Director
Bringing 28 years of banking experience to the position, Mary Beth Brooks became director of the ASBTDC at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville in August 2018.
She was president and CEO of The Bank of Fayetteville from 2004 to 2015, then went into private consulting. Earlier in her career, she held executive roles at Arvest Bank Group.
Active in the community, Brooks has served on the Arkansas Economic Development Commission, Northwest Arkansas Council, Fayetteville Chamber of Commerce board, Fayetteville Public Education Foundation board, Yvonne Richardson Community Center board, and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and UAMS Northwest boards. She helped found the Walton College Alumni Society.
Brooks is a graduate of the university and has a Master of Business Administration in Finance and Banking degree from the University of Wisconsin.