We are a nonprofit organization that promotes, practices and teaches motorcycle safety while actively lobbying our elected officials on all levels. We provide many different things to our membership throughout the year, entertainment and community service projects along with numerous rides and runs all over our fine state of Arkansas.

State Officers:

Chairman: Eric Turman


Member of: District 2
Number of Years in ABATE: 6 years
Positions held: Dist 2 president for 4 years, State Co-Chairman for 3 years, and State Sgt. @ Arms for 1 year.
Comments: I am your new Chairman of ABATE of Arkansas. I have been Co-Chairman for 3 years and Sergeant -at -arms for one year. I also have been a board member for a year. I have been an ABATE member for 8 years now and I have been D-2 President for 4 years. I have help organize and start the DARE Biker Classic, The "Look Twice Save A Life" program and promote Motorcycle Awareness in and around Jonesboro. I have 2 kids Jas is almost 16 and Kaycee is 12. Becky and I have been dating almost 5 years, some say Im lucky because i have someone like her and I tell them, "Yes, I am". This is a GREAT organization and my main goal is to grow it, there is NO reason why we cannot have 2 or 3,000 members. We need everyone that is an ABATE member to do their part too, recruit 5 members, old members that have left or new ones that just don't know who ABATE is and what we stand for. I proudly serve you as Chairman of ABATE of Arkansas.

Co-Chairman: Richard Grimmett


Member of: District 20
Number of Years in ABATE: 10 Years
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Comments: Richard Grimmett, aka "Treetop," bought my first bike in June of 2001. I met members of ABATE 20 and CMA members of Little Rock in August of the same year. I joined both groups. In February of 2002 I started a ride group called the Nucleus Riding Team and began hosting a bikers' breakfast on the first Saturday of each month to bring area riders together. In April of 2002 I was instrumental in organizing the J.C. Riders, the Jefferson County chapter of the Christian Motorcycle Association. In 2003 I organized a 1500 mile Iron Butt ride to Santa Rosa New Mexico and back. I love to ride! Throughout the following nine years, I organized rides, raised funds for the Salvation Army and the Arkansas Baptist Children's Home in Monticello and Dana's House in Dewitt in the name of Nucleus, and organized teams of bikers to go to tornado-ravaged communities such as Moss Point, Mississippi, and Damascus, Arkansas, to help rebuild church buildings destroyed in the storms. In April of 2010 I helped organize the Arkansas Fallen Riders Association, a group that raises funds for bikers who have gone down in our state, and am now the chairman of the Association. I have been road captain and chaplain for ABATE 20 and have worked hard this past year to grow AFRA. Did I tell you that I love to ride and have logged over 200,000 miles through twenty-eight states in ten years. I"m very appreciative for the opportunity to serve ABATE of Arkansas as Co-Chairman-2012. My "Vice" is riding and I'm here to make a difference!

Secretary: JoAnn Laird


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Treasurer: Ginger Lewis


Member of: District 4
Number of Years in ABATE: 16 Years
Positions held: Currently: District 4 treasurer, newsletter editor; Previously: D4 state board rep, legislative rep, secretary, Mid-South M.I.L.E. AR rep
Comments: This upcoming year will be a hallmark one presenting many opportunities and challenges. I look forward to working for you as your State Board Treasurer. I'm especially grateful for the knowledge and wisdom Helen has shared with me.

Sgt & Arms: Mike Payne


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