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Prior to Ed Drilling being appointed to his current position
of President SBC Arkansas in July 2002, Drilling served as
Vice President of External Affairs in Arkansas.
Drilling joined the company in 1979 and has been with SBC ever since.
In those 26 years, he spent 15 years in various operations positions
including customer service and marketing, and 11 years in the External
Affairs organization.
Drilling is involved with a number of state and community organizations.
He serves as a director on a wide variety of boards, including Arkansas
Children’s Hospital, The Arkansas Children’s Hospital Research Institute
Board, UAMS Foundation Board, Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce Executive
Committee, Sam M. Walton College of Business Dean’s Executive Advisory
Board, UAMS Arkansas BioVentures Advisory Board, and the Governor’s
Information Technology Oversight Committee. He also serves as a member
of the University of Arkansas 2010 Commission, The Little Rock Public
School Foundation Board, Charter Member of Lyon College President’s
Council, UALR College of Business Administration Advisory Council, the
Greater Little Rock Chamber of Commerce Executive Committee, and is
on the Board of Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Central Arkansas.
A native of Morrilton, Arkansas, Drilling holds a Bachelor's degree
in marketing from the University of Arkansas-Fayetteville and is a graduate
of Emory’s Advanced Management Program.
Drilling and his wife, Cinde, reside in Little Rock. |
