Washington County Executive Committee 2019-2021

Debby Winters, Chair

Debby Winters is an Intellectual Property and Business Law attorney who graduated from the University of Arkansas School of Law and has practiced law in Fayetteville for 15 years. She is actively involved in the growing start-up community in NWA.  She received her Ph.D. at the University of Georgia and worked at The Mount Sinai School of Medicine before moving to Fayetteville to join the faculty at the UA. She and her husband, who is a professor at the University, raised their two daughters in Fayetteville. Although not born and raised in Northwest Arkansas, she chose it as the perfect place for her family. She has served on the board and in executive positions of several nonprofit organizations.  Her work with charity organizations include the Alzheimer’s Association, the Heart Association, and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.  She’s an exercise enthusiast and avid runner who has completed both national and international marathons. She is also actively involved in the world of rescuing dogs who are looking for the perfect forever home. ​

Jeremy Stark, First Vice Chair

Jeremy Stark is a Social Worker who graduated from the University of Arkansas School of Social Work in 2016. He works as program coordinator for a community mental health agency. He is currently on the Planned Parenthood Northwest Arkansas Advisory board, co-founded an organization focusing on promoting sexual education in Arkansas schools, and has worked an a grant reader for United Way during the past two funding cycles. He loves living in Northwest Arkansas and working to make an impact in his community. Jeremy got involved with the WCD after the 2016 elections. He worked on the strategic planning committee, marketing committee, and the voter protection committee. During the 2018 campaign season, he served on the WCD executive committee as Co-Marketing chair. He looks forward to serving as Vice Chair as we head into the 2020 campaign season. ​

Zane Chenault, Treasurer

Zane Chenault is an Arkansas native who was born into a career military family.  He earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science at Arkansas State University in Jonesboro.  He enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1991. Chenault then attended and graduated from Officer Candidate School (OCS) at Fort Benning, Georgia.  He achieved the rank of First Lieutenant before leaving the service.
Following his service in the Army, Chenault entered the private sector.  During the last seven years of a twenty year career, he was a Vice President of Service Delivery responsible for over $250 Million in IT services revenue and a staff of over 2,000.  “I applied myself and was very successful in the private sector, now I want to use my expertise to give back to my community.”  Chenault has been employed by the State of Arkansas since 2016. Chenault was appointed as the Member-at-Large Representative for the Fayetteville Airport Board in 2018 and elected as the Board Chairman in 2019.  “Public service is a privilege and an honor.  I look forward to applying my leadership skill set to strengthen the Washington County Democratic Party.” Chenault and his wife Peggy, a graduate of John Brown University, moved back to Northwest Arkansas in 2015 to make it their permanent home.   The Chenaults have been married 30 years and have two adult children.

Interim Secretary, Afton Clevenger

Afton Clevenger was born and raised in Joplin Missouri and moved to Fayetteville 3 years ago to finish school. She is currently in the process of achieving a law degree with the hopes of being able to fight for human and civil rights. She has found passions in cooking and international food after she spent some time overseas in Thailand and Laos and she plans to continuing traveling to eat all the food the world has to offer. Right now most of her time is dedicated to school and her HUGE dog Maverick, and she cannot wait to get to start dedicating her time to the WCD. ​

Max Deitchler, Election Commissioner
Statute (ACA 7-4-102) that requires members of the election commission to be elected in odd-numbered years, following the elections of a party's other officer positions: "(a)(1) In January of each odd-numbered year following the election of county committee officers, members of the county board of election commissioners shall be elected by their respective county committees."