new executive director of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission, the state agency charged with recruiting and retaining jobs. Preston…
