The Arkansas Waterways Commission has actually selected Phyllis Harden to do well as Marty Shell as Chairman.
Harden is mostly in charge of Legislative and also Special Projects for Pine Bluff Sand and also Gravel Company where started her job in 1981.
Harden contributed in the initiation of Pine Bluff’s most effective Safety Program, which considerably lowered injury and also health problem to the firm’s employees.
Frequently in Washington, D.C. lobbying for Corps of Engineers river tasks and also financing, Harden gets on the Board of Directors of the Mississippi Valley AGC, and also is a Past President of the team, which is the biggest geographical Branch of the Associated General Contractors of America and also stands for service providers on the river system from the Canadian boundary to the Gulf of Mexico.
Harden likewise offers on the Board of Directors of the Dredging Contractors of America, gets on the Executive Committee and also Board of Directors of theNational Waterways Conference Locally, she is Vice-Chairman of the Pine Bluff-Jefferson County Port Authority Board
Harden was the initial woman of participant of the Arkansas Waterways Commission and also is its initial women AWC chairman.
The Arkansas Waterways Commission is the single state firm in charge of creating, advertising and also safeguarding waterborne transport inArkansas The Commission likewise advertises financial advancement for ports on the 5 readily accessible rivers of the state: the Arkansas, Mississippi, Ouachita, Red and also White Rivers.