A directory of Profiles for Northwest Arkansas Business Journal Awards
by - August 16, 2021 6:49 am
With a clear vision for content marketing and brand strategy, Jeremy Bobo co-founded a go-to-market creative service agency this year for retail and e-commerce digital platforms. Potential clients include several…
by - August 16, 2021 6:47 am
Northwest Arkansas is the best place for Robin Atkinson to accomplish her mission as CEO of Interform — helping creatives professionalize their work. “There’s a creative-expansive movement from the business…
by - August 16, 2021 6:45 am
When Gayatri Agnew was in middle school, her single mother became a full-time kindergarten teacher, changing their family’s future. That influenced Agnew to spend her life ensuring people have meaningful…
by - June 21, 2021 8:03 am
Residence: Springdale Education: B.A., mathematics, University of Arkansas; M.A., teaching, University of Arkansas Professional background: Before establishing nonprofit RootED Northwest Arkansas in July 2017, Yáñez served as the education program…
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…
