New Fort Smith Boys & Girls Club leader wants expansion, improvements

The new chief executive officer of the Fort Smith Boys & Girls Clubs said she intends to take the organization to the next level. Beth Presley will assume her new role September 6. She will succeed Jerry Glidewell, who will retire as executive director Sept. 15.

Jerry Glidewell, executive director of the Fort Smith Boys & Girls Club, visits with Cesar Valencia, 11, on Thursday, August 25, 2022, at the Bill Jeffrey Memorial Boys & Girls Club in Fort Smith. After 43 years with the organization, Glidewell is retiring in September. Beth Presley, a longtime community leader in the city, will succeed Glidewell. Visit nwaonline.com/220828Daily/ for today's photo gallery..(NWA Democrat-Gazette/Hank Layton)