VINCENT INSALACO - Chairman

Vince has had a political and business career spanning three decades. He has worked with or for President Bill Clinton, U.S. Sen. David Pryor, and U.S. Sen. John Glenn. He served as Assistant Secretary of State for Arkansas (1981-1984) and president of the Young Democrats of Arkansas (1981-83). Most recently he served as campaign manager and press secretary for Democratic gubernatorial nominee, Jimmie Lou Fisher and served as an “Arkansas Traveler” for the WJC and HRC Presidential Campaigns. In 1985 he was appointed by the U.S. State Department to attend an international conference between the United States and the Soviet Union at the University of Colorado. Between 1985 and 1991, he organized and coordinated dialogues in Russia, Germany and Israel.

In business, he founded Family Entertainment in 1984. The company grew to 50 stores and 300 employees in three states. It was the largest company of its kind in Arkansas when sold in 2002. He is an author and former radio show host. He served as the host of the “Vince Insalaco Show” on Radio Stations KARN and the Arkansas Radio Network from 1985-1991.

Vincent has been involved in making documentary political and biographical documentary films for more then 25 years. In 2007 he produced “War Eagle, Arkansas” his first feature narrative movie. Vincent also produced the world premiere for the critically acclaimed documentaries “The Hunting of the President” (a film by Harry Thomason) and HBO’s “Back in the Hood” (a film by Mark Levin). He has produced a book tour for Linda Bloodworth’s “Liberating Paris” in 2004 and also Centennial Celebrations for the cities of North Little Rock (2004) and Little Rock (1977). He was a founding member of Little Rock’s Riverfest.

Insalaco has served on many boards including Doctors Hospital, the Red Cross, United Way, CARTI, Historic Arkansas Museum, THEA Foundation, and is a founder of ACT (Argenta Community Theater) and Butterfly Community Ministries. Vincent was married for 32 years to the late Sally Riggs Insalaco who passed away in 2006. They have two children, Elizabeth and Vincent III and two grandchildren.

REV. GUY WHITNEY - Vice Chairman

The Rev. Guy Whitney, Butterfly Ministries, Vice-Chairman

Born: May 24, 1948

Education:
Paragould High School, 1966
Ouachita Baptist University, Arkadelphia, AR, 1970; B.A. in Religion and English
The Southern Baptist Theo. Seminary, Louisville, Ky, 1977; M.Div, in Pastoral Care;
United Theological Seminary, Dayton, Ohio, 1998, D.Min., in Worship and Preaching

Early ministry in the Southern Baptist Convention (1966-79) included work as a mission pastor in two new church starts, clinical training in various institutional settings, a student pastorate in Kentucky, and a pastorate in Arkansas. After seminary he served as Chaplain and Social Worker for the Arkansas Department of Corrections. He was awarded The State of Arkansas Certificate of Merit, July 1978, by Attorney General, Bill Clinton, for contributions in designing the ACCEPT program for ex-offenders and served as a Social Worker for Youth Homes, Inc. of Little Rock.

As an Ordained Elder in the United Methodist Church since 1980, appointments include:
North Little Rock FUMC; Associate Pastor 1980-81
Nettleton UMC; Pastor 1981-84
Heritage UMC, Senior Pastor 1984-90
Bentonville FUMC, Senior Pastor 1990-96
Searcy FUMC; Senior Pastor 1996-98
Little Rock, Arkansas Area Minister for Congregational Development, 1998-2000
Little Rock, St. James UMC, Senior Pastor, 2000-04
Hot Springs, South Central District Superintendent, 2004-07
North Little Rock FUMC; Senior Pastor, 2007 to the present

Married to Loretta W. Whitney; five children include: Amanda Abernethy, Michele Lemon, J.J. Whitney, Guy Whitney III, and Katherine Whitney; plus four grandchildren.

JIM BARNETT - Secretary/Treasurer

A husband, father, grandfather and commercial insurance agent, Jim has lived in the North Little Rock community for the past 30 years. He’s been a volunteer in Scouting, Little League baseball, church youth group and several mission programs in and out of state. He became involved with BCM because he wants to give something back to the community that has been so good to him and his family. Jim has been heard to say that he gets much more out of volunteering than the people he helps.

REV. STEPHEN COPLEY

Stephen Copley is an ordained elder and commissioned Church and Community Worker in the United Methodist Church. He is currently the Director of Justice for Our Neighbors. His other church appointments have included NLR First United Methodist Church, Gillett, Hampton, Horatio and churches in Great Britain. He serves as the Chair of the Arkansas Conference United Methodist Church Hunger Task Force, Chair of the Commission on Christian Unity and Interreligious Concerns and on the Conference Board of Global Ministries.
Steve is a graduate of the University of Central Arkansas (B.A.), Southern Methodist University (M.Div.) and the University of Arkansas-Little Rock (J.D.) He is married to Judi.

JOHN DRAKE

John moved to North Little Rock with his wife, Julie and two children, Kyle and Katie in August 2001 from Morrilton, Arkansas. John is an investment representative with Edward Jones Investments. His office is in the Park Hill Historic District. Besides being a board member of Butterfly Community Ministries, he is also involved in many other church, civic, and community activities including serving as United Methodist Men’s president, as a member of the North Little Rock Kiwanis Club (National Day of Prayer chairman), and as a NLR Chamber of Commerce board member. He also is an UPWARD Basketball Director, and an “Encourager” for the North Little Rock School District.

