Anirban Basu is Chairman & CEO of Sage Policy Group, Inc., an economic and policy consulting firm headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland with an office in Orlando, Florida. The firm provides strategic analytical services to energy suppliers, law firms, medical systems, government agencies, and real estate developers among others.

Keynote Speaker: Anirban Basu, MPP, MA, JD, Ph.D.

Mark specializes in helping construction and real estate companies navigate the industry’s complexities by focusing on proactive tax planning, including bonding capacity, and cash flows, planning for retirement, business valuations and transfer plans, wealth management strategies, provides expert witness testimony, and everything in-between.

Panelist: Mark P. Barnett, Jr., CPA, CVA, CGMA, CCIFP, MBA

-Associated Builders and Contractors of Arkansas – Treasurer and Member of Board of Directors from 2019 to Present
-Firm representative for the Construction Industry CPAs and Consultants (CICPAC)

Arkansas native, Bill Roachell is the President of Associated Builders and Contractors, Arkansas Chapter. With a background in business and operations management, he's made the Arkansas chapter of Associated Builders and Contractors one of the highest performing chapters in the country, winning numerous awards for membership growth and development.

Guest Speaker: Bill Roachell, President of Associated Builders and Contractors, Arkansas Chapter

Michael D. Bellaman has served as president and chief executive officer of Associated Builders and Contractors, a national trade association representing more than 22,000 members from 68 chapters across the United States, since 2011. In his role, Bellaman leverages the merit shop philosophy to help members develop people, win work and deliver that work safely, ethically and profitably for the betterment of the communities in which they work. A 1985 graduate of Pennsylvania State University, Bellaman earned a bachelor’s in architectural engineering and spent more than two decades in the construction industry before joining ABC.

Panelist: Michael D. Bellaman, President and CEO of Associated Builders and Contractors, National

Chad Somers' focus at Adams Brown is growing the firm by creating a culture of opportunity and a team-centric approach to serving clients.

Chad Somers, Principal & Chief Operations Officer of Adams Brown

Chris Schneider's career has been focused on problem solving and creating solid growth plans for his clients. He supports his clients by building technology plans, managing implementation strategies and gaining trust and buy-in from across the organization with communication and follow through.

Guest Speaker: Chris Schneider, CEO of Adams Brown Cybersecurity

A Jacksonville native, Patrick Wilson has a practice centered around construction, banking, contract matters and other commercial disputes, and he also assists clients in the defense of general negligence, real estate and other litigated disputes. Through his construction practice, Wilson assists owners, general contractors, subcontractors, architects, engineers, material suppliers and homeowners with material suppliers and homeowners with contract drafting and formation, lien issues, contract disputes, alleged negligence in the construction of buildings and homes, securing payment on projects and other related issues.

Panelist: Patrick D. Wilson, Principal at Wright Lindsey Jennings Law

Doug is president and CEO of Kinco Constructors, a multi-disciplined general contracting and construction management firm with offices in Little Rock and Springdale. Wasson provides corporate oversight and leadership of the company’s mission, vision and daily operations. Kinco, established in 1973, has grown to be one of the state’s leading construction companies with more than 100 employees. Wasson is a graduate of Southern Arkansas University Tech with a degree in building construction. He joined Kinco Constructors while still in college and throughout his career has served in numerous positions from project superintendent to vice president, becoming president/CEO in 2000 from the company’s original founder. He is actively involved in numerous associations such as the board of Arkansas Hospice; Arkansas State Police Foundation; Construction Management Advisory Council at UALR; and he previously served on the Arkansas Game & Fish Commission Foundation Board. He was appointed in 2020 by Gov. Asa Hutchinson to serve on the Arkansas Contractors Licensing Board.

Panelist: Doug Wasson, President and CEO of Kinco Constructors

Matt is president of The Cashion Company Insurance & Bonding, LLC. He serves on the board of Gubernatorial Appointment to Arkansas Contractors' Licensing Board and Associated Builders & Contractors of Arkansas and has presented as the surety speaker at many prestigious association meetings such as the National Construction Industry Conference, the Construction Financial Management Association, the International Commercial Construction Exposition, to name a few. Cashion is a graduate of Westminster College in Fulton, MO, Reliance Insurance Company's Agent Surety School, and the National Association of Surety Bond Producers.

Panelist: Matt Cashion, Jr., CIC, CRM, CCC, President of The Cashion Company Insurance & Bonding, LLC.

Corey Bell is the Chief Executive Officer for BuildingPoint Mid-America (BPMA) and BuildingPoint North-Atlantic (BPNA). Corey is responsible for managing the overall business operations of BuildingPoint, as well as scoping appropriate software and hardware solutions for clients. Before joining BPMA, Corey was a Director of Preconstruction and BIM Manager. He has over 20 years of experience in construction ranging from working in the field as a carpenter and superintendent to roles in the office as a project manager and estimator for sizeable general contracting firms.

Speaker: Corey Bell, CEO of BuildingPoint Mid-America and BuildingPoint North-Atlantic