Andy Wilson

Andy Wilson became Chief Executive Officer for the Soderquist Center for Leadership and Ethics in August of 2001 and has since led the team through a time of growth and sharpened focus.  The mission of the Center is to equip people with the transforming power of ethical leadership. Andy believes in this mission and spends his time doing executive coaching, teaching a graduate course entitled “Leading Change” and serves on boards for Circle of Life, C.P. Morgan Inc., and Sunstar Global HR.

As CEO, Andy has been involved in strategic planning and direction for the Center.  He serves as an executive coach to senior leaders as well as facilitating and leading sessions with our customers.  He also speaks on behalf of the Center at a variety of functions as well as spending time teaching in both the Advance Degree and Master’s Degree programs at John Brown University.

Prior to his tenure with the Soderquist Center for Leadership and Ethics, Andy spent 25 years as an innovative leader at Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. He dedicated more than 10 years as Vice President and Officer of Store Operations, supervising over 100 stores and 10,000 associates in the Southern, Southeast and Western regions of the United States.  Most recently, he served for 6 years as Vice President of People Division (HR) for all domestic store operations, including over 700,000 associates and management staff.  He assisted in Succession Planning, HR People Measurement Systems, Training and Development, Compensation and Benefits Systems and executive Coaching.  Andy speaks globally on the issues of Leadership, Ethics, Retail Store Operations and Human Resources.

Currently Andy Wilson serves as the Executive Leader of the Ministry and Operations at the First Baptist Church in Springdale and the Church at Pinnacle Hills in Rogers, AR.  He is head of the Communications department at these churches and his missional vission matches that of the church in that his goal is “to reach Northwest Arkansas, America, and the World for Jesus Christ.”