MARTHA “CLAIRE” HAUN

Claire was born in Memphis but found herself retiring to the Mississippi Gulf Coast prior to Katrina. Along with her husband, Warren Scott Haun, Sr. and Mother, she evacuated to North Little Rock where they now call home. Claire has two grown children, John Robert Wedaman, III “Jay” and Carrie Wedaman Band along with three grandchildren, Moriah Claire 8, Ethan Michael 7, and Helen Renee 6.

A long history of grant writing and community volunteering led her to service on the boards of Our House Homeless Shelter, Arkansas League of Artists, and with organizations such as THEA Foundation, Arkansas Rice Depot, North Little Rock Mayor’s Youth Council and now with Butterfly. Claire was the organizer of the “Hearts for Art” art show and sale at the Clinton Library to showcase the Katrina devastated artists of the Gulf Coast. The event brought such national attention to the plight of the artists that subsequent shows across the nation have infused new life blood into the over 200 artists that were impacted by the storm.
CAROLYN LASSEIGNE

Carolyn was born and educated in Louisiana, holding a BS degree in nursing from Northwestern State University, Natchitoches, Louisiana. Carolyn married Paul and in 1984 they moved to North Little Rock where they became members of First United Methodist Church. She and her husband have two adult sons and two granddaughters. After many years of volunteering in health rooms and libraries in public schools, she worked for 15 years in the Central Arkansas Library system, retiring in August 2002. Since retirement, she provides a weekly story time at the Children’s Enrichment Center at First United Methodist Church, works in the church library, acts as a receptionist and serves on the church’s Pastoral Care Team.

JAN SCHOLL

Jan worked as a teacher in the NLR School District for 30 years. She was named Teacher of the Year in 2000. She worked at the NLR Boys and Girls Club as Youth Programs Director for two and a half years. For the Past 8 years she has been the Director of the NLR Mayor’s Youth Council, doing community service with 75 of the finest teens in our city. The council served over 10,000 hours last year. Service is Jan’s life. She serves on the boards of Our House Homeless Shelter, the Families are Special Adoption Agency and Pulaski County Youth Services. In 2003 Sen. Blanche Lincoln honored Jan with the Congressional award of Angel of Adoption. Jan has two adopted children, a 34-year-old son from Arkansas and a 19-year-old daughter adopted from Russia at age 11. Jan believes strongly in the mission of helping the under-served youth of our city and is honored to be of service on the board of the Butterfly Community Board.

DR. STEVEN STRODE

Steve is a family physician on faculty at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Regional Programs. Following education through medical school in Dallas, he moved to Little Rock for family medicine specialty training. He was in private practice in Jacksonville and Sherwood before choosing to teach. Through the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, he completed a Masters Degree in Adult Education and he is now completing a Masters in Public Health through Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine.

Dr. Strode is married to Peggy Lee O’Neill Strode, a medical sonographer. They have two grown children and two dogs. Dr. Strode is a Past President of the Arkansas Academy of Family Physicians, a Counselor of the Arkansas Medical Society, and President of the Pulaski County Medical Society.

MARIA G. TOUCHSTONE

Maria was born in Monterrey, Mexico. She is the English as a Second Language Coordinator for the North Little Rock School District and has been a teacher for 22 years. Her husband is Todd Touchstone and they have a 15 year old daughter named Margaret and a 12 year old son named Todd Jr. Maria is a member of the Arkansas Crisis Response Team, Vice-President of the Little Rock Chapter of the League of United Latin American Citizens and a member of several boards including the Minority Teacher Recruitment Advisory Council, Welcome the Children Community Advisory Board and the LULAC State Education Committee. She has served on several committees with the Arkansas Department of Education in the field of second language acquisition. She is an education advocate for all children- especially children living in poverty, no matter what language they speak. As a poor Mexican immigrant who learned English in public schools, she is committed to being a representative and advocate for the immigrant Hispanic community.

ZACHARY DAVID WILSON

Dave graduated from Western Michigan University and the University of Arkansas School of Law, Fayetteville, Arkansas where he served as Managing Editor of the Arkansas Law Review. Mr. Wilson clerked for Arkansas Supreme Court Justice John A. Fogleman, and has practiced law in North Little Rock, Arkansas for 30 years. Over the years, Mr. Wilson has developed a specialty in public utility, electric, and water matters, and represents local utilities throughout the State of Arkansas. He practices both in Arkansas and Washington D.C., and is admitted in Arkansas State and Federal Courts, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, and the Supreme Court of the United States. Wilson’s two children, Allison and Zach, both attend the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, Arkansas. Wilson is a member of various Professional and Civic organizations including: American Bar Association, Federal Energy Bar Association, Arkansas Bar Association, Pulaski County Bar Association and the North Little Rock Rotary Club.

BOARD MEMBERS EMERITUS

Butterfly Community Ministries thanks the following people who previously served on the Board:

Dr. Russell R. Moore: 2001-2004

Ms. Eddie Bevill: 2001 - 2005

Mr. Eddie Nally: 2001 -2006

Ms. Gail Schulte: 2001 – 2007