Kirsten Banks grew up in Russellville and earned her accounting degree from Arkansas Tech University in 2010. She then received her master’s degree from the University of Central Arkansas in 2012 and became a CPA in 2013. Kirsten has worked in both public and private accounting, with a background in tax, and has previously served as a controller. She is married and a proud mother of three children (ages 2, 7, and 9). She and her family are members of The Summit Church in Conway, and she serves on the PTO at Woodrow Cummins Elementary