2025 Emerging Leaders Class


Jeff Borg
Account Executive
Best Association Management

Dylan Kinkade
Director of Marketing & Communications
Arkansas Hospitality Association

Anna Rowland
Member Services & Event Coordinator
Arkansas Health Care Association

Brandon Wood
Safety and Training Director
Arkansas Transit Association

2024 Emerging Leaders Class

ELC

(Left to right) Shay Stout, B.J. Matthews, Todd Gerdes, Will Hopkins.

Todd Gerdes
Manager of Member Services
Arkansas Homefurnishings Association

Will Hopkins
Director, Local Affairs & Rural Development
Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation

B.J. Matthews
Director of PR/Meeting Planner
Arkansas REALTORS Association

Shay Stout
Director of Finance and Human Resources
Arkansas Hospitality Association

2023 Emerging Leaders Class

2023 Emerging Leaders Council Members

(Left to right) Reagan Heffley, Cassandra Van Tassel, Catrinia Rojas, Janet Marshall, Jenny Higgs.

Reagan Heffley
Director of Communications & Marketing
Big I Arkansas

Jenny Higgs
Director of Marketing
Arkansas Farm Bureau

Janet Marshall
Membership Administrator
Arkansas Bar Association

Catrinia Rojas
Coordinator Policy Development & Legislative Rearch
Arkansas Farm Bureau

Cassandra Van Tassel
Educational Operations Specialist
Arkansas Hospital Association