Jonathan Bibb, MPA
Mr. Bibb is the Arkansas Department of Human Services’ Social Services Administrator at the Division of Medical Services. His experience includes leadership in public health, career and technical education, and serving people with disabilities. Jonathan has been with DHS since May 2022.
Jennifer Brezée, LCSW
Jennifer Brezee is a Director for the Department of Human Services (DHS), currently overseeing the Division of Developmental Disabilities Services (DDS). DDS manages all DHS services for Arkansans with Intellectual and/or Developmental Disabilities (IDD), which include eligibility for the Community and Employment Support Waiver (CES Waiver) and the Autism Waiver, five Human Development Centers (HDCs), CES Waiver Provider certification, and several grant-funded programs. The DDS team also provides administrative support for the following Medicaid Programs, including Early Intervention Day Treatment (EIDT), Adult Developmental Day Treatment (ADDT) programs, Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA), and habilitative services under PT/OT/Speech. Before joining DHS, Ms. Brezee held leadership positions in two of the existing four PASSEs. She had been working alongside Medicaid and DHS for 15 years before officially joining the DHS team in 2024. Ms. Brezee is a Licensed Certified Social Worker with the state of Arkansas.
Aaron Bucher
Aaron Bucher holds an Associate Degree in Business Technology from Remington College and brings more than 30 years of experience in the healthcare industry. Throughout his career, he has worked across hospital, clinic, and educational settings, developing extensive expertise in healthcare operations and administration. In his role with AFMC, he has supported multiple Arkansas Medicaid-related contracts, contributing to initiatives that improve provider engagement, program implementation, and healthcare service delivery across the state. His broad experience and commitment to healthcare excellence provide valuable insight into the evolving Medicaid and healthcare landscape.
Jay Hill
Jay Hill serves as the Director of the Division of Aging, Adult, and Behavioral Health Services, overseeing programs that promote the health, safety, and independence of older Arkansans and adults with disabilities. His division also supports and funds mental health and substance abuse treatment across the state. Mr. Hill began working at DHS at the Arkansas Health Center in 2006 and became its Director in 2011. In 2017, he accepted his current position. Prior to joining DHS, Mr. Hill worked in management for several large private corporations and served as a Special Agent in the United States Secret Service. He is a 1994 graduate of the University of Central Arkansas with degrees in history and political science. Mr. Hill and his wife Mandy have four children.
Debora Inman, JD
Deb Inman received her bachelor’s degree from Texas Wesleyan University. She earned a law degree from the University of Arkansas, Bowen School of Law in 2005. She began her legal career at the Pulaski County prosecutor’s office, serving as a deputy prosecutor for almost eight years. After that, Ms. Inman’s DHS career began in the Office of Chief Counsel, where she was assigned to child welfare cases. She represented the Division of Child and Family Services (DCFS) for several years until 2018, when she was asked to take on the role of forensics administrator. From 2018 to 2024, she oversaw the forensics program for DHS. In 2024, Ms. Inman moved into her current role as an assistant director for aging.
Janet Mann, CPA
Arkansas Department of Human Services Secretary Janet Mann has over 20 years of experience in healthcare and healthcare finance. Janet, who also serves as State Medicaid Director, has worked in the public and private sector for multiple states and clients, and previously served as the DHS Deputy Secretary for Programs. She also served as Division Director for the agency's Division of Medical Services, overseeing the Medicaid operations before and during the beginning of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency until April 2021. She also served as DHS’s Chief Financial Officer for a year in 2017. In addition, Janet was a Deputy Administrator for Medicaid in Mississippi during Governor Haley Barbour’s administration, 2006-2010. Janet has worked in the private sector focused on healthcare and the public sector for several entities throughout her career, but most recently at Horne LLP in Ridgeland, Mississippi. While consulting, Janet worked closely with other states implementing public policies and programs in areas of program integrity, managed care, audit and compliance, and financial processes. Janet holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from the University of Alabama and is a Certified Public Accountant. Janet has been married to Doug for over 30 years and has 2 grown children, Sydney and Will.
Tabitha McNulty, JD
Tabitha McNulty is the Deputy Director of the PASSE and Medicaid Behavioral Health Services within the Office of Substance Abuse and Mental Health at the Department of Human Services. Prior to this position, she was an attorney practicing within the child welfare arena. She spent approximately ten years representing DHS as a trial and an appellate attorney across the state in dependency-neglect matters. She also spent almost 10 years representing parents on appeal, mostly in termination-of-parental-rights cases. Ms. McNulty grew up in West Memphis, Arkansas, but graduated from Marion High School. She attended the University of Arkansas, where she received a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and minored in Communications. She graduated from the William H. Bowen School of Law with her law degree. She is married to Kelly McNulty and has three children: Max, Maggie, and Henry. When she is not working, Ms. McNulty spends her time at all of her children’s various sporting events and volunteering in her community.
