A directory of Profiles for Northwest Arkansas Business Journal Awards
by - June 21, 2021 7:57 am
Residence: Fort Smith Education: B.S., accounting, Indiana University Professional background: Sowersby assumed her current job in April 2015. She established a Shared Services organization within the company during a restructuring…
by - June 21, 2021 7:54 am
Residence: Fort Smith Education: B.A., communications, University of Missouri; M.A., higher education, University of Missouri; Ph.D., higher education and research, Saint Louis University. Professional background: Riley spent more than 25…
by - June 21, 2021 7:52 am
Residence: Springdale Education: B.A., international relations, University of Arkansas; M.P.A. (master of public administration), University of Arkansas-Little Rock. Professional background: McDaniel has been affiliated with Arkansas Children’s for 14 years…
by - June 21, 2021 7:47 am
Residence: Fayetteville Education: B.A., journalism, University of Arkansas Professional background: Kellams joined AACF as its first NWA director in 2008. In this role, she works to call attention to challenges…
by - June 21, 2021 7:43 am
Residence: Springdale Education: B.A., English, Georgia Southern University; M.A., public policy, American University Professional background: At the start of 2020, Fayetteville nonprofit Partners for Better Housing hired Hudson as its…
by - June 21, 2021 7:37 am
Residence: Rogers Education: B.S., nursing, University of Arkansas Professional background: Dean is a registered nurse and has worked in the healthcare industry for more than 23 years. In her existing…
by - June 21, 2021 7:34 am
Residence: Fayetteville Education: B.A., communications, Arkansas Tech University Professional background: Bridgers has worked in human resources and talent acquisition for more than two decades. Before being named to her existing…
by - June 21, 2021 7:26 am
Residence: Fayetteville Education: B.A., economics and communications, University of Pennsylvania Professional background: Endeavor NWA launched as the sixth U.S. office of entrepreneurial nonprofit Endeavor Global. Arkan is also managing director…
by - June 21, 2021 7:22 am
Residence: Bentonville Education: B.S., geography/geology, Missouri State University; graduate studies in resource planning, Missouri State University Professional background: In her existing role with the development and real estate company, Anderson…
by - May 10, 2021 8:28 am
AnneMarie Witecki parlayed a graduate fellowship with Arkansas Children’s in Little Rock into a critical role with the organization’s multimillion-dollar expansion to Northwest Arkansas. Witecki’s resume has the unique experience…
by - May 10, 2021 8:25 am
Two years ago, James Smith was looking for the right person to head up his growing Springdale furniture company’s sales department. That search led him to Christina Wilkerson, a high-energy…
by - May 10, 2021 8:22 am
Dylan Trichell didn’t waste much time transitioning from freelance engineer to full-time entrepreneur. A Springdale native, Trichell founded Faytown Designs in 2017 during his sophomore year studying at the University…
by - May 10, 2021 8:20 am
While studying at the Georgia Institute of Technology, Charu Thomas knew she wanted to be an engineer and hoped to impact a lot of people. The Atlanta native moved to…
by - May 10, 2021 8:19 am
Bentonville native Skyler Ray was studying for a bachelor’s degree in finance at the University of Arkansas when he started working for Tyson Foods in late 2014. Before joining the…
by - May 10, 2021 8:16 am
Dequeshia Prude-Wheeler’s desire to be an attorney began as a child, watching Clair Huxtable, the attorney/mom on “The Cosby Show.” “I saw the prestige associated with being an attorney, the…
by - May 10, 2021 8:15 am
Born and raised in Tulsa, Okla., Omar Kasim completed his studies at the University of Arkansas in only three years. He was a magna cum laude graduate in May 2015…
by - May 10, 2021 8:13 am
Hunter Gehring enjoys helping other people be successful. As a wealth manager, he offers financial counsel to his clients to have peace of mind when they are ready to retire….
by - May 10, 2021 8:11 am
Quintin Canada has always been interested in healthcare and has family members who’ve worked in the field. “I just wanted to be in and around where you could make a…
by - May 10, 2021 8:10 am
Sean Campbell’s mission is to radically serve people. “That’s what fulfills me — not money, not awards,” he said. “I feel like I’ve been given this special assignment where I…
by - May 10, 2021 8:08 am
Always on the search for new flavors is maybe the thing to know about Alexis Durham Brown. The daughter of a single mother who spent the first 14 years of…
