Profiles

A directory of Profiles for Northwest Arkansas Business Journal Awards

Fast 15: Abby Callahan

When Fayetteville native Abby Callahan moved to China in the sixth grade, she realized the opportunities the retail sector had to offer. Her father’s role with Walmart led to the…

Fast 15: Mikaila Calcagni

Mikaila Calcagni’s career path is led by strong convictions. From a very young age, she has always wanted to be a physician. “I don’t ever remember wanting to be anything…

Fast 15: Tori Pohlner Bogner

When Tori Pohlner Bogner left the University of Arkansas for the construction industry, the move was not so much about construction as it was about people. A native of Weiner…

Fast 15: Samantha Arroyos

Samantha Arroyos comes from a heritage of servant leadership. Her grandmother had only a third-grade education but worked hard to give Samantha’s dad a better life, enabling him to eventually…

Achievements: Zylowski left a successful career in the vendor community, earned an MBA, and in 2010 co-founded Movista, whose cloud-based software allows companies to manage their distributed workforces via smart…

C-Suite: Heath Ward

Achievements: Ward oversees the day-to-day operation of a utility that purchases roughly half a billion gallons of water a month from Beaver Water District and serves about 105,000 people. He…

C-Suite: Tim Stanley

Achievements: Stanley started a career in document management 30 years ago when he joined the sales and national account team for Eastman Kodak. In 1996, he established Total Document Solutions…

C-Suite: Larry Shackelford

Achievements: Shackelford assumed the CEO role in September 2017 after serving as vice president of strategy and outreach since 2010. Before that, he was CEO of Medical Associates of Northwest…

C-Suite: Chris Schnurbusch

Achievements: Schnurbusch has worked in the construction industry for more than 26 years. He started working in general labor during the summers before advancing to assistant superintendent, superintendent, project manager,…

C-Suite: Peter Lane

Achievements: Lane joined Walton Arts Center (WAC) in May 2009. Since then it has tripled in size and grown to become Arkansas’ premier arts presenter. Under his leadership, WAC opened…

C-Suite: Debbie Griffin

Achievements: Griffin managed the first television station in Northwest Arkansas, served on the first “College Without Walls” board for NorthWest Arkansas Community College, was one of the first women to…

C-Suite: Britt Fogg

Achievements: Over the past 20 years, Fogg has been immersed in retail technology and worked with many of the largest retail account teams and consumer packaged goods companies. He’s identified…

C-Suite: Kerri Elder

Achievements: Over the past 25 years, Elder has led successful businesses in construction, real estate development, property management and film and digital media production. She has developed and produced films…

C-Suite: Ross Cully

Achievements: Cully leads a Rogers-based omnichannel growth agency providing services to consumer packaged goods companies. The Harvest Group also has offices in Cincinnati, Ohio, and Tunisia, North Africa. He is…

Forty Under 40: Marc Yount

Marc Yount was one of the first employees at Field Agent, a crowdsource data collection company serving the retail industry. The 2 million users who have downloaded the company’s app…

Forty Under 40: Sarah White

Sarah White started at the bottom of the account leadership rung at advertising agency Saatchi & Saatchi X four years ago. Her ability to lead internal teams, build client relationships…

Forty Under 40: Caley Vo

It was law school or bust for Caley Vo. Vo’s father was an immigrant from South Vietnam, whose career had been laboring in a tool factory. It was good, honest…

Forty Under 40: Christie Turner

Christie Turner planned to be a lawyer, but a bank teller job in her hometown of Russellville during college at Arkansas Tech University changed her mind. She fell in love…

Forty Under 40: Samuel Terry

Samuel Terry was law clerk for Chief U.S. District Judge P.K. Holmes III of the Western District of Arkansas and deputy prosecuting attorney for Sebastian County before a colleague led…

Forty Under 40: Jacob Tankersley

In retrospect, 2009 was a formidable year to start a construction company. But the enterprise was successful for Jacob Tankersley. Nearly a decade later, he has built and renovated more…