Kimberly Friedman serves as the communications director for the Arkansas Department of Workforce Services, a state agency that provides employment and unemployment insurance services to job seekers and employers around the state. Friedman has held this position for more than 11-and-a-half years. As communications director, she facilitates internal and external communication regarding agency services, [...]

  Helaine Raye Palmer Williams — the youngest in a blended family of eight children — was born Feb. 17, 1962, to Army Sgt. Saul Palmer and Betty June Carson Palmer at Fort Leonard Wood., Mo. She resided in Fort Leonard Wood and Rolla, Mo., before moving to Little Rock at the age of 6. [...]