COOs

A Batesville native, Dover graduated from Batesville High School in 1975 and went on to earn his bachelor’s degree in personnel management and accounting equivalency from Arkansas State University. Additionally, he completed the Graduate School of Banking of the South at Louisiana State University.

William Fletcher

Kinco Constructors

William Fletcher began his construction career as a summer intern for Kinco Constructors while he was a construction management student at Auburn University. He worked under a young superintendent named Doug Wasson. Fast forward to today, and Fletcher has his hands on all aspects of the company as the executive vice president/chief operating officer, working with Wasson, who now is the Kinco president/CEO.

As EVP/COO, Fletcher oversees the company’s finances and workforce on a daily basis, while working with the leadership team of Kinco to achieve the company’s long-term vision and mission. Kinco Constructors is celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2023 and Kinco would not be where it is today without the contributions of Fletcher, who encompasses the company’s tagline of building excellence.

Steve Grandfield

Lexicon Inc.

Steven Grandfield, chief operating officer at Lexicon Inc., has served in several management positions with the company, most recently as president of Lexicon Fabrication Group, which includes Prospect Steel, Custom Metals and Steel Fabricators of Monroe. From the company’s headquarters in Little Rock, he oversees all of Lexicon’s daily operations, reviews the efficiency of current business functions and collaborates with executive management to set and meet business objectives.

In his nearly 20 years of service with Lexicon, Grandfield has been part of numerous key projects, including the recent Tesla Assembly building in Austin, Texas, and many Amazon facilities across the country. Before joining the company, he served as a structural engineer at SEMF Holdings Consulting Engineers and Pitt & Sherry Consulting Engineers in Australia. Grandfield is an honors graduate from the University of Tasmania in Australia with a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering.

David Jackson

Simmons Foods

David Jackson joined Simmons in 1991. With more than three decades at Simmons, Jackson has proven himself to be a thoughtful and effective leader, building cohesive teams and delivering record growth and performance across multiple business units. His leadership approach was defined early in his career at Simmons under Mark Simmons’ guidance, working in all areas of poultry operations before being named plant manager,