Profiles

A directory of Profiles for Northwest Arkansas Business Journal Awards

Forty Under 40: Shelly McDougal

Shelly McDougal thought she was just going to work at Walmart during the holidays while she worked on a degree in marketing at Pittsburg State University. Little did she know…

Forty Under 40: LaDonna Meredith

LaDonna Meredith is passionate about helping the community. In addition to embarking on a new career in marketing, she works with Let’s Bring Them Home, a national nonprofit she co-founded…

Forty Under 40: Alex Miller

Alex Miller has always been a numbers guy. He also knew from a young age that he wanted to be a professional at something. He knew a couple of tax…

Forty Under 40: Christopher Milligan

Christopher Milligan has always had an interest in water and the environment. He has more than ten years of experience in civil and water engineering and has worked on a…

Forty Under 40: Karen Minkel

Contributing to the community is important to Karen Minkel, and she’s built a career around that goal. Minkel graduated from Northwestern University in 1999 with a degree in communications. In…

Forty Under 40: Sharmila D. Mounce

Sharmila Mounce was the second employee hired at Arkansas Power Electronics International, a research and development and manufacturing company that specializes in advanced energy-system electronics. Since the company formed in…

Forty Under 40: Bill Norman

Bill Norman said growing up on a farm gave him a natural tendency to think about how things work. That led him to a career in supply chain management and…

Forty Under 40: Nathan Ogden

Nathan Ogden grew up on construction sites from the time he was 5 years old. Throughout high school and college, he worked construction jobs on the side. “When I got…

Forty Under 40: Jeremy Pate

Jeremy Pate has been involved in the city of Fayetteville’s growth since coming to work for the planning division in 2003. Pate became interested in urban planning while studying abroad…

Forty Under 40: Dana Paul

Northwest Arkansas has sold itself to Dana Paul. And she can thank her three kids for that. The Pine Bluff native, who has a law degree from the University of…

Forty Under 40: Maggie Rice

Maggie Rice has always had the skills she feels are essential in her position. “I’ve always been a planner,” she said. “I like to make sure things are organized and…

Forty Under 40: Katie Robinson

Katie Robinson is paying it forward. In her eight years working in banking, from an assistant branch manager position to her current role, Robinson knows well how important fiscal responsibility…

Forty Under 40: Landon Shockey

Landon Shockey had all the design and technical skills he needed. It was the marketing tools he felt he was lacking to fulfill a dream of opening his own handcrafted…

Forty Under 40: Nick Spