Marketing and Communications Manager
Bethany May joined the Association in September, 2025 as marketing and communications manager. In this position, she oversees external and internal communications in support of the Association’s strategic objectives.
Passionate about words, language, and their impact, Bethany brings over a decade of communications experience from her work with the Arkansas Trucking Association and as managing editor of Arkansas Trucking Report. She is invested in championing other writers as an editor and instructor and crafting stories that resonate.
Bethany’s communications have won awards in image and advocacy, and her efforts have contributed to policies that serve communities all over Arkansas. In 2019, she worked on the successful campaign to pass the largest highway funding bill in state history and educated voters on the impact of a ballot measure to fund the maintenance and improvement of public infrastructure. She loves the chance to tell the stories of a place and its people.
Bethany has a B.A. and M.A. in Professional and Technical Writing from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, where she worked on the campus nonfiction publication Quills & Pixels as an acquisition and production editor. When out of office, you can find her booking a flight, baking a cake, reading a book, or sewing a dress.