John Selig, MPA
John Selig is president and CEO of AFMC, an organization working with individuals and health care providers in all settings to improve health and the consumer experience of care while reducing healthcare costs. Prior to joining AFMC, Mr. Selig was vice president of Optum Public Sector, where he led business development efforts in the southeastern United States. From 2005 to 2016, he served as the director of the Arkansas Department of Human Services (DHS). His previous positions include serving as the State’s director of Behavioral Health and director of In-Home Health Services.
Martina Smith, JD
Martina Smith serves as the director of the Division of Provider Services and Quality Assurance. In this role, she oversees the Office of Long-Term Care, which regulates and surveys long-term care facilities; the Office of Community Services, which certifies and licenses assisted living facilities and other home and community-based providers; and the Office of Performance and Engagement, which is composed of the occupational licensing, certified nursing assistant program, and maltreatment units. Ms. Smith earned a Juris Doctorate from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law and a Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice from Arkansas State University. Ms. Smith has served DHS in additional capacities, including as a dependency-neglect attorney, Adult Protective Services attorney, and privacy officer.
Paula Stone, LCSW
Paula Stone is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with over 30 years of experience in the Behavioral Health field. She worked as a mental health therapist and directed community-based programs in Arkansas before leaving the state to work in Florida, California, and New Jersey. Her experience in several areas of the country, managing behavioral health clinics and working for a managed care organization, gave her an opportunity to experience varied systems and service structures. Ms. Stone joined the AR Department of Human Services (DHS) in 2009 and has served in various roles and currently serves as the Director of the AR DHS Office of Substance Abuse and Mental Health, responsible for integrated service delivery across multiple funding streams, including AR Medicaid, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) block and discretionary grants, and the Arkansas State Hospital.
Thomas Tarpley, JD, MBA, LLM (Taxation)
Thomas ("Tommy") Tarpley is the Deputy Director of the Arkansas Department of Human Services (DHS), Division of Developmental Disabilities Services (DDS). With a background spanning the public sector, law, finance, and operations, he has served in various executive roles involving the administration and oversight of programs serving individuals with developmental disabilities throughout Arkansas. Prior to serving as Deputy Director, Mr. Tarpley held leadership positions within DDS as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer, overseeing financial strategy, operational management, policy implementation, and program administration. Before joining DHS, he practiced law in both his own private practice and at a large Arkansas law firm. Mr. Tarpley earned a Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Taxation from Southern Methodist University, a Juris Doctor from the University of Arkansas School of Law, a Master of Business Administration in Finance from the University of Missouri-Columbia, and bachelor's degrees in Business Administration and Accounting from Westminster College.
Crystal Walton
Crystal Walton holds both a bachelor’s and master’s degree in political science from Arkansas State University and is a Certified Public Manager (CPM). She began her career with the Arkansas Department of Human Services (DHS) in January 2006 and has held several leadership and administrative roles throughout her tenure. Within the Division of County Operations, she served as a Program Eligibility Specialist, Program Eligibility Supervisor, Program Coordinator, and County Administrator. She later served as a DHS Program Administrator in the Division of Disability Services. Currently, Walton serves as the DHS Division Manager for the Office of Community Services (OCS) within the Division of Provider Services and Quality Assurance.
Jessie Wilson
Jessie Wilson is a Partner, Business Development for Dale Carnegie Training of the Mid-South, offered by Howard, Franks, Wilson, and Associates LLC. Dale Carnegie Mid-South includes all of Arkansas, Oklahoma, west Tennessee, north Mississippi, southwest Missouri, and parts of Texas. Jessie is a certified Dale Carnegie Senior Trainer. Her responsibilities in that role are to collaborate with organizations to provide world-class training to their workforces. She has been acknowledged by Dale Carnegie and Associates as being in the top consultants in North America for the past several years. Over the past 3 years, she has been in the President's Club, which is the Top 10 consultants globally for Dale Carnegie. Mrs. Wilson has worked with companies in the manufacturing, engineering, financial services, technology, oil and gas, real estate, business services, customer service, healthcare, construction, and information technology industries. She has expertise in several key competencies including, but not limited to, sales, communications, all levels of leadership, conflict resolution, personality styles, public speaking, strategic planning, coaching, complaint resolution, generational gaps, and interpersonal skills.
Melissa Weatherton, JD
Melissa Weatherton received a Bachelor of Arts and Science in English from the University of Arkansas in 2001 and her Juris Doctor from the William H. Bowen School of Law in 2005. In October of that year, she began work at the Arkansas Department of Human Services as assistant deputy counsel handling child welfare and adult abuse and neglect cases. She has also served as deputy counsel, managing attorney, and assistant director of the Division of Developmental Disabilities Services (DDS). Ms. Weatherton served for eight (8) years as the DDS Director from 2015 until 2023, until receiving a promotion to Director of Medicaid Specialty Services. In her current role, she oversees the Division of Provider Services and Quality Assurance, the Office of Substance Abuse and Mental Health, the Division of Developmental Disabilities, and the Division of Aging and Adult Services. Ms. Weatherton is committed to building strong, responsive teams to drive policy and programmatic changes that benefit Arkansans.
