A directory of Profiles for Northwest Arkansas Business Journal Awards
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Residence: Fayetteville Education: B.S., communications management, Missouri State University; M.P.A., policy analysis, Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs Professional background: Cromer Peoples joined the UA in 2014 after…
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Residence: Springdale Education: B.A., broadcast journalism, Arkansas Tech University Professional background: Kemp-McLintock has been chief advancement officer at The Jones Center for 12 years. In that time, she’s raised over$40…
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Residence: Bentonville Education: Bentonville High School Professional background: Minor started her real estate career 17 years ago with RE/MAX Real Estate Results. She’s been principal broker and owner of the…
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Residence: Rogers Education: A.A., Westark Community College; B.S., business administration, M.L.A, communications, Arkansas Tech University Professional background: Walker has about 16 years’ experience in higher education and has worked at…
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Residence: Bentonville Education: Bruno-Pyatt High School Professional background: Martens’ banking career began 22 years ago, and she was named president of Signature Bank of Arkansas’ Bentonville market in April 2013….
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Residence: Rogers Education: B.A., International Business, William Jewell College; M.B.A., Western Illinois University Professional background: Shelle Summers has worked at the chamber for almost 10 years. Prior to moving to…
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Residence: Bentonville Education: A.S., Connors State College Professional background: McDaniel established Center Point Contractors in 2008 and has grown the construction company into a $6 million business. She began her…
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As the first endocrinologist in several years based in Washington County, Rachel Kilpatrick has spent the past two years establishing her practice in Fayetteville, her hometown. After completing residency training…
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Ashley Knight was dead set on attending medical school. A native of Dermott, she graduated from the University of Arkansas at Monticello with a biology degree and was looking at…
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In the spring of 2006, during her senior year at Hendrix College, Rogers native Erin Kraner watched a documentary on underserved children. The film spurred her to action, and she…
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Sales for Tara Limbird’s real estate team have grown an average of 52 percent each year since 2011, and last year’s sales reached $100 million. Her team now includes five…
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BioBased Technologies LLC chief financial officer Tina Miles will tell you she’s a perfectionist, and that trait plays well in her job. “What we do is meticulous. We dot every…
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As a grandson of company founder Robert D. “Bob” Nabholz, Nick Nabholz represents the third generation of Conway-based Nabholz Construction Corp., now one of the top commercial general contractors in…
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Rob Nelson thinks about food constantly and is always changing the menu at his restaurant. “I’m the chief creative officer,” he said. Tusk & Trotter showcases High South cuisine with…
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Developer Jake Newell enjoys seeing the fruits of his labor in downtown Bentonville, while coming and going from his office on Southwest Fifth Street. “When I turn the corner on…
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Kate Reilly-Phillips worked her way up from the bottom over the past nine years at Benchmark Group. In January, she became part of the production leadership team when she was…
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Bianca Rucker thought she wanted to be a doctor. She went to the University of Arkansas-Little Rock to major in biology, but that revealed an unavoidable truth. “The classes were…
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Lori Yazwinski Santa-Rita’s eighth-grade English teacher recommended that she should study architecture, and the recommendation stuck. In 2005, the Fayetteville native graduated with a bachelor’s degree in architecture from the…
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Diane Scott started working at Northwest Arkansas Mall as a receptionist in 2001. The Fayetteville native climbed the ladder over the next 15 years, eventually managing marketing and overseeing operations…
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Ryan Scott came from northeast Arkansas to the University of Arkansas undecided on a career path. It’s not difficult for him to explain what ultimately led him to the legal…
