A directory of Profiles for Northwest Arkansas Business Journal Awards
by - January 12, 2017 3:30 pm
Eddie Hight doesn’t really like to talk about himself. He’d rather discuss the company he loves and directs, America’s Car-Mart Inc. in Bentonville. Now publicly traded, Car-Mart operates nearly 60…
by - January 12, 2017 3:30 pm
Ryan Hodson, 27, sacrificed his time outdoors when he helped open Ripple Outfitters Inc. in Fayetteville. The hunting, fishing and travel store occupies 45-65 hours of Hodson’s average week and…
by - January 12, 2017 3:30 pm
In an industry riddled with high turnover and transient customer loyalties, Catherine Fennell-Holmes developed an oasis in the business of pampering. At age 23, Holmes bought Esthetiques-The Spa in 1997….
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A member of President George W. Bush’s ballot counting team that was dispatched to Florida during the 2000 Presidential election controversy, Tim Hutchinson Jr. knows about attention to detail. This…
by - January 12, 2017 3:29 pm
After introducing lean manufacturing to Gates Rubber Company, David Mann is doing what he has dreamed of for 12 years. Mann, 34, grew up in a small town in south…
by - January 12, 2017 3:29 pm
Clint McDonald, 31, grew up working at his family’s business in El Dorado. “I’ve worked at Laney’s since I was old enough to walk,” he said. “I made a buck…
by - January 12, 2017 3:29 pm
Brent McGruder, 39, grew up in southwest Missouri and earned a bachelor’s degree in management from the University of Arkansas in 1984. As a college junior, McGruder went to work…
by - January 12, 2017 3:29 pm
Milan Milatovic, 32, was born and raised in the former Yugoslavia. After studying French in school, he moved to the United States in 1987 with a vocabulary of about 200…
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Julie Mitchell, 39, has spent all but two years of her adult life in the travel business in Northwest Arkansas. A month-long backpacking trip in Europe during her senior year…
by - January 12, 2017 3:29 pm
David Mix, 39, has approached the real estate business like a golf tournament. He’s in it to win. And though he’s been very successful on the links of Northwest Arkansas,…
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Gregg Ogden returned to Fayetteville to run the family business in 1996, following stints in Dallas and Atlanta as a hole-in-one insurance salesman. But his greatest ace was yet to…
by - January 12, 2017 3:29 pm
Corey Osborne, 30, moved the headquarters of Shakey’s Frozen Custard from Joplin, Mo., to Fayetteville in March. This fall, he plans to begin an expansion that will eventually take the…
by - January 12, 2017 3:29 pm
Realizing the impact her department has in day-to-day operations on both her employer and her customers makes every day an exciting one for Kay Palmer. Palmer, 38, is the chief…
by - January 12, 2017 3:29 pm
Jonell Sabbe says traveling is her favorite hobby, but the best trip she’s taken may have been the one where she returned to Northwest Arkansas. Sabbe, 33, lived out of…
by - January 12, 2017 3:29 pm
As chairman of the Republican Party of Arkansas’ 3rd District Committee, Phil Schoettlin has seen a metamorphosis in Northwest Arkansas. Since 1990 when he got involved in local politics, the…
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A native of Gravette, Jim Singleton knows farming. And after nearly 18 years in banking, he knows a little bit about that, too. Singleton’s combined talents are why Arvest Bank…
by - January 12, 2017 3:29 pm
Jim Smith took a huge career step in 2000 when he moved from Little Rock to Northwest Arkansas to open the first Friday, Eldridge, and Clark Law Firm office outside…
by - January 12, 2017 3:29 pm
When Dr. Tonya Smith opened her pediatric dental office in May 1999, she permanently filled her dance card. Every month, more than 500 patients ages 1-18 swivel in and out…
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Arthur Thurman earned a bachelor’s degree in finance management from the University of Arkansas in 1984. He had already started graduate school in 1985, when the U.S. Comptroller of the…
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J. Max Van Hoose’s title as director of construction and equipment at Harps Foods Stores Inc. hardly tells the story. Van Hoose, 33, is a versatile player for the Springdale…
