Fritz Porter Designs, Inc

Mary Helen Fuller, an Arkansas native, was born in Forrest City, Arkansas and a resident of Little Rock, Arkansas from 1954 through 1978. 

In 1978 Mary Helen moved to Washington, DC to work for Congressman Jim Guy Tucker and spent the next 30 years working in the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate.  In 2008 she retired from the U.S. Senate and returned to her home state of Arkansas.

From 1986-1988 she promoted Arkansas crafts through “The Ozark Collection,” by taking Arkansas arts and crafts on consignment and selling them at the Eastern Market (farmers market) on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.  The Ozark Collection also sponsored a show for Arkansas artist Jane Frier Hankins.  In 2006 Mary Helen began designing jewelry and in 2009 went into partnership with Elizabeth Dolan as FritzPorter Designs.   Email-> maryhelen.fuller@gmail.com

Elizabeth Dolan was born in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1951. She grew up in England, Arkansas as one of the seven Dolan children.  She attended the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville and Little Rock.

In 1974 moved to Boston, MA and worked as a Social Worker at Beth Israel Hospital for two years before returning to Little Rock.  Elizabeth continued in the field of social work by working at the Arkansas School for the Deaf, while at the deaf school worked with students through art projects and social skills. 

Elizabeth moved to Washington, D.C. in the summer of 1978 and in a turn of careers began working for the Investment Company Institute the national trade association for the mutual fund industry.  This career turn lasted 28 years, working as a statistical analyst to vice president of the insurance area.  While in D.C. Elizabeth served on the board of several charitable organization.  She returned to Northwest Arkansas to begin another career in real estate. Email->  dolancarllee@cox.net

 In the fall of 2008 began Fritz Porter Designs, Inc. with Mary Helen Fuller.