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Becky holds a bachelor’s degree from Hendrix College and a Master of Public Administration from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. Her work in nonprofit began at the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra, where she spent six years raising money for music and music education throughout the state. During Becky’s time as Director of Development, she helped the ASO surpass its goal on a 3-year, $7 million fundraising campaign; she led the creation of Sharp – Young Professionals of the ASO; and she led ASO’s Arkansas Gives Day to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for the organization.

A planner who loves the details and a good checklist, Becky enjoys taking on big projects and events. As the Marketing & Event Manager at War Memorial Stadium and then as the Education Events Lead at Arkansas Business Publishing Group, she had the opportunity to bring together large groups for great experiences. Her favorite events to execute have been the Soiree Women’s Leadership Symposium, WFA’s Power of the Purse, and Arkansas Razorback football games at War Memorial.

In addition to her passion for the work of the WFA, Becky serves on the Hendrix College Alumni Association Board of Governors, the UA Little Rock Alumni Association Board, and she is the Vice President of Membership for the 4300 Club at the Home for Healing. If you would like to join Becky in her work to ensure economic security for Arkansas women and girls by making a contribution of your own time or resources to the WFA, Becky can be reached at [email protected].

Maddie was born and raised in Little Rock, Arkansas and is a proud graduate of Little Rock Central High School and the University of Central Arkansas. She holds a bachelors from UCA in public relations and a masters in public affairs from the O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs from Indiana University.

Carson is the recipient of the Our Lady of the Holy Souls Monsignor Allen Servant Leader Award and Mount St. Mary McAuley Achievement Award and earned all-conference honors as a freshman member of the MSM varsity basketball team. She competes in top-level club soccer with the back-to-back state champion Arkansas Rising ERNL-RL 07 and KC Athletics ECNL Midwest Super Cup teams.

In her freshman year at Mount, she was recognized as the top student in AP Human Geography, Honors English, Latin I, and the Honors Biology “Einstein Award” winner. As a rising sophomore, she will serve as a Belle Ambassador and looks forward to co-chairing the 25th Power of the Purse luncheon saluting 25 years of generational impact.

Known for her “Power Ideas”, she has nurtured many omnichannel campaigns from strategic development to award-winning recognition. Her twenty-seven year career spans the spectrum from copywriting to crisis communications to strategic digital lead-gen for clients in every imaginable category, including brands such as Verizon Wireless, J.B. Hunt, Walmart, Simmons Foods, Stephens Inc., Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital, Delta Dental, RiceTec, Inc. and Kinetic by Windstream.

A magna cum laude graduate and four-year NCAA Division I letter-winner at Centenary College of Louisiana with a degree in business communications, Sharon was recently named to the National Advertising Review Board, honored among the Top Women in Communication by PR Daily and the PR People of the Year by PR NEWS. She is a member of the Arkansas Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America and serves on the Emerald Forum of the American Association of Advertising Agencies. She has served as a guest speaker for the UALR College of Business, Centenary College Frost School of Business, University of Arkansas Walton School of Business and Rotary International Assembly and Conference.

Leading a two-time Arkansas Business of the Year and Best Place to work, Sharon is a two-time Arkansas Business Executive of the Year finalist, a member of the Arkansas Power List and Arkansas 200, graduate of Leadership Greater Little Rock (Class XVI), a 40 Under 40 honoree and the Women’s Foundation of Arkansas’ Woman of the Year in Business.

Passionate about community service, Sharon has served and donated pro bono agency services to countless boards and committees. She served as the President of the Rotary Club of Little Rock (Club 99) during its centennial celebration, earning the opportunity to chair the Rotary International Branding Committee alongside representatives from eight countries worldwide to launch the “People of Action” Campaign. She holds Rotary’s “Service Above Self” Award, the International Organization’s highest honor.

She currently serves as Vice President of Fifty for the Future and and founding member of the Arkansas Urology Foundation, as a member of the UALR College of Business Advisory Board and as second Vice President of the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame, putting her in position to serve as the organization’s first female president. She is the Governor’s appointee to the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Advisory Board and other initiatives to address the Opioid Crisis in Arkansas.

Sharon and her husband, Carl, have chaired record-breaking events and awareness for the Arkansas Hunger Relief Alliance’s Serving Up Solutions and UA-Pulaski Technical College’s Diamond Chef and Sharon is a past chair of the Central Arkansas Go Red for Women luncheon.

The Vogelpohls reside in the Pleasant Valley neighborhood of Little Rock where Sharon serves as “Chief Mothering Officer” to their two children, Carson (14) and Jonathan (11).

As well as a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., Francheska has a plethora of volunteer experience serving the minority population. She is very passionate about raising mental health awareness and drug prevention throughout her community. Francheska has dedicated her life to her living out her favorite quote which is “Our prime purpose in life is to help others. And if you can’t help them, at least don’t hurt them.”