Members of the Arkansas Tech University community will meet and greet Cory Cox of Perryville, the most recent appointee to the ATU Board of Trustees, as part of a reception at Norman Hall Art Gallery on Thursday, Oct. 24.
The meet and greet will coincide with a reception and gallery talk for the 2024 ATU Faculty Biennial art exhibition, which features artwork created by 13 Arkansas Tech faculty members.
The event will take place from 4-6 p.m. in Norman Hall, 203 West Q Street on the ATU campus in Russellville. Admission will be free and open to the public.
Cox graduated from Arkansas Tech with a Bachelor of Arts degree in history and political science in 1996. He was active in ATU Student Government Association and ATU Student Activities Board during his time as an undergraduate student.
After graduating from the William H. Bowen School of Law at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Cox was legal counsel in the Arkansas Office of the Governor during the administration of Mike Huckabee (2000-05), director of the Arkansas Insurance Department Criminal Investigation Division (2005-08) and a partner at Hiland, Thomas and Cox (2008-10).
Cox also has experience as government affairs liaison and legal counsel for the Arkansas Commissioner of State Lands (2010-14), deputy general counsel for the Arkansas Department of Human Services (2014), legislative director for the Arkansas Office of the Attorney General (2014-17) and chief of staff for the Arkansas Office of the Attorney General (2017-21).
Since 2021, Cox has been employed by health care insurance provider CareSource. He is the company’s state director of government relations.
Cox was appointed to the ATU Board of Trustees by Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders. He took the oath of office on June 20, 2024, and is serving a term that expires on Jan. 14, 2027.
