UAMS Friends and Alumni
 

Our Team


Our team of advancement professionals is ready to assist you in partnering with and supporting UAMS. For general information contact us through one of the options listed below. To contact a member of our team directly, please consult the list below.

Primary Contact Information

Phone: 501-686-8200
Fax: 501-686-5067
Email: advancement@uams.edu
Mailing Address:
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Office of Institutional Advancement
4301 W. Markham, #716
Little Rock, AR 72205-7199

Staff Directory

Administration
Lance Burchett
Vice Chancellor for Institutional Advancement 501-686-7950 lance@uams.edu
Brigitte Grant
Associate Vice Chancellor for Development
501-526-7197
bmgrant@uams.edu
Doris Ching
Assistant to the Vice Chancellor for Institutional Advancement
501-686-7950
dching@uams.edu
Amanda May Assistant to the Associate Vice Chancellor for Development
501-686-8200 agmay@uams.edu
Advancement Services
Wade Beard, MBA Senior Director of Advancement Services 501-526-7752 beardarthurw@uams.edu
Lynn Brewington
Database Administrator
501-603-1301
gbrewington@uams.edu
Rhonda Cantu Data Information Specialist 501-686-6066 rcantu@uams.edu
Sunny Kraus Associate Director of Advancement Services 501-686-8015 kraussunnyt@uams.edu
Narissa Perry Associate Director of Donor Records 501-526-6087 nkperry@uams.edu
Charliss Russ, MBA, CFRE Director of Prospect Management and Research 501-686-5674 cmruss@uams.edu
Foundation Administration
Barbara Esch, MACC
Associate Director of Foundation Administration
501-526-6469 barbaraeschd@uams.edu
Paula Ray Donor Records Specialist 501-686-8044 raypaulag@uams.edu
Gloria Sanders Disbursement Specialist 501-686-8600 sandersgloriad@uams.edu
Linda Stone, CPA Assistant Vice Chancellor of Foundation Administration
501-686-5635 stonelindag@uams.edu
Linda Thompson Donor Records Specialist 501-526-7198 thompsonlindaa@uams.edu
Advancement Programs
Laura Gentry, MBA Senior Director of Special Events 501-686-7327 legentry@uams.edu
Laura Haskett Associate Director of Advancement Programs 501-686-5685 lahaskett@uams.edu
May Prosper
Project Specialist
501-526-6323
prospermayg@uams.edu
Brandi Stafford, MSMC Executive Director of Advancement Programs
501-686-8364 bbstafford@uams.edu
Development
Central Office 
Marsha Ballard, J.D.
Assistant Vice Chancellor of Development Operations
501-526-5029
ballardmarsha@uams.edu
Art Horne, FAHP, CFRE Executive Director of Development 501-686-8957 ahorne@uams.edu
Bob Kinzel
Director of Planned Giving
501-686-7894
rlkinzel@uams.edu
Stephen Schafer, PhD Executive Director of Corporations and Foundations 501-686-8168
sjschafer@uams.edu
Cristy Sowell Director of Development 501-526-5049 chsowell@uams.edu
College of Health Professions
Brooke Ivy, MPA Director of Development 501-686-7203 bivy@uams.edu
College of Medicine
Amy Brown
Executive Assistant
501-526-4232
atbrown2@uams.edu
Chasse Conque, MBA Director of Development 501- 526-7399
csconque@uams.edu
Judith McClain Executive Director - Alumni Affairs 501-526-4330 jmcclain@uams.edu
Ginny Rice
Director Special Programs and Activities, Alumni Association
501-686-6684
riceginny@uams.edu
Renie Rule Executive Director of Development 501-526-8134 rprule@uams.edu
Donna Smith Associate Director of Development 501-526-8166 dnsmith@uams.edu 
Keri Taylor
Assistant Director Special Events and Student Activities, Alumni Association
501-526-6930
kltaylor@uams.edu
College of Nursing
Cynthia Gregory Director of Development 501-603-1413 cmgregory@uams.edu
Kimberly Scruggs
Administrative Assistant
501-526-7853
krscruggs@uams.edu
College of Pharmacy
Leigh Austin
Administrative Anaylst
501-686-6497
lbaustin@uams.edu
Jan Hastings Associate Dean for Development 501-686-6472 hastingsjank@uams.edu
Ann Turney Senior Director of Development 501-686-6391 annturney@uams.edu
Jonathan Wolfe, PhD Director of Planned Giving
501-686-6498 wolfejonathanj@uams.edu
College of Public Health
Art Horne Executive Director of Development 501-686-8957 ahorne@uams.edu
Graduate School
Art Horne Executive Director of Development 501-686-8957 ahorne@uams.edu
UAMS Medical Center
Joanna Patterson
Project Program Manager
501-686-7898
pattersonjoannam@uams.edu
Sue Williamson, CFRE Senior Director of Donor Development Programs 501-686-5675 williamsonsues@uams.edu
UAMS Northwest
Tim Hudson Director of Development 479-684-5124 twhudson@uams.edu
Missy Raley
Executive Assistant
479-713-8000
mraley@uams.edu
Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging
Kathy Taylor
Director of Development 501-686-8401 khtaylor@uams.edu
Jackson T. Stephens Spine & Neurosciences Institute
Art Horne Executive Director of Development 501-686-8957
ahorne@uams.edu
Harvey and Bernice Jones Eye Institute
Shannon Hughen-Giger Director of Advancement and Marketing 501-686-5150 shgiger@uams.edu
Myeloma Institute for Research and Therapy
Janet Aronson Director of Development and Communications

501-526-6990 ext. 2402

aronsonjanetl@uams.edu

Victor Varnado  Associate Director of Development and Communications  501-526-6990  vnvarnado@uams.edu 
Psychiatry Research Institute
Meredith Fraiser
Project/Program Specialist
501-526-8166
fraisermeredithg@uams.edu
Betty Tucker, J.D. Senior Director of Development 501-526-2873

batucker@uams.edu

Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute
Barbara Nesler
Foundation and Development Coordinator
501-526-6690 ext. 8097
neslerbarbarae@uams.edu
Brenda Scisson Executive Director of the Cancer Institute Foundation Fund 501-686-6064 blscisson@uams.edu
Jeanette Shack
Administrative Coordinator
501-526-2277
shackjeanettel@uams.edu
Cory Leigh Taylor Director of Development 501-296-1504 ext. 1682 cltaylor@uams.edu
Catherine Tapp Director of Special Events  501-526-6990, ext. 8093 cgtapp@uams.edu