Join us on May 16 at Noon (location TBA) for our Quarterly Luncheon as we welcome Jeff Hankins as our guest speaker.

Jeff Hankins is president and publisher of Arkansas Business Publishing Group in Little Rock. The company produces 16 national award-winning niche publications across Arkansas, including Arkansas Business, Little Rock Soiree, Little Rock Family and ArkansasSports360.com. ABPG also develops Web sites through its FLEX360 division.

A native of Pine Bluff, Jeff is a graduate of Arkansas State University. He became editor of Arkansas Business in Little Rock in 1993, was promoted to publisher in 1996 and became president of the company in 1999. His 31-year journalism career also includes work at publications across Arkansas, including the launch of the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal in 1997.

Jeff reports business news and provides political analysis on Today’s THV Channel 11, and he appears as a panelist on AETN’s “Arkansas Week.”