A directory of Profiles for Northwest Arkansas Business Journal Awards
by - June 19, 2023 9:13 am
Residence: Fayetteville Education: B.A., liberal arts, University of Arkansas at Fort Smith; J.D., University of Arkansas School of Law Professional background: Ferner joined the firm on January 1, 2017, and…
by - June 19, 2023 9:10 am
Residence: Rogers Education: B.A., business administration/accounting, University of Washington Professional background: With a wide-ranging digital media and marketing resume, Davidson has held leadership roles for a leading shopper marketing agency…
by - June 19, 2023 9:06 am
Residence: Fayetteville Education: B.S., biology, Arkansas Tech University; Ph.D., cell and molecular biology, University of Arkansas; postdoctoral, biochemistry, UA Professional background: Daily was recently promoted to chief scientific officer at…
by - June 19, 2023 9:02 am
Residence: Dallas and Fayetteville Education: B.S., political science, Texas A&M University; J.D., Pepperdine University School of Law Professional background: Alexander joined farmland investment company AcreTrader shortly after it launched in…
by - May 8, 2023 8:22 am
Ericka Young-Melber was 17 when she started her moving company to help afford an adoption. The previous year, the St. Louis area native moved to Fayetteville because Arkansas allows someone…
by - May 8, 2023 8:18 am
Losing her mother at 15 shaped Taylor Toreno and motivated her to be successful. “She always told me I could be whatever I want to be,” Toreno said. “I want…
by - May 8, 2023 8:13 am
Marissa Spear readily admits her job title may sound foreboding. “Evaluation can be a scary word for people,” she quipped. But as a public health advocate with the UAMS Office…
by - May 8, 2023 8:10 am
Growing up in Overland Park, Kan., Ryan Pottinger remembers thinking what an impact his dad had and what a cool job it was. Pottinger decided he wanted to follow in…
by - May 8, 2023 8:07 am
Lulu Peredo’s parents, her role models, ingrained in her that whatever legacy she leaves has to benefit her community. While she’s still exploring that, she’s living it out at Runway…
by - May 8, 2023 8:04 am
Caleb Lebow is a Hillbilly. He’s from Ozark. It’s the school’s mascot. But he’s far from the cliche underachieving mountaineer. He has a master’s degree in engineering, has his finger…
by - May 8, 2023 8:01 am
Fort Smith-based KMW Properties was a “passive” real estate development company primarily supporting the operations of Hanna Oil & Gas. That began to change when Tom Hanna returned to the…
by - May 8, 2023 7:58 am
An entrepreneur since he was a teen growing up in Farmington, Tanner Green dropped out of the University of Arkansas after one year for an opportunity to join software startup…
by - May 8, 2023 7:56 am
Will Ginger grew up at Merrill Lynch. The Fayetteville native followed in the footsteps of his mother, Nan Ginger, as they both joined Merrill Lynch full-time after graduating from the…
by - May 8, 2023 7:54 am
With her eyes on Northwest Arkansas’ future, Sara Lynn Geiger is “making sure what we’re doing today results in a better tomorrow.” Geiger works to create a better quality of…
by - May 8, 2023 7:53 am
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…
by - May 8, 2023 7:51 am
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,…
by - May 8, 2023 7:49 am
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…
by - May 8, 2023 7:47 am
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…
by - May 8, 2023 7:45 am
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…
by - October 10, 2022 9:00 am
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…
