Staff Directory

Name & Title	Responsibilities	Phone
Christy Bjornson Director	Director of ABC Administration	501-682-1105
Brandye Prater Administrative Analyst	Office manager, schedules ABC Board hearing appeals, sets ABC Board Agenda,orders office supplies	501-682-1105

Name & Title	Responsibilities	Phone
David Potter Director	Director of ABC Enforcement	501-682-8174
Milinda Brown Administrative Specialist	Distribute Assignments to Enforcement agents, all administrative duties for agency	501-682-8174

Name & Title	Responsibilities	Phone
Shacorya Michaels Document Examiner	Reviews applications, correspondence and issues permits for Arkansas through Newton County; processes expansion requests, amendments of entertainment	501-682-1105
Alisa Cooksey Document Examiner	Reviews applications, correspondence and issues permits for Ouachita thru Yell County; processes expansion requests amendments of entertainment	501-682-1105
Angie Winders Document Examiner	Process and issue all Medical Marijuana licenses;process and issue all Employee Registry Identification “RIC” cards	501-682-1105

Name & Title	Responsibilities	Phone
Kesha Zaffino Staff Attorney	Violation questions, violation hearings, ABC Rules questions, brand registration questions, review private club applications, legislative interpretation; Arkansas thru Newton County	501-682-1105
Drew Dorsey Staff Attorney	Violation questions, violation hearings, ABC Rules questions, brand registration questions, review private club applications, legislative interpretation; Ouachita thru Yell County	501-682-1105
Chip Leibovich Staff Attorney	Medical Marijuana questions, MMC Rules and legislative interpretation	501-682-1105
Lila Painter Legal Support Specialist	Offer of Settlements, Violation Hearing Notices, Violation Orders, Pick-Up Orders, Subpeonas for Violation Hearings violation hearing scheduling	501-682-1105
Bridgett Newcomb Legal Support Specialist	Ex-Parte Orders, Pick-Up Orders, Breakage, Supplier’s Permits, Non-Resident Beer Permits, Brand Registrations	501-682-1105