Forty Under 40: Linda Goggans

Linda Goggans, 30, grew up in Tulsa and earned a bachelor’s degree in broadcast journalism from University of the Ozarks in Clarksville.

She worked for two years in marketing for Tyson Foods’ wholesale club marketing department. Goggans then moved to Little Rock where she was an account executive for Stone & Ward. After a year at Stone & Ward, Goggans went to work for Communications Development in Maumelle as an account executive and new business director.

Goggans moved back to Fayetteville in 1997 and worked as director of client services for Thompson Earnhart & Associates for about eight months.

She then founded The Goggans Agency along with her husband, Greg.

“Simply put, we approach all situations from outside the conventional,” she says. “We believe in giving our clients more than what they expect. … Our aim is to provide original and intriguing solutions to old problems.”

Goggans was co-chairman of the Ozarks Race for the Cure. She was named in the National Register’s Who’s Who in Executives and Professionals and is a member of the chambers of commerce in Fayetteville and Springdale. Goggans is also a member of the Arkansas Advertising Federation and the National Association for Female Executives.