Acting Chancellor Bill Kincaid

Mr. Bill Kincaid has served as associate general counsel at the University of Arkansas since 2000, and as managing associate general counsel for the Fayetteville campus since 2018. He was named acting chancellor of the flagship campus on June 21, 2021.

Prior to joining the University of Arkansas, Kincaid worked in Washington, D.C. with the U.S. Department of Education and the White House Domestic Policy Council.  Earlier in his career, Kincaid served as a law clerk to the Honorable Richard S. Arnold, who at that time was Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.

Kincaid is a board member of the Washington County Historical Society.

A native of Fayetteville, Mr. Kincaid is a 1988 honors graduate of Yale University. He obtained his law degree in 1993 from the University of Virginia. He also holds a master’s in public affairs from Princeton University through a joint program.