New State Treasurer wants to serve office’s customers better

by Roby Brock (roby@talkbusiness.net)

Don’t look for new Treasurer of State Larry Walther to make big changes to the office he’s been appointed. He doesn’t believe in messing up a good thing and he also wants to learn more about who the office serves before looking for ways to tweak improvements.

“I want to know who our customers are,” he said on this week’s edition of Talk Business & Politics and Capitol View. “I’m thinking about how I can improve the Treasury. It’s a well-run machine right now. You don’t want to tweak things that are already going well.”

Walther said he didn’t think he would serve four more years at his previous state post, Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration – the agency he had run for nearly nine years. He informed Gov. Sarah Sanders, who would be making the appointment to fill the State Treasurer’s position after the untimely death of Mark Lowery, and let her know he’d be willing to serve as Treasurer.

https://talkbusiness.net/2023/08/new-state-treasurer-wants-to-serve-offices-customers-better/

Larry Walther announced as new Arkansas Treasurer

KUAR | By Josie Lenora

Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration Larry Walther will assume the position of State Treasurer. He will fill out the remainder of the term of Mark Lowery, who died on July 26 after suffering two strokes.

Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders and her new appointee became emotional during the announcement Thursday.

“Our state lost a deeply dedicated public servant,” Sanders said. “Lowery spent decades serving the people of the state he loved so much.”

Sanders said Walther was “another longtime public servant” and was excited to hand down the role to him.

https://www.ualrpublicradio.org/local-regional-news/2023-08-03/larry-walther-announced-as-new-arkansas-treasurer

Sarah Huckabee Sanders/Facebook

Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders embraces incoming Arkansas State Treasurer Larry Walther on Thursday.

Gov. Sanders names DFA Secretary Larry Walther as Treasurer

by Roby Brock (roby@talkbusiness.net)

Gov. Sarah Sanders on Thursday (Aug. 3) appointed Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration (DFA) Secretary Larry Walther to fill out the term of the late Treasurer of State Mark Lowery.

Lowery died of complications from a stroke in July.

Walther has served as DFA secretary since former Gov. Asa Hutchinson appointed him in 2015. He also served as former Gov. Mike Huckabee’s director of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission.

Walther began his career as an engineer at SBC Communications, rising to the role of vice president of corporate services and also serving as chairman of SBC’s Foundation. SBC is now AT&T.

https://talkbusiness.net/2023/08/gov-sanders-names-dfa-secretary-larry-walther-as-treasurer/

Walther reappointed to top post at Department of Finance and Administration

by Talk Business & Politics staff (staff2@talkbusiness.net)

Gov.-elect Sarah Sanders announced Wednesday (Dec. 28) her intent to reappoint Larry Walther as the secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration. Walther also held a cabinet position with Sanders’ father, former Gov. Mike Huckabee.

Walther has held the post since January 2015 when appointed by Gov. Asa Hutchinson. He was first appointed to a government job in 2003 when appointed by then Gov. Huckabee as director of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission.

In 2008, Walther was tapped by the administration of President George W. Bush to work as director of the U.S. Trade and Development Agency. In 2011, Walther received a second presidential nomination when President Barack Obama nominated him to serve on the board of directors for the Export-Import Bank of the United States.

https://talkbusiness.net/2022/12/walther-reappointed-to-top-post-at-department-of-finance-and-administration/