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Ricky Hill Ricky Hill (born 5 March 1959) is an English Association football, football coach and a former player who is the manager of the Turks and Caicos Islands national football team, Turks and Caicos Islands national team. He spent most of his playin ...

.'' Ricky Hill is an American politician and banker serving as a member of the

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from the 11th district. He assumed office on June 19, 2018.

Early life and education

A native of

Lonoke County, Arkansas Lonoke County is a county located in the Central Arkansas region of the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of the 2020 census, the population was 74,015, making it the 10th-most populous of Arkansas's 75 counties. The county seat is Lonoke and larges ...

, Hill graduated from

Cabot High School Cabot High School (CHS) is a public high school located in Cabot, Arkansas. The school serves students in grades ten through twelve and is administered by Cabot Public Schools, which serves the city and most of northern Lonoke County. The dis ...

. He earned a Master of Science degree in agriculture business and economics from

Arkansas State University Arkansas State University (A-State or ASU) is a public university, public research university in Jonesboro, Arkansas, United States. It is the flagship campus of the Arkansas State University System and the second-largest university in the st ...

Career

From 2002 to 2012, Hill was the vice president of First Security Bank. He has since worked as executive vice president of Bank OZK. Hill was elected to the

in a June 2018 special election after

Eddie Joe Williams Eddie Joe Williams (born June 26, 1954) is an American politician who served as a member of the Arkansas Senate for the 29th district from 2011 to 2017. During his tenure in the Senate, Williams served as majority leader. Early life Williams w ...

resigned to take a position in the

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. Since 2018, Hill has served as vice chair of the Senate Agriculture, Forestry and Economic Development Committee.

References

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