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Hugh T. McDonald is president and chief executive officer of Entergy Arkansas a position he has held since spring of 2000. He is responsible for Entergy Arkansas’ electric distribution system customer service economic development regulatory affairs and governmental affairs as well as the company’s financial performance.
McDonald who lives in Little Rock has been with Entergy since 1982 when he was hired to work at Entergy’s Waterford 3 nuclear plant in Taft La. near New Orleans. McDonald was later promoted to serve as executive assistant to the chairman of Louisiana Power & Light/New Orleans Public Service Inc. (the predecessors of Entergy Louisiana and Entergy New Orleans) then led Entergy Louisiana’s Total Quality initiative. During Entergy’s 1994 merger with Gulf States Utilities McDonald was a special projects director for the functional integration of the transmission distribution and customer service organizations.
McDonald also served as a division manager for Entergy Mississippi in McComb.
He was promoted to serve as director -- regulatory affairs in Texas after which he was promoted to vice president of Entergy Retail Operations prior to coming to Arkansas to accept his current position.
McDonald serves as Chairman of the Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce and serves on the Board of the Little Rock Regional Chamber of Commerce the United States Chamber of Commerce the Arkansas Arts Center the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Foundation Fund the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences BioVentures Advisory Board Fifty for the Future the Dean’s Executive Advisory Board of the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville the University of Arkansas at Little Rock College of Business Administration Business Advisory Council and the Metro Little Rock Alliance.
McDonald holds a bachelor of science degree in construction management from North Dakota State University and earned an master of business administration degree from the University of New Orleans. | 