Board Members

Mrs. Porter has lived in Jonesboro since 1984. She is married to Dr. Revel Porter and has four children. Her youngest daughter, who has played in the Symphony for several years, is now a freshman in college. Mrs. Porter is very active in the community. She is Executive Director Northeast Arkansas Tennis Association, a member of the Arkansas Tennis Association Board of Directors and is also an active tennis player. She holds or has held positions on the Northeast Arkansas Visual Arts League, Women’s Advisory Committee for St. Bernards Development Foundation and the Westmart Homemakers Extension Club. She has been a very active volunteer in the Jonesboro Public School System and at Walnut Street Baptist Church, where she is a member. Mrs. Porter holds a M.S. in Mathematics and a B.S. in Mathematics, both from the University of Memphis.

Mrs. Letchworth is currently the Director of Fine Arts Ministries at First United Methodist Church in Paragould.
She received a master's degree in music from Southern Methodist University where she studied piano with David Karp. As a performing artist with the Kentucky Arts Council she has visited schools as Opera Annie and Beethoven's Housekeeper. Her books, Mysteries with a Message, Volumes I and II; and Meet Me at Luigi's are published by Lillenas Drama (Nazarene Publishing House).
She is married to the Reverend Tom Letchworth, co-author of the books. They have two sons Sam and Joh, students at the University of Arkansas and Asbury College .

Stephanie Duckworth is the General Sales Manager at KAIT-TV in Jonesboro, Arkansas. She graduated from Conway High School with honors and obtained her Bachelor’s Degree from Arkansas State University in 2000. Stephanie started her career in media with Zimmer Radio Group in 2001, as a Local Account Executive for the group’s stations in Sikeston Missouri. In 2002, she returned to Jonesboro and joined the KAIT sales team as a Local Account Executive. In 2005, Stephanie stepped into the Internet Sales Director position, promoting and leading the efforts for kait8.com. In 2006, Stephanie was promoted to Local Sales Manager, directing the local sales effort of the station’s various properties. Since January 2007, Stephanie has operated as KAIT’s General Sales Manager, responsible for local, regional and national sales in all broadcast, digital and mobile formats.

While Stephanie supports the Delta Symphony Orchestra through her Board participation, she also regularly performs with the Symphony as a violinist, and has since 1996. In addition, Stephanie is an active member of the Jonesboro Regional Chamber of Commerce, as a Goodwill Ambassador, with the Jonesboro Young Professionals Network and Leadership Link. She is also involved in many other community organizations including Central Baptist Church, Junior Auxiliary of Jonesboro, American Advertising Federation of Northeast Arkansas, and the Phi Mu Alumni Association.

Stephanie and her husband, Chad, have one daughter Destiny.

Dr. Vollman is a medical doctor with Doctors' Anatomic Pathology Services in Jonesboro, Arkansas. He is a strong supporter of the arts and has attended and supported the Delta Symphony Orchestra since its inception in 1975. Don & his wife Mary live in Jonesboro.

Dr. Keisker is a retired General Surgeon. He began taking violin lessons at age seven and played in the Memphis Symphony while in High School and College. He began playing the Bass in High School and played Bass in dance bands around Memphis to pay tuition for College and Medical School.
Dr. Keisker came to Jonesboro in 1960. He had not played Violin or Bass for 35 years, but started playing Bass again when the Jonesboro Rotary Band was organized. He then decided to start playing the violin again and joined the North East Arkansas Symphony a few years
after it began. He has continued playing in the Delta Symphony Orchestra, and also plays in the Arkansas State Orchestra.

Dr. Shotts is a pediatric pioneer in a community frontier, being the first pediatrician and the first female physician in Greene County. She was chief of pediatrics for 20 years at Arkansas Methodist Medical Center in Paragould, where she owns and practices at the Child and Adolescent Medical Clinic. A lifelong music lover, Dr. Shotts attended the University of Arkansas with a piano scholarship, was a member of the Razorback Marching Band and also a majorette. Married to Dr. Mack Shotts, the couple have two wonderful children, who are violinists. Community involvement and volunteerism include such things as being a past board member of Security Bank, past-president of the Collins Theater Foundation, a trustee of the First United Methodist Church, and a Greene County Spelling Bee Judge for 10 years. She has been on the Delta Symphony Orchestra Board since its inception, serving as both board and guild presidents.

Robin Martin Yates is a lifelong member of Jonesboro. She has been a choral director for over thirty years, having taught at Caraway Public Schools, Valley View Public Schools and Jonesboro Public Schools. For eighteen years she was Director of Music Ministries at First Baptist Church, Jonesboro, where she directed Sanctuary Choir, Youth Choir,Young Musicians Childrens Choir, Handbells, and Girls Ensemble. Robin\'s Choirs have received superior ratings in all festivals from 1969-2001. She has been a soloist with the Northeast Arkansas Symphony( Now Delta Symphony), First Baptist Church Sanctuary Choir, and various community events throughout the state. She has served as a Choral and Vocal Music adjudicator in Missouri, Tennessee, Mississippi,Louisiana, and Arkansas.

Robin is a life member of American Choral Directors Association, National Association of Teachers of Singing, where she has served as President, Secretary, and Auditions Chair, Sigma Alpha Iota, holding almost every office available, Daughters of American Revolution,serving as Regent for the past three years, United Daughters of the Confederacy, serving as Treasurer, and Delta Kappa Gamma.Robin is co-owner of Jonesboro Prosthetic and Orthotic Laboratory and also serves as Director of Marketing. Robin and husband David have two sons Marty and Rob and six grandchildren.