by - August 11, 2025 11:10 am
Forty Under 40: Ali Johnson
Ali Johnson helped launch a mobile app at Fayetteville-based technology company Field Agent before taking a role in the nonprofit sector. “That’s where I started dipping my toe in the…
Profiles
A directory of Profiles for Northwest Arkansas Business Journal Awards
by - August 11, 2025 11:00 am
Forty Under 40: Dr. “Bow Tie” Todd Jenkins
Dr. “Bow Tie” Todd Jenkins was working on his dissertation when he noticed a phenomenon. He wore bow ties everywhere he went, and often people would ask him about them….
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Forty Under 40: Anna Jacobs
Growing up in an entrepreneurial family, Anna Jacobs always assumed she’d own a business. Her mother owns a family business that Jacobs’ grandfather started almost 70 years ago. Throughout her…
by - August 11, 2025 10:40 am
Forty Under 40: Alexander “Alex” Rollins Hoge
Alex Hoge’s leadership and commitment to leadership and innovation have been evident throughout his 13-year career at ArcBest. Hoge, who has a bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering, started his career…
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Forty Under 40: Andrew Hall
Andrew Hall has always liked numbers and math. He initially went to school to be an engineer, but quickly found that this wasn’t the path for him when he took…
by - August 11, 2025 10:20 am
Forty Under 40: Rosalinda Medrano Green
Rosalinda Medrano Green has spent the past decade working to address public health concerns with various communities, combining her passions for research and community work to make a meaningful difference….
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Forty Under 40: Quaneshia Goodley
With a heart for helping people as her motivation, Quaneshia Goodley has found her niche in social work. She earned her cosmetology license the same week she graduated high school,…
by - August 11, 2025 10:00 am
Forty Under 40: Dr. Daniel Fudge
Dr. Daniel Fudge believes that civic engagement is a cornerstone of society and wants to ensure his students grasp this. Fudge, who lives in Fort Smith, has served in higher…
by - August 11, 2025 9:50 am
Forty Under 40: Heather Diebold
Heather Diebold enjoys challenging herself, whether that’s in the corporate world or in starting a new business. From Branson, Mo., Diebold graduated from Southeast Missouri State University in 2009 with…
by - August 11, 2025 9:40 am
Forty Under 40: Jason Decker
Jason Decker grew up in a family that worked in the transportation industry. After serving in the U.S. Marine Corps, he joined General Transportation — the company his parents founded….
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Forty Under 40: Kristin Daniel
Kristin Daniel grew up in Poyen (Grant County) with parents who barely got by financially. She saw financial planning as her opportunity to plan her way out of what she…
by - August 11, 2025 9:20 am
Forty Under 40: Beth Corey
Beth Corey developed a love of marketing working as social media manager at The Artistic Bean in Fort Smith. She worked there from 2016 to 2018. She started her first…
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Forty Under 40: Matt Clinkscales
When Matt Clinkscales was growing up he was fascinated by design and architecture. He liked block letters and loved to draw. When it was time to go to college, however,…
by - August 11, 2025 9:00 am
Forty Under 40: Leo Castillo
Leo Castillo was about to graduate from high school in Guatemala City, Guatemala, and he wasn’t sure what he wanted to do for a career. He put some thought into…
by - August 11, 2025 8:50 am
Forty Under 40: Frank Cardoza
Frank Cardoza was the first in his family to graduate from law school, college or high school. While he was in high school, his family moved from California to Van…
by - August 11, 2025 8:40 am
Forty Under 40: Kelly Capps
Kelly Capps enjoyed being the general contractor on her own home, so she decided to make construction her career. After high school, the Gentry native worked for McKee Foods for…
by - August 11, 2025 8:30 am
Forty Under 40: Katie Brewer
Gifted with a strong ability to mentally visualize and imagine spaces, places and details, Katie Brewer is a “great architect, not just a great designer,” according to Ryan Faust, partner…
by - August 11, 2025 8:20 am
Forty Under 40: Alex Blass
Alex Blass has a strong family legacy in construction and real estate. He counts his greatest achievement “as finding a way to work with my father and my wife in…
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Forty Under 40: Manuel Barrantes
One scholarship changed Manuel Barrantes’ life and that of most of his family. He was living in Nicaragua surrounded by poverty. He played soccer and thought it might be a…
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Forty Under 40: Erica Bankston
Erica Bankston’s rise in the world of real estate started with a desire to help her dad. Bankston’s father has been in construction her entire life. Building and development have…