Business Services Coordinators
Arkansas has 10 Local Workforce Development Areas (LWDA), and each area has a business services coordinator on hand to assist you! You will find the contact information for the business services coordinator in your LWDA below. If you aren’t sure which LWDA you are in, please refer to the map at the bottom of the page.
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Central Arkansas
Vivian Brittenum
501-676-2721 | vivian.brittenum@capdd.org
Eastern Arkansas
Tracy Hinton
Office 870-261-6434 | Cell 870-318-4696 | tracy.l.hinton@arkansas.gov
Little Rock Arkansas
Rani Cooksey
Office 501- 682-8038 | Cell 501-335-5481 | rani.cooksey@arkansas.gov
North Central Arkansas
Taylor Smith
870-793-5233 | taylor@wrpdd.org
Northeast Arkansas
Mike Willyerd
870-239-6533 | mwillyerd@neaworks.com
Northwest Arkansas
Patty Methvin
870-741-6873 | pmethvin@nwaedd.org
Southeast Arkansas
Candice Taylor
870-536-1971 | candice.taylor@southeastarkansas.org
Southwest Arkansas
Annette Hughey
Office 870-234-4030 | Cell 870-562-9351 | annette.hughey@arkansas.gov
West Central Arkansas
Cora Easterday
Office 501-525-7577 ext. 1013 | Cell 501-760-0014 | ceasterday@wcapdd.org
Western Arkansas
Ashlie Ross
479-785-2651 | aross@wapdd.org
