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Flave Carpenter has been a member of Entergy’s Economic Development Office in Arkansas since August of 1996. He initially served as Manager of Tradeshow Marketing until assuming his current position in Community Development in July of 1997.
Carpenter holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Art from Henderson State University. In addition he is a graduate of the Economic Development Institute at the University of Oklahoma and the Community Development Institute at the University of Central Arkansas. Carpenter is a Certified Community Developer and a Certified Economic Development Finance Professional.
Prior to joining Entergy Flave served as a Community Development Consultant for the Arkansas Department of Economic Development in Northeast Arkansas. Before working for the ADED he was the Retirement/Relocation Coordinator for the Hot Springs Chamber of Commerce.
As a Community Developer Carpenter is responsible for directing activities in nineteen counties of Arkansas. Those activities are intended to treat local communities as a product to be developed and marketed to potential industrial and business prospects. The counties Carpenter serves in Central and Southern Arkansas include: Arkansas Ashley Bradley Calhoun Clark Chicot Cleveland Columbia Dallas Desha Drew Lafayette Montgomery Nevada Ouachita Pope Prairie Union and Yell.
Carpenter currently serves as Chairman for the Community Development Institute Advisory Board in Conway and is a member of the Arkansas Economic Developers. | 