Tab Townsell

Tab Townsell is the executive director of Metroplan.

Robert Tab Townsell
Executive Director of Metroplan
In office
2017 – Present
Preceded byJim McKenzie
Personal details
Spouse(s)Donna Sossaman
ChildrenOne
ResidenceConway, Arkansas
Alma materUniversity of Central Arkansas
Texas Christian University
WebsiteTabTownsell.com

Personal life and education

Townsell graduated from Conway High School in 1979. He graduated from the University of Central Arkansas in 1984, with a major in political science and a minor in economics. Townsell earned an MBA from Texas Christian University in 1986.[1]

Career

Townsell worked as an intern for Senator Dale Bumpers, and served on Conway's Transportation Advisory Committee and the Conway Planning Commission prior to becoming mayor. Townsell worked in construction, first for Townsell-Hill Construction and then as a co-owner of Concrete Forming.[1] Townsell was re-elected in 2012 to a fifth term, but has announced that he won't seek a sixth term.[2] Alongside Conway business leaders, Townsell helped legalize liquor sales in Conway and pushed through a city re-development plan.[3]

In August 2016, he was selected by the Metroplan board of directors as the agency's next executive director.[4]

References
  1. "About the Mayor". City of Conway. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 20 September 2013.
  2. AP (13 June 2013). "Conway mayor Tab Townsell says he won't seek 6th term in office". THV 11. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 20 September 2013.
  3. Klein, Joe (23 September 2011). "Road Trip Day 12: Sanity in Arkansas". Time. Retrieved 20 September 2013.
  4. Hickey, Chris (31 August 2016). "Conway Mayor Townsell Chosen As Next Metroplan Leader". Little Rock, Arkansas: KUAR. Retrieved 2016-12-02.
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