Bio and contact information for: Gene Fortson

Board of Directors Gene Fortson - Position 9 board@littlerock.org
HOME 133 Hickory Creek Circle Little Rock, AR 72212 (501) 868-4664	OFFICE Little Rock City Hall 500 West Markham, Room 203 Little Rock, AR 72201 (501) 371-4510

Personal:

Born in North Little Rock
Graduate of North Little Rock Public Schools
Received a Associate of Arts Degree from Little Rock Junior College
Received a Bachelor of Arts Degree from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
Completed Graduate work in Economics at Wichita Sate University in Wichita, Kansas
Graduate of the School of Banking, Kellogg Management School of Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois
Member, St. James United Methodist Church
Married to the former Gaylia Causey
Family: Three (3) adult children and six (6) grandchildren; all of whom reside in LittleRock

Professional:

Vice Mayor: January 2009 - Present
Little Rock City Board of Directors: September 2006 – Present
(Term Expires 12/31/12)
Presently Director of First Security Bank, and Director of First Security Bancorp
Various position in banking for more than twenty (20) years at Worthen Bank and Trust in Little Rock; including five (5) years as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Chief Executive Officer of Stebbins and Roberts, Inc. (Sterling Paint Manufacturing Company) for sixteen (16) years
Served two (2) years as President of Colorguild, Inc., an international paint marketing and manufacturing cooperative operating in fifteen (15) countries
Partner in other business enterprises including a food processing business, several multi-family residential developments in Central Arkansas and two (2) golf courses

Community:

Appointed by Governor Bill Clinton as one of seven (7) founding Trustees of Pulaski Technical College
Member, St. Vincent Infirmary Medical System Board of Director (1986-2006)
Former Member, 50 for the Future
Former Board Member and President, Centers for Youth and Families, Little Rock
Co-Chairman, Transportation Task Force, Vision Little Rock Member, Little Rock Airport Commission 1997 – September 2006; serving three (3) terms as Chairman

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