Featured Leader: Dr. Matt Young

Stepping Up to Make a Difference

Congratulations to Dr. Matt Young!

This year’s adult recipient of the 2018 Wilbur Award is Dr. Matthew Young, who is a leader in our community for Health Education.  Dr. Young annually  performs free physical exams for Leaders and youth to attend Boy Scout, Girl Scout, church camps, and athletics, and consistently makes himself available to organizations regarding health issues that serve the public.  

Dr. Young is the Medical Director for the Texarkana College EMS program and Texarkana Emergency Center.  Dr Young serves as Southwest Arkansas Regional Trauma Advisory Council Chairman as well as in many other roles.

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Matthew Nix, M.D. is Leading the Way in Texarkana USA

As an organization committed to growing a community of leaders, Leadership Texarkana lifts up exemplary leaders in our community as models to us all, showing what is possible if we choose to serve one another by investing time and effort in our community.”  Leadership Texarkana’s Wilbur Awards have been given annually since 1992, in memory of community servant and historian Wilbur Smith.