Ken Rich is the Director of Finance Services for the Arkansas Public School Resource Center. For the past 12 years, he served as superintendent of the Salem School District in Salem, Arkansas. He has 27 years of experience in education as a principal, assistant principal, teacher, and coach. Ken has been very active on the state level throughout his career, serving on numerous boards and committees.

Before joining APSRC, Kathy Hanlon served as the chief financial officer at Fayetteville Public Schools, where she began working in 2014. Prior to that, Ms. Hanlon was the chief financial officer at Rogers Public Schools from 1994 to 2014. She has served on the Southern Association of School Business Officials Board since 2011. In 2010, Kathy was recognized as the Arkansas School Business Administrator of the Year. That same year, she served as president of the AASBO board. Kathy earned a Bachelor of Science in Finance and a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Illinois State University.

Denise Palmer is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA).  She earned her Associates of Arts degree from UofA at Helena, AR (formerly PCCC), and her Bachelors of Business Administration degree in Accounting from Delta State University in Cleveland, MS.  Denise has over 25 years of experience in accounting.  Her diverse accounting background includes for-profit, not-for-profit, and school accounting.