Mike Rogers

Chief Workforce Officer

Office of Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders

Mike Rogers was the Senior Director of Maintenance and Refrigeration for Tyson Foods, Inc. His team travels across the country to conduct trainings on industrial maintenance, refrigeration, and reliability engineering, and was also responsible for starting technical programs close to Tyson Foods facilities. Rogers has taught agriculture and industrial maintenance at Siloam Springs High School for 20 years and was the Energy Manager for the Siloam Springs School District for 16 years. He received his Bachelor of Science in Agriculture from University of Arkansas and later completed his Master’s in Education. During his 20-year career at Frez-N-Stor, he took refrigeration classes through the Refrigerating Engineers & Technicians Association, received a universal HVAC/R license andboiler operator’s certification. Rogers holds six additional teaching licenses with the Arkansas Department of Education for secondary and post-secondary education. He is an NCCER Master Trainer and holds three journeyman level certificates in HVAC, welding, and industrial maintenance. Rogers was runner up for 2016 Arkansas Teacher of the Year and currently is a member of the Arkansas Workforce Education Council.