Bentley Story

Bentley Story is a Senior Project Manager on the Business & Economic Development Team at Entergy Arkansas.  A native of Forrest City, Arkansas, Bentley started his career in economic development in 2007 at the Arkansas Economic Development Commission as a Project Manager and was promoted to the Director of the Business Development Division in 2012.  Prior to 2007, Bentley worked as a budget analyst with the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration and worked in Tyson Foods’ Corporate Strategy Division.

Bentley is a graduate of the University of Oklahoma’s Economic Development Institute and is a Certified Economic Developer.  Bentley has served as a member of the Arkansas Economic Developers Board and the Baptist Health Foundation Associate Board.  He has been a frequent volunteer for the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure and has served as a judge for the Governor’s Cup Business Plan Competition.

Bentley is a graduate of the Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and a Master of Business Administration.  He and his wife, Amanda, live in Little Rock with their two children.