Lance Ronaco Eads (born August 5, 1968) is an American politician who served as a member of the

Arkansas Senate The Arkansas State Senate is the upper branch of the Arkansas General Assembly. The Senate consists of 35 members, each representing a district with about 83,000 people. Service in the state legislature is part-time, and many state senators have ...

for the 7th district from 2017 to 2021.

Education

After graduating from

Prairie Grove High School Prairie Grove High School is an accredited comprehensive public high school serving students in grades nine through twelve in Prairie Grove, Arkansas, United States. Established in 1901, the school supports families in Prairie Grove, a portion of ...

, Eads earned a Bachelor of Science degree in education from

Ouachita Baptist University Ouachita Baptist University (OBU) is a private Baptist university in Arkadelphia, Arkansas. The university's name is taken from the Ouachita (pronounced WAH-shi-tah) River, which forms the eastern campus boundary. It is affiliated with the Ark ...

Career

From 1993 to 2003, Eads worked as a branch manager for

Staffmark Alithya is a North American digital strategy and technologies company. The company employs over 3,900 people in Canada, the United States and internationally. History Alithya was established in 1992 by Ghyslain Rivard, with the help of a doz ...

. From 2003 to 2010, he was the business development officer for the 66 Federal Credit Union. He also served as a justice of the peace for

Washington County, Arkansas Washington County is a regional economic, educational, and cultural hub in the Northwest Arkansas region. Created as Arkansas's 17th county on November 30, 1848, Washington County has 13 incorporated municipalities, including Fayetteville, the ...

. From 2010 to 2021, he was vice president of the Springdale Chamber of Commerce for government affairs. Eads represented the 88th district in the

Arkansas House of Representatives The Arkansas State House of Representatives is the lower house of the Arkansas General Assembly, the state legislature of the US state of Arkansas. The House is composed of 100 members elected from an equal amount of constituencies across the s ...

from 2015 to 2017. He was elected to the

in November 2016 and assumed office in 2017. During his tenure, he served as chair of the Joint Energy Committee and Senate Rules, Resolutions and Memorials Committee. Eads resigned from the Senate in 2021 to take a consulting position at the Capitol Consulting Firm in

Little Rock, Arkansas ( The "Little Rock") , government_type = Council-manager , leader_title = Mayor , leader_name = Frank Scott Jr. , leader_party = D , leader_title2 = Council , leader_name2 ...

References

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