Dr. Vonnice Boone

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Dr. Vonnice Boone - 2024 NLC Arkansas Fellow

Dr. Vonnice Boone is an Executive Director at Philander Smith University. She is a North Carolina A&T State University graduate and an MBA graduate of the Univ. of Maryland. Dr. Boone earned her doctorate in education with a focus on performance improvement leadership. She has two sons, Darius and Dylan, and has been married to Dorian Boone for 15 years. She is active in the community with Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., the U of A Sam Walton College of Business Diversity and Inclusion Corporate Advisory Board, a member of the NWA MLK Council, President of the NWA Black MBA Association, President of the Endo BOD, SOAR Afterschool Program, and Girl Scouts Diamonds of AR, OK, and TX. She has received recognition as 2021 Arkansas Money and Politics Forty Under 40, AY Magazine 2022 Intriguing Women, and 2022 AR Money & Politics 50 Most Influential Leaders in AR.