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Forty Under 40: Marcy Chavez

Marcy Chavez, 33, got married young and fell into the role of housewife. But she soon found herself wanting to do something different, something that would make her feel more…

Forty Under 40: Justin DeLille

Justin DeLille, 32, may have a degree in molecular biology but his natural talent of connecting with people led him to a career in fundraising for the arts. In his…

Forty Under 40: Thomas Dixon

Thomas Dixon, 39, worked in retail management before realizing his dream of owning his own business. He graduated from the University of Arkansas in 1993 with a degree in accounting,…

Forty Under 40: Jill Grimsley Drewyor

Jill Drewyor’s law practice in dealings with commercial lending, real estate, general business and corporate law is booming, but what she really likes to tear into are municipal and public…

Forty Under 40: Chad Evans

Who says you can’t go home again? Not Chad Evans. Evans, 38, spent his freshman year of college at Tulsa, only to notice a trend that left him scratching his…

Forty Under 40: Jeffrey S. Fender

In baseball, utility players usually don’t qualify as MVP candidates. At Springdale’s S.F. Fiser & Co., Jeff Fender, 36, is on his way to earning that distinction. In addition to…

Forty Under 40: Matt Fifer

Matt Fifer, 36, began his career in retail by working at Silver Dollar City, the natural summer job for those growing up in Branson. “I was really fortunate. The people…

Forty Under 40: Steve Fortner,

When North Little Rock native Steve Fortner, 28, graduated from the University of Arkansas with a degree in biology, finding a job in his field proved almost impossible. Fortunately, he…

Forty Under 40: Jason Hall

Jason Hall, 38, likes to tell people he plays the drums on Dickson Street every weekend. And he does, as part of the services at First Baptist Church. After earning…

Forty Under 40: J. Judd Harbin

J. Judd Harbin, 39, has been interested in psychology since he was a child and had a natural curiosity about the human mind. His experience as a freshman at Birmingham…

Forty Under 40: Courtney Hudson Henry

Courtney Henry, 37, spent her time in undergraduate school studying art; now she studies the art of the justice system. She graduated magna cum laude from the University of Arkansas…

Forty Under 40: Brian T. Jackson

When Brian Jackson, 36, went into the U.S. Air Force Academy he knew he’d eventually return to Rogers and work for the company where his dad was a founding partner….

Forty Under 40: Matt Kendall

One could say title work and Northwest Arkansas are in Matt Kendall’s blood. His children will be the eighth generation born and raised in Rogers, quite a family feat in…

Forty Under 40: Jason Kincy

Jason Kincy, 36, has a simple philosophy: “Be honest and upfront, and everything else will fall in line.” It’s easy to believe Kincy lives by that rule after he summed…

Forty Under 40: Stephanie Malone

Stephanie Malone’s entire professional life has been centered around driving economic development for Fort Smith, and that’s what she intends to do for the coming years, she said. A 2000…

Forty Under 40: Ben McLintock

Ben McLintock, 34, was one of two radio and television students at San Francisco State University who had jobs waiting for them upon graduation. The California native took his first…

Forty Under 40: Jason Minton

It may look like Jason Minton, 34, hasn’t made it far from the nest, but he’s traveled the country to make it big back home. The Rogers native took off…

Forty Under 40: Jonathan Mwaba

Jonathan Mwaba, 28, is in some ways unconventional. “My first passion is business, but not the traditional way of doing business,” Mwaba said, explaining his notion of a “triple bottom…

Forty Under 40: Deanna Newberry

A native of Topeka, Kan., Deanna Newberry, 37, calculated one of the best colleges she could attend was Tulane University in New Orleans. That’s where she started pursuing her degree…

Forty Under 40: Mark Power

Fayetteville native Mark Power, 39, has been the executive director of development — the office that raises private gift support — at the University of Arkansas since 2007. Power’s willingness…