A directory of Profiles for Northwest Arkansas Business Journal Awards
by - October 15, 2018 7:35 am
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…
by - October 15, 2018 7:29 am
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…
by - August 20, 2018 7:42 am
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…
by - August 20, 2018 7:41 am
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…
by - August 20, 2018 7:39 am
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…
by - August 20, 2018 7:38 am
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…
by - August 20, 2018 7:34 am
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…
by - August 20, 2018 7:32 am
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…
by - August 20, 2018 7:31 am
Growing up, Chris Stec remembers spending nights at Alpha Packaging while his parents worked late. He was often at the corrugated box manufacturing company, and while his father didn’t want…
by - August 20, 2018 7:29 am
Historian and educator Dustin Seaton wants to help young people envision the world they wish to live in, then develop the understanding and resources to actuate it. Supporters say he…
by - August 20, 2018 7:27 am
T.J. Sangam describes his arrival in Northwest Arkansas as a coincidence. Born and raised in one of southern India’s largest cities, Sangam moved to the U.S. in 2006 to attend…
by - August 20, 2018 7:25 am
Since Joe Rumsey took helm of the cold storage company his grandfather founded, he has added an asset-based trucking company and a non-asset based brokerage company. “This streamlines the process…
by - August 20, 2018 7:24 am
Rockline Industries led Robert James Rudolph to Northwest Arkansas. “I joined the family business,” he said. In September 2011, he started at the manufacturing company his grandfather Ralph Rudolph founded…
by - August 20, 2018 7:22 am
Witnessing the positive impact cataract surgery made on people’s lives by restoring their vision, and knowing those surgical outcomes are always good, sold Patrick Risch on ophthalmology. An Eagle Scout,…
by - August 20, 2018 7:20 am
Elizabeth Prenger developed an interest in nonprofits while working for a political consulting firm in Washington, D.C. Before joining The First Tee, the Little Rock native worked for a nonprofit…
by - August 20, 2018 7:19 am
Will Pannell likes to play chess. Any game, really, that has a long-view, tactical aspect to it. As an economist for one of the world’s largest food companies, strategic thinking…
by - August 20, 2018 7:17 am
Camp War Eagle led Alden Napier to move to Northwest Arkansas in 2006, giving him and his wife, Heather, an opportunity to start their marriage working together and the ability…
by - August 20, 2018 7:15 am
Sean Morrison discovered an interest in design while studying architecture at the University of Arkansas. Only it wasn’t designing buildings or homes. It was graphic and web design. He eventually…
by - August 20, 2018 7:13 am
The study of leadership has long been an interest of Tabitha McFadden’s. It’s now a primary focus at RevUnit, a digital product development agency that designs, develops and launches business…
by - August 20, 2018 7:12 am
Jason McDoniel was always looking for things to count as a kid, be it baseball cards or change. So it’s no surprise the Searcy native discovered a career in banking…
