ARSHRM - Arkansas SHRM State Council

Promoting and Serving
the Human Resource Profession in Arkansas

SHRM -  Society for Human Resources Professionals
 

Conference History

Celebrating 30 Years of History

2016 marks the 30th anniversary of the Arkansas State Human Resources Conference and Expo. As we Escape the Nightmare this year, we celebrate our history. We would like to acknowledge our past conference themes and the conference chairpersons who worked tirelessly to make all the 30 years of our conference a success!

 

  • 1986 - August 14-16, Hot Springs | Anticipating the Future | Chair: Ben Traylor
  • 1987 - August 13-15, Hot Springs | HR Tomorrow's Competitive Edge | Tim Orellano, PHR, SHRM-CP
  • 1988 - August 4-6, Ft. Smith | Adventures in Human Resources | Tim Orellano, PHR, SHRM-CP
  • 1989 - September 28-30, Little Rock | Building Bridges to the 21st Century | Aaron Lubin
  • 1990 - August 23-25, Hot Springs | Challenge of Change | Helen Moore
  • 1991 - August 15-17, Springdale | The Rock n Roll of HR | Bruce Johanson
  • 1992 - August 6-8, Hot Springs | Winning Strategies | Helen Moore
  • 1993 - August 18-21, Jonesboro | Discover the Difference | Jim Corter, SHRM-SCP, SPHR
  • 1994 - August 17-20, Hot Springs | HR Law | Russell Gunter, SPHR
  • 1995 - August 10-12, Springdale | HR: The Final Frontier | Don Marr, PHR
  • 1996 - August 15-17, Hot Springs | HR 96: Going for the Gold | Donna Merriweather, SHRM-SCP, SPHR
  • 1997 - August 7-9, Springdale | HR Shines | Linda Cote, PHR
  • 1998 - August 4-7, Little Rock | HR Rocks in the Rock | Allen Dobson, JD, SPHR
  • 1999 - August 3-6, Jonesboro | Making HR Magic | Hal Wyatt, SHRM-SCP, SPHR
  • 2000 - August 1-4, Hot Springs | HR 2000: It's a Jungle Out There | Lin Blair, SHRM-SCP, SPHR
  • 2001 - July 31-August 3, Hot Springs | Weathering the Seasons of Change | JC Cote, PHR

 

 

2002 - April 16-19 | Fayetteville

HR2003 Logo: "HR Field of Dreams"

Ed Wheeler, PHR & Donna Davis, PHR


2003 - April 23-25 | Little Rock

HR2003 Logo: "HR Under the Bigtop"

Sam Carr


2004 - April 7-9 | Hot Springs

HR2004 Logo: "Getting to the Winners Circle"

Irene DeHuff, SPHR


2005 - April 6-8 | Hot Springs

HR2005 Logo: "First Class Cruise to HR Excellence"

Kathleen McComber, SHRM-SCP, SPHR


2006 - April 5-7 | Hot Springs

HR2006 Logo: "Tune in to HR2006"

Debbie Wheeler, PHR, SHRM-CP


2007 - April 25-27 | Ft. Smith

HR2007 Logo: "Extreme HR Adventures"

Kim Finne, PHR, SHRM-CP


2008 - April 23-25 | Springdale

HR2008 Logo: "HR Mission Impossible"

Beth Graves, PHR, SHRM-CP


2009 - April 6-8 | Hot Springs

HR2009 Logo: "HR Roundup 2009"

Steve Schulte, JD, SHRM-CP, SPHR


2010 - April | Ft. Smith

HR2010 Logo: "HR2010 Speedway"

Michele Burns, SHRM-SCP, SPHR


2011 - April 13-15 | Hot Springs

HR2011 Logo: "2011 HR Main Street"

Holley Little & Kathleen McComber, SPHR


2012 - April 25-27 | Springdale

HR2012 Logo: "GPS: Putting HR on the Map"

Cathleen Hoffman, SHRM-SCP, SPHR & Danielle Wood, Ed.D


2013 - April 17-19 | Hot Springs

HR2013 Logo: "Game Changing HR"

Allison Ramsey, PHR, SHRM-CP


2014 - April 9-11 | Ft. Smith

HR2014 Logo: "HR in the Land of Oz"

Jim Harris PHR, SHRM-CP & Eric Garvin, PHR


2015 - April 8-10 | Hot Springs

HR2015 Logo: "SuperHeRo15"

Tara Mauk Arthur, PHR, SHRM-CP


2016 - April 6-8 | Rogers

HR2016 Logo: "Nightmare on HR Street"

Jim Madden, SHRM-SCP, SPHR & Clifford Sandsmark SHRM-SCP, SPHR


2017 - April 5-7 | Hot Springs

HR2017 Legendary Leadership: Power of the Past • Force of the Future

Cammie Scott


2018 - April 4-6 | Hot Springs

ARSHRM 2018 HR Conference & Expo Strategies for Success


2019 - April 3-5 | Hot Springs

ARSHRM 2019 HR Conference & Expo The Greatest Show on Earth

Teri Roper


2020 - April 1-3 | Rogers - Postponed due to COVID-19

ARSHRM 2020 HR Conference & Expo

Sheila Moss


2021 - Sep 29 - Oct 1 | Rogers

ARSHRM 2021 HR Conference & Expo

Sheila Moss


2022 - Oct 24-26 | Hot Springs

ARSHRM 2022 HR Conference & Expo

Dale Clinton