Personal:

• Obtained a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff – AM&N
• Received Teacher Certification from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
• Vocational Trade Instructor at the Arkansas School for the Deaf
• Career Orientation Instructor at the Arkansas School for the Deaf
• Master Teacher Vocational Technology
• Other Work Experience Includes: Assistant Funeral Director; Taxi Driver; Halstead Industries; and Recreational Director
• Native of Wynne, Arkansas
• Graduate of Childress High School in Wynne, Arkansas
• Church Affiliations: St. Johns Baptist Church, Little Rock, Arkansas; First Baptist Church, Wynne, Arkansas; and Union Valley Missionary Baptist Church, Wynne, Arkansas
• Married to Blondell Johnson Hinton, who is Employed by the Arkansas Department of Health
• Family: 1 daughter, Patricia Diane Hinton, and 1 son, Kevin L. Hinton

Professional:

• Little Rock Board of Directors: January 1995 - Present
• Vice-Mayor of Little Rock: January 2003 – Present
• Pulaski County Deputy Registrar

Community:

• Board Chairman, Forest Hills Neighborhood Association
• Co-Chairman, Lois L. Fitzhugh Scholarship Committee
• Executive Board Member, Little Rock Chapter of the National Association for Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
• Past Chairman, Operation Big Vote
• Past Chairman, Community Organization for Poverty Elimination Board of Directors
• Vice-President, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Program Committee, Pulaski and Lonoke Counties
• Past Policy Council Representative, Pulaski County Head Start
• Past Vice-President, Arkansas Black Caucus

City Appointments:

• Advertising & Promotion Commission Member
• Central Arkansas Library System, Ex-Officio Member
• Racial & Cultural Diversity Commission, Ex-Officio Member