Carole Farmer

Carole Farmer of Fayetteville, a 2005 graduate of Arkansas State University, is a Certified Medical Practice Executive (CMPE) and owns Arkansas Medical Management Consulting, LLC, a medical consulting firm that provides support for physician-owned practices.

She worked 17 years for the largest multi-specialty physician medical clinic in northeast Arkansas. Her last seven years, she served as the clinic’s administrator and managed more than 120 employees.

Farmer earned both her bachelor’s degree in accounting (2005) and master’s in business administration (2008) at A-State. She also served as an adjunct professor of accounting at A-State for two years, primarily focused on managerial accounting.

She served for five years on the Board of Directors for Arkansas Medical Group Managers Association, her last year as chair of the organization. Prior to her medical management career, she worked in the banking industry focusing on internal auditing and regulatory compliance. She is a member of the board of directors of Farmer Enterprises Inc.

A native of Palestine, she is married to Alec Farmer, a 1986 Arkansas State University graduate. They are 1924 Sustaining Life Members of the A-State Alumni Association and endowed the Dalton A. Farmer Family Scholarship in 2015. Together they have four adult daughters. Emily, their youngest daughter, is an A-State graduate.

Farmer was appointed to a seven-year term in 2025 by Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders. Her appointment expires in January 2032. She may be contacted at clfarmer@asusystem.edu.