Larry Walther, Member of the Board of Directors
Larry Walther is a member of the board of directors for the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank). Director Walther was nominated by President Obama on July 21, 2011, confirmed by the U.S. Senate on November 1, 2011, and sworn into office on November 14, 2011, for a term expiring on January 20, 2013.
Most recently Walther served as director of the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) from March 2008 to January 2009. Director Walther brought broad private sector expertise to USTDA, helping to open commercial opportunities for U.S. firms overseas and facilitating mutually beneficial partnerships. Prior to his appointment, Walther served as the director of the Arkansas Department of Economic Development. There he was responsible for the overall direction and management of the Department and for representing the Governor and the State on all matters concerning statewide issues of economic development.
Previously, Director Walther had an extensive career with SBC Communications, now AT&T. Starting as a switching engineer for Southwestern Bell Telephone Company in 1970, he concluded his 30-year career at SBC as the vice president for corporate services and chairman of the SBC Foundation. In that capacity he oversaw a philanthropic organization that managed $64.7 million in community and charity giving. In 1989 he was chosen as one of 20 private-sector executives to serve a one-year appointment to the Bush Administration where he was assigned to the U.S. Department of the Treasury.
Director Walther has served on the board of trustees of the College of the Ozarks in Point Lookout, Missouri, since 1992, serving chairman from 2001 until 2007. In addition, he has served on the board of directors of Arkansas Easter Seals. He has also been a member of the executive board for Quapaw Area Boy Scouts, the University of Arkansas Walton School of Business Board of Visitors, Downtown Little Rock Rotary, the University of Arkansas Medical Sciences BioVentures Advisory Board, the Arkansas Policy Foundation, the Southern Technology Council, and the Little Rock Sertoma Club. He is also actively involved in his home church of Fellowship Bible Church in Little Rock, Arkansas, and Capital Life in Rosslyn, Virginia.
Larry and Janice, his wife of 42 years, have two grown children, Bill and Mandy, and seven grandchildren.
Larry Walther is a member of the board of directors for the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank). Director Walther was nominated by President Obama on July 21, 2011, confirmed by the U.S. Senate on November 1, 2011, and sworn into office on November 14, 2011, for a term expiring on January 20, 2013.
Most recently Walther served as director of the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) from March 2008 to January 2009. Director Walther brought broad private sector expertise to USTDA, helping to open commercial opportunities for U.S. firms overseas and facilitating mutually beneficial partnerships. Prior to his appointment, Walther served as the director of the Arkansas Department of Economic Development. There he was responsible for the overall direction and management of the Department and for representing the Governor and the State on all matters concerning statewide issues of economic development.
Previously, Director Walther had an extensive career with SBC Communications, now AT&T. Starting as a switching engineer for Southwestern Bell Telephone Company in 1970, he concluded his 30-year career at SBC as the vice president for corporate services and chairman of the SBC Foundation. In that capacity he oversaw a philanthropic organization that managed $64.7 million in community and charity giving. In 1989 he was chosen as one of 20 private-sector executives to serve a one-year appointment to the Bush Administration where he was assigned to the U.S. Department of the Treasury.
Director Walther has served on the board of trustees of the College of the Ozarks in Point Lookout, Missouri, since 1992, serving chairman from 2001 until 2007. In addition, he has served on the board of directors of Arkansas Easter Seals. He has also been a member of the executive board for Quapaw Area Boy Scouts, the University of Arkansas Walton School of Business Board of Visitors, Downtown Little Rock Rotary, the University of Arkansas Medical Sciences BioVentures Advisory Board, the Arkansas Policy Foundation, the Southern Technology Council, and the Little Rock Sertoma Club. He is also actively involved in his home church of Fellowship Bible Church in Little Rock, Arkansas, and Capital Life in Rosslyn, Virginia.
Larry and Janice, his wife of 42 years, have two grown children, Bill and Mandy, and seven grandchildren.