Profiles

A directory of Profiles for Northwest Arkansas Business Journal Awards

Fast 15: Johnny Galloway

Johnny Galloway may be a born-and-bred Texan, but he has heeded Northwest Arkansas’ call twice. The first time to earn a degree. The second time to reinvent his career during…

Fast 15: Cameron Clark

Cameron Clark has enjoyed being a proponent of growth in Northwest Arkansas. The Fayetteville native only expects it to continue. In 2015, Clark graduated early from the University of Arkansas,…

Fast 15: Micah Bender

Problem solving motivates Micah Bender. A thinker who is always learning, he likes to be in the details and do the thinking to help his team execute. “I like to…

Fast 15: Jackson Bates

Almost as an afterthought, Jackson Bates decided to study finance as a University of Arkansas freshman. He dabbled in graphic design as a teenager — he designed the original logo…

Fast 15: Brandon Andrews

Brandon Andrews is motivated by helping others as it makes him “feel complete.” It also led the Green Forest native to consider a nursing career before pivoting into banking. In…

C-Suite: Jeff Williams

Fast fact: Williams joined America’s Car-Mart as chief financial officer in October 2005. He became president in March 2016 and has been a director since 2011 and CEO since January…

C-Suite: Dave Wilgus

Fast fact: Wilgus was named CEO in 2019 after working for HFA for nearly 19 years. What’s the most recent book you read? “The Infinite Game” by Simon Sinek. What…

C-Suite: Lori Walker

Fast fact: Managed external and internal communications for the $1.2 billion bank’s core system conversion in 2018, a merger in 2019 and a global pandemic in 2020-2021. What is the…

C-Suite: Eddie Vega

Fast fact: Vega was the first Hispanic to own a radio license in Arkansas, and his company is the only independent radio cluster with FM signals in Little Rock and…

C-Suite: Susan Upchurch

Fast fact: Upchurch and her team are responsible for distributing over $14 million in Emergency Rental Assistance program funds to Benton County residents since February 2021. What’s the most recent…

C-Suite: Michael Newcity

Fast fact: Newcity has worked for ArcBest Corp. for nearly three decades. He is also president of ArcBest Technologies, which provides IT services to different clients within ArcBest and its…

C-Suite: Yvette Murphy-Erby

Fast fact: Murphy-Erby, a professor of social work, was promoted to her current role in 2019 and has worked in multiple leadership positions since she joined the UA faculty in…

C-Suite: Steve Lane

Fast fact: A Colliers partner since 2004, Lane started his real estate career with Walmart (1992-1998). He leads a Colliers branch office with annual sales volume of over $100 million…

C-Suite: John Cooley

Fast fact: Cooley has been CFO for 21 years at Propak, a logistics company with more than 1,600 full-time employees operating in 60 locations in 21 states. Which supporting skills…

C-Suite: Bill Akins

Fast fact: A retail data scientist, Akins had leadership roles with Rockfish and Walmart Global Tech before he joined James+James in 2021. Over the past 18 months, the company has…

Forty Under 40: Lindsay Young

Lindsay Young’s career path started in an industry she didn’t envision when attending college — construction. “If you’d told me I’d work for design and construction firms and help them…

Forty Under 40: Christy Williams

Christy Williams thrives on making connections and developing relationships. That’s evident by her accomplishments in 13 years of an upwardly mobile career working in UAFS’ Office of Advancement. A Lavaca…

Forty Under 40: Kane Whitt

Watching his family make real estate investments led Kane Whitt into commercial real estate. He began a career in the industry in 2006 when he joined CSK Hotels, a diversified…

Forty Under 40: Jeannine Wheeler

Northwest Arkansas was not part of the plan for Jeannine Wheeler. Two months into her marriage, the accounting firm her husband worked for landed the Tyson Foods contract. They’ve been…

Forty Under 40: Ashley Wardlow

Ashley Wardlow seamlessly stepped into the role vacated by Graham Cobb earlier this year. Wardlow attributed the smooth transition to her colleagues. “Complex problems require collaboration,” she said. “You may…