Profiles

A directory of Profiles for Northwest Arkansas Business Journal Awards

Forty Under 40: Cameron Magee

Cameron Magee is the builder of his company. He’s building avad3’s client base. He’s adding to and building his team and each team member’s personal development, and he’s creating “a…

Forty Under 40: Aterra Lowe

Aterra Lowe comes from a family of educators. Yet Lowe, whose mother was a principal, initially sought another career path. She started college looking to become a nurse but learned…

Forty Under 40: Julie Joyce

Positivity and a passion for community service have set in motion Julie Joyce’s rapid rise at UAMS. A Colombia native, Joyce started in 2022 as an outreach manager in UAMS’…

Forty Under 40: Shannon Jones

Shannon Jones had never been to Arkansas before joining the TheatreSquared (T2) staff in 2014. Nearly a decade later, the two have grown up together. After joining T2 as an…

Forty Under 40: Jasmine Hudson

Representation, inclusion and equity are values that Jasmine Hudson cultivates each day as co-founder and chief merchant of Black Paper Party, designing, manufacturing and licensing culturally relevant seasonal products. The…

Forty Under 40: Allan Hatch

Allan Hatch is busy. He’s a senior graduate assistant at the University of Arkansas and an economics doctorate candidate working to defend a thesis in early 2024. He’s also treasurer…

Forty Under 40: Willie Hansburg

As a teenager, Willie Hansburg visited Northwest Arkansas to compete in a summer basketball tournament. The trip made an impact on Hansburg, a young man of humble means living in…

Forty Under 40: Meagan Bowling Fudge

Just say yes. It’s worked out so far for Meagan Bowling Fudge, who has for the past several years worked to not only bring students to the University of Arkansas…

Forty Under 40: Bethany Freeman

Bethany Freeman is entrepreneurially minded and has a background working for a large consumer packaged goods (CPG) company. That experience is ideal for her work at Harvest Group, advising small-…

Forty Under 40: Anthony DiNicola

As the first person to hold his role at the University of Arkansas, Anthony DiNicola has, in three years, become a highly sought-after presenter and facilitator for increasing belonging, creating…

Forty Under 40: Nate Deason

Nate Deason may be proof that sometimes a person is meant for a specific career. The architect with Fort Smith-based MAHG Architecture, who worked on the high-profile Studio and Design…

Forty Under 40: Jeffrey Coats

Jeffrey Coats met his future wife while both were in optometry school in Tennessee. He grew up in Kansas City, Mo., and loved mountain biking. She grew up in south…

Forty Under 40: Rosie Castillo

Rosie Castillo has enjoyed an upwardly mobile career with Arvest for a decade. She’s held her existing job for the past three years, leveraging her well-rounded financial knowledge to help…

Forty Under 40: Jenny Burbidge

Benefiting the community by creating outdoor spaces for people to enjoy together is how Jenny Burbidge sees landscape architecture. Originally from Fort Smith, Burbidge graduated from the University of Arkansas…

Forty Under 40: Amanda Bailey

Seeing the invisible and doing the impossible makes Amanda Bailey a visionary. Still, she said she’s also “gritty enough to dig my heels in and work with the people around…

Forty Under 40: Jacob Arnold

Jacob Arnold’s grandparents, Frank and Barbara Broyles, influenced his decision to seek a nonprofit career. “I think my grandfather was the greatest fundraiser in Arkansas history as the former athletic…

Forty Under 40: Nathan Akers

Nathan Akers joked that he’s a U.S. native as he lived throughout the country growing up and while working as a traveling welder. Still, if he had to choose a…

Forty Under 40: Trent Addington

Trent Addington works to give Walmart’s customers a fast, safe and efficient payment experience. He also works to keep Walmart’s costs low, so the retailer can continue to provide its…

Women in Business: Mandy Wolff

Residence: Fayetteville Education: B.S., chemistry, Arkansas Tech University Professional background: Wolff was recruited to ARMI in January 2017 for her business and marketing experience and developed a marketing strategy that…

Women in Business: Jill Wagar

Residence: Bentonville Education: B.S., marketing and public relations, Oklahoma State University Professional background: Wagar’s executive career spans more than 25 years in the medical services, higher education and cultural arts…