Profiles

A directory of Profiles for Northwest Arkansas Business Journal Awards

Forty Under 40: Lyndy Lindsey

Lyndy Lindsey said putting golf courses and apartment complexes together is like building a puzzle. And at the rate he’s going, it looks like he’s got it all figured out….

Forty Under 40: Steve Lisle

The son of John Lisle, a Springdale lawyer, Steve Lisle wanted to follow in his father’s footsteps. “I heard rewarding stories from my father as a child and knew I…

Forty Under 40: Junior Lopez

Ernesto “Junior” Lopez is only 32, but he is already leaving his mark all over Northwest Arkansas. As vice president and project manager/estimator for Nabholz Construction Corp., Lopez has overseen…

Forty Under 40: Donna Malone

Donna Malone left her job as a physician recruiter two days before she started work as an assistant administrator at Willow Creek Women’s Hospital in June, 2000. More than a…

Forty Under 40: Hannah McNeill

Hannah McNeill, 33, is working on her biggest project yet. An intern architect at Wischmeyer Architects of Fayetteville, McNeill is working on a new, 24,000-SF medical office building on Millsap…

Forty Under 40: Scott Mills

Born into a family of physicians, Scott Mills grew up thinking he would become a doctor, too. But during his senior year in high school, Mills decided that medicine was…

Forty Under 40: Elise S. Mitchell

Elise S. Mitchell, 37, has worked in marketing and public relations for 16 years, owning her own firm in Fayetteville for the past four years. In 1983, Mitchell earned a…

Forty Under 40: Jack V. Moyer

Jack V. Moyer, 31, has been in the hotel business all of his adult life. Moyer grew up in Elmira, N.Y. He received an associate’s degree from Paul Smiths College,…

Forty Under 40: David D. Nelms

David Nelms, 31, wasn’t thinking about entering the automobile industry when he left Fayetteville for college. Instead, aiming for a career in broadcast journalism, Nelms enrolled at the University of…

Forty Under 40: David M. Nelms

As president and primary stockholder of Arkansas MicroElectronics Development Corp. of Fayetteville, David Nelms is overseeing the development of super-thin electronic components for NASA and the U.S. Department of Defense’s…

Forty Under 40: Rick Rogers

Rick Rogers, 34, a department manager for Civil Environmental Industrial Engineering Associates Inc. of Bentonville, leads a team of nine engineers in catering directly to the development needs of the…

Forty Under 40: Matt Romine

Matt Romine, 26, has already helped found two companies, the first, which sold computers, when he was 18. After a year and a half, however, Romine and his partner decided…

Forty Under 40: Dr. Kenton A. Ross

A native of Wynne, Dr. Kenton A. Ross attended the University of Arkansas and decided then that, if he were to practice dentistry in Arkansas, it would be in Fayetteville….

Forty Under 40: Kelley Shearin

Rogers native Kelley Shearin, 28, got her real estate license when she was only 20 and soon after received the first-ever “Rookie of the Year” award from the Rogers Board…

Forty Under 40: Neil Shipley

Neil Shipley, 32, says he has had a “varied” career. Shipley grew up in Fayetteville. In 1989, he earned a bachelor’s degree in American studies from Tulane University in New…

Forty Under 40: David Siemens

David Siemens, 37, oversees the finance, accounting and general office functions for Hudson & Associates Inc. As vice president of finance and controller, Siemens helps direct the company, which purchases…

Forty Under 40: Tim Stanley

Although Tim Stanley, 35, studied journalism in college, he never planned to work in the field. Rather, he hoped to benefit from the writing skills he learned. “I thought if…

Forty Under 40: Jim Taylor

Jim Taylor says he’s never worked as hard in his life as during the past year he’s spent in Northwest Arkansas. But then again, Taylor adds, he’s never had this…

Forty Under 40: Patrick Tenney

Patrick Tenney, 39, says being dispatched in August of 1997 by Baldwin & Shell Construction Co. of Little Rock to manage its Northwest Arkansas office in Springdale was the defining…

Forty Under 40: Brian Vowels

Bryan Vowels, 29, recently completed his MBA at the University of Arkansas, but he believes his wife deserves congratulations for that achievement as much as he does. Certainly Vowels has…