Marsha's Certifications

2019

Certified Inland Maritime Port Executive, International Association of Maritime and Port Executives/Loeb-Sullivan School of International Business and Logistics at Maine Maritime Academy

2012

Urban Retail: Essential Planning, Design and Management Practices, Harvard Graduate School of Design

2009

Graduate of Leadership Arkansas, Class III

2008

Professional Community and Economic Developer (PCED) Certification

Graduate of Community Development Institute, University of Central Arkansas Certified Community and Economic Developer

Retail Analysis and Development, University of Arkansas at Little Rock

Plat and Subdivision Law, Little Rock, AR (Lorman)

2007

Mid-South Basic Economic Development Course, University of Arkansas at Little Rock

Planning Strategically for the New Economy, University of Arkansas at Little Rock

Academic Background:

PhD | Texas Tech University
Political Science
Minor fields: Public Administration, Political Theory, Public Law

MPA | University of Alabama
Public Administration 

BS | University of Central Arkansas
Public Administration

Positions held:

2014 - Present | Consultant/Grant Writer

2015-2016 | Coordinator, City of Little Rock Main Street Creative Corridor

2013 - 2014 | Director, Jonesboro Metroplan Planning Organization 

2009 - 2013 | Research Planner, Metroplan

2006 - 2009 | Director of Community and Economic Development, City of Benton, AR 

2001 - 2006 | Assistant Professor of Public Administration, University of Arkansas at Little Rock