A directory of Profiles for Northwest Arkansas Business Journal Awards
by - June 17, 2024 1:45 pm
Residence: Springdale Education: B.S.B.A., accounting, University of Arkansas; MBA, John Brown University Professional background: Creek joined Harps in 2006 as controller and helped oversee day-to-day financial operations during the company’s…
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Residence: Fayetteville Education: B.S., civil engineering, Ph.D., civil engineering, University of Arkansas Professional background: After completing her doctoral work at the University of Arkansas, Pifer joined engineering firm Garver in…
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Residence: Rogers Education: University of Arkansas (attended) Professional background: After more than a decade working in merchandise support in the corporate sector, House pursued a media career. She joined KNWA/KFTA…
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Residence: Rogers Education: B.S.B.A., finance and marketing, University of Arkansas Professional background: Ragar co-founded her first company in 2005 with the launch of a Scotts LawnService franchise. In 2016, the…
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Residence: Fayetteville Education: NA Professional Background: Phillips has over four decades of experience in the banking industry and played a pivotal role in establishing two banks from their inception. In…
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Residence: Gentry Education: NA Professional background: With nearly 20 years of experience in Northwest Arkansas, Welch closed over 200 residential sales worth nearly $60 million in the past five years….
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Residence: Fayetteville Education: B.A., mass communications, Lindenwood (Mo); M.A., communication, University of Arkansas Professional background: Ironside joined The Jones Center in the spring of 2023. That followed a decade of…
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Residence: Rogers Education: B. Arch., University of Oklahoma; M.S., design research, University of Michigan Professional background: A Northwest Arkansas native, Hester leads the largest solely woman-owned design firm in Arkansas….
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Residence: Centerton Education: B.S., psychology, Abilene Christian University Professional background: Since joining Outdoor Cap in May 2011, Jeter has worked in numerous sales and product development roles. She’s led the…
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Residence: Fayetteville Education: B.B.A., MBA, Harding University Professional background: Over the past three years, Langston has been executive director of community programs at the Institute of Community Health Innovation at…
by - May 6, 2024 8:20 am
Erin Thomas led public communications for Ronald McDonald House’s (RMH) $3.5 million capital campaign to build an 11-bedroom house in Fort Smith and got it done in two years. Her…
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Fort Smith native Jackson Mendenhall is one of the rare people who know what they want to do before graduating college and where they will do it. He graduated from…
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Michaela Day relocated from central Illinois to southwest Arkansas at the age of 8, where she spent her formative years on a bustling 70-acre hobby farm surrounded by diverse livestock….
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Payne Phillips, a native of Washington County, is driven by a deep-rooted passion for Northwest Arkansas. His aspiration to excel as a commercial real estate broker is fueled by his…
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After earning a bachelor’s degree in hospitality management from the University of Missouri, Mariah Crews realized that the hospitality industry wasn’t her true calling. The Gower, Mo.-native looked to a…
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Max Harrell joined Generations Bank in 2014, becoming the sixth generation of the Harrell family to work in banking. His father, Jon, is the chairman and CEO of the Rogers-based…
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Starting and running a candle and bath bomb business in college, Melodie Hays realized she enjoyed problem-solving. With a major in English literature and a minor in supply chain management,…
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Kimberly Norris always knew she wanted to have a business. “My dad had always had a business,” she explained. “So I grew up seeing that and … he was a…
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Helping people plan their financial future motivates Hannah Newkirk in her work at Arvest. “The average person doesn’t know all the ins and outs and constantly changing laws and tax…
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While working toward his marketing degree at Belmont University in Tennessee, Bentonville native Nick Smith discovered a passion for investing. However, neither of those things was his primary ambition. “I…
