Our Staff

Office Staff

Donna Jones

Contact for community partnerships, collaboration, agency engagement 

 Director donnas@uark.edu 479-575-4365

Nakell Baker

Contact for VAC, campus and community partnerships, Passionate About Literacy, and Democracy Fellows

 Associate Director nakellb@uark.edu 479 575 4733

Delaney Farris-Dyer

Contact for Jane B. Gearhart Full Circle Food Pantry, Razorback Food Recovery, food donations 

 Assistant Director dgfarris@uark.edu 479 575 4179

Savanna Waddle

Contact for Dream B.I.G. and Be B.O.L.D.

 Mentoring Program Coordinator swaddle@uark.edu  

Work Study

Cassidy Burba

 Front Desk Assistant vac@uark.edu 479 575 4365

Shalese Treadwell

 Front Desk Assistant vac@uark.edu 479 575 4365

Natalie O'Brien

 Front Desk Assistant vac@uark.edu 479 575 4365

James Tullous

 Front Desk Assistant vac@uark.edu 479 575 4365

 

VOLUNTEER ACTION CENTER (VAC) 

Natalie O'Brien

 EXEC President vacpres@uark.edu 479 575 4365

Jacob Holmes

 EXEC VP of Operations  vacvpo@uark.edu 479 575 4365

Maya Lewis

 EXEC VP of Communications vacvpc@uark.edu 479 575 4365

Esther Beller

 EXEC VP of Board History and Education vachist@uark.edu  479 575 4365

MJ Ferguson

 EXEC VP of Inclusion and Programming vacpci@uark.edu 479 575 4365

Gwen Keith-Powell

 GivePulse Intern vacint@uark.edu  479 575 4365

Amanda Marquez

 Associate of Creative Content and Design vacam@uark.edu  479 575 4365

Lillian Griffith

 Associate of Web Strategy and Analytics vacadm@uark.edu 479 575 4365

James Tullous

 Intern Be BOLD boldint@uark.edu 479 575 4365

Marta Balconi

 Intern Dream BIG  dreambig@uark.edu 479 575 4365

Jackson Endacott

 Intern Jane B. Gearhart Full Circle Food Pantry pantry2@uark.edu 479 575 4365

Tori Hudson

 Intern Passionate About Literacy (PAL)  vacpal@uark.edu 479 575 4365

Britney Patel

 Intern Razorback Food Recovery  (RFR)  rfrint@uark.edu 479 575 4365

Rylee Myers

 Intern Service Engagement  vacint2@uark.edu 479 575 4365