Little Rock, Ark. — Feb. 18, 2026 — Jenni Sudduth has been promoted to the role of director of corporate compliance for Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation (AECC) and Arkansas Electric Cooperatives, Inc. (AECI).
She joined the cooperatives in 2016 after working in the oil, gas, land and environmental sectors in Oklahoma. Most recently she was the senior manager of corporate compliance for AECC/AECI and previously held positions in risk management, process improvement and regulatory. Sudduth is an environmental policy graduate of the University of Tulsa and holds a juris doctorate degree.
The Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas comprise electric distribution cooperatives; Arkansas Electric Cooperatives, Inc. (AECI), a Little Rock-based cooperative that provides services to the distribution cooperatives; and Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corp. (AECC), a generation and transmission cooperative. The distribution cooperatives provide electricity to more than 1 million members, or customers, in Arkansas and surrounding states.