She did accounting and payroll for a large farming operation in Jonesboro before moving back to Springfield to be a property accountant for the Wooten Company in 2001. She grew up in Salem and attended Drury University, then Arkansas State University in Jonesboro and graduated with a degree in accounting.
Cheri Fenton has been named corporate human resources manager.After graduating with a master's degree in accounting, she was an accounting auditor at BKD for two years and later a staff accountant at SRC's NewStream Enterprises for four years. A native of Colorado, she attended Missouri State University and worked at Larson's as receptionist and accountant during college.