Rockefeller set to speak to BC GOP Committee Tuesday

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The Baxter County Republican Committee will hear from Will Rockefelller when the group meets for its monthly session Tuesday evening at 6.Rockefeller was born and raised in Little Rock. After graduating from Rhodes College in Memphis, he became an aide in then Rep. John Boozman’s (R) senate campaign. After the 2010 elections, he interned at the Heritage Foundation, where he examined regulatory policy and investigated issues affecting the free market.Rockefeller joined Sen. John Boozman’s staff in the fall of 2011 and worked in the senator’s Washington, D.C., office for two years as a legislative correspondent, focusing on the budget, taxes, labor, agriculture and homeland security.In 2013, he returned to Arkansas, where he served as projects director for the third and fourth congressional districts. In this role, he handled major projects affecting communities in western Arkansas, acted as liaison between constituents and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Interior Department agencies and handled water, wastewater and land issues.In January 2016, Rockefeller went to work for the Winrock Group, which has holdings in car dealerships, real estate development, row crop and cattle farms, and timber, oil and natural gas interests. He serves as vice president of Winrock Farms, and handles projects related to the various Winrock Group holdings.

The GOP meeting will be held at Western Sizzlin in Mountain Home. Those planning to attend should come early for a Dutch treat dinner.

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