Background
Yates, Barbara was born on April 3, 1950 in Red Star, Arkansas, United States. Daughter of Charles Harvey and Lulu Esther Yates.
Yates, Barbara was born on April 3, 1950 in Red Star, Arkansas, United States. Daughter of Charles Harvey and Lulu Esther Yates.
Bachelor of Business Administration, University Arkansas, 1970.
Staff accountant, Peat, Marwick, Mitchell, Tulsa, 1970-1972; staff accountant, Touche Ross, Los Angeles, 1972; staff accountant, Gaddy & Company, Fayetteville, Arkansas, 1972-1973; staff accountant, E.L. Gaunt & Company, Little Rock, Arkansas, 1974-1975; principal, Yates & Limited company, Little Rock, 1975-1983; partner, Baird, Kurtz & Dobson, Little Rock, since 1983.
Active Governor's Task Force for Finance in Public Schools, Arkansas, 1987, management task force steering committee Little Rock School District, 1988-1989. Chairman annual fund community campaign University Arkansas, Little Rock, 1990-1991. Member Sales and Marketing Executive (treasurer, president, President award 1990), American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Arkansas Board Accoutancy (president 1979-1984), Arkansas Society of Certified Public Accountants, American Society Women Accountants, Little Rock Chamber of Commerce.
Married Rawleigh H. Ralls, May 24, 1975 (divorced 1987). Children: Creighton, Rawleigh.