Katie Anderson of Scott was appointed Chairman of the Arkansas Public Service Commission by Governor Asa Hutchinson in October 2022. She assumed the role of Commissioner in January 2023.

Prior to joining the Commission, she served as an Administrative Law Judge for the Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission.

Commissioner Anderson’s family owns I.F. Anderson Farms, Inc. in Lonoke, a 4th generation bait fish farm in operation since 1949. She is a Vice President of the corporation and has also served as in-house counsel, where she managed a variety of legal issues for the business.

Commissioner Anderson previously served as a Law Clerk for the Honorable Erin L. Wiedemann, U.S. Magistrate Judge for the Western District of Arkansas; the Honorable Audrey R. Evans, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas; and the Honorable Karen R. Baker, Judge, Arkansas Court of Appeals.

From 2012 until 2015, she was Senior Manager of the State and Local Policy Team for Walmart Stores, Inc. where she engineered, individually and as part of a team, public policy initiatives and legislative strategies for more than 9 internal business units (including Health and Wellness, Labor Relations, Employment Compliance, Privacy, Workers’ Compensation, Benefits, Unemployment Insurance/Payroll, Legal/Tort Reform, and Fuel) in all 50 states and Puerto Rico.

Commissioner Anderson received a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of Arkansas in 1997 and a Juris Doctorate from the University of Arkansas School of Law in 2000. She is licensed to practice law in Arkansas.

Currently, she is a member of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC), where she serves on the Board of Directors, and on the Committee on Gas. She also serves on the Executive Committee for the National Council on Electricity Policy and was recently appointed to serve on NARUC’s Subcommittee on Education and Research. She serves on the Board of Directors for the Organization of MISO States (OMS) and is a member of the Personnel Committee. Commissioner Anderson is a Director and VP for the Entergy Regional State Committee (ERSC) where she serves as Secretary. She is an advisory council member of New Mexico State University Center for Public Utilities. Additionally, she is the liaison to the Mid-America Regulatory C0nference where she serves on the Executive Committee. In January 2024, she was appointed by the Supreme Court of Arkansas to serve on the Client Security Fund Committee. On September 11, 2026, Commissioner Anderson was appointed to the Gas Technology Institute Public Interest Advisory Committee.