2025 Annual Convention Recap
Thank you to our incredible hosts, Horseshoe Tunica and Visit Tunica, and our generous convention sponsors and ASAE partners for a fantastic time at GAME ON ASAE! We appreciate your support of ASAE!
Couldn’t make it or want to relive the fun? Click here for photos.
Feeling nostalgic? Click here for a collection of photos from past ASAE events.
Recognize our winners
On Tuesday, ASAE presented awards to the following well deserving members after our reception sponsored by Visit Bentonville and dinner sponsored by 2026 Convention Hosts, Destination Rogers and Embassy Suites by Hilton Northwest Arkansas Hotel Spa and Convention Center. Samantha Rojas, with Destination Rogers was on hand to annouce the WalMart AMP concert winners before the awards.
Ken Graves Memorial Award Winner: Rita Madison, Arkanas Ready Mixed Concrete Association
Please read more about Ken Graves and the Ken Graves Memorial Award here.
Emerging Leader Award: BJ Matthews, Little Rock REALTORS Association
Partner of the Year Award: Heather Fox and Renee Reddick, Atrium Hospitality
Excellence in Communications Award Winners: Arkansas Bankers Association, Arkansas Medical Society,and Goodwill Industries of Arkansas
Who Was There
Learning
Thank you to Mary Catherine Webb for helping us to bring some of Mississippi's best and brightest to the ASAE conference. We hope everyone picked up tips to protect your organization from financial fraud from Gene Crawford with First Community Bank, learned how to communicate with different styles from Lindsey Lewis, took home at least one tip to take control of your day from Amanda Fontaine and feel like you can deal better with difficult personalities (er, pigs) from Dr. Lavon Gray. If you would like more information on the presentations, please email us.
At ASAE, we even learn at lunch! Thank you to Anna Oberste and Beth Taggard with Oaklawn Casino Racing Hotel for sponsoring a fantastic luncheon with a fun race, trivia and prizes.
Thank you to DeShay Major and Scott Nichols with our partner CTi for the fantastic audio visual support during the breakout sessions that helped make all of the learning possible.
Thank you to the Visit Tunica for a fabulous Welcome Reception at the Gateway to the Blues Museum. Check out a song that was written and recorded by our very own Shay Stout that night.
Networking
Thank you to Discover Fort Smith and Fort Smith Convention Center for morning mimoas to get our sessions off to the best start.
Thank you to Explore Branson and the Hiltons of Branson for hosting a fabulous hospitality event at Backstage with Branson.
Thank you to Goldstrike Casino and Tunica National Golf Course for hosting our off-site events.
Next Year:
2026 Convention will be in Rogers at Embassy Suites by Hilton Northwest Arkansas Hotel Spa and Convention Center, on Monday, July 15, and Tuesday, July 16. Mark your calendars now.
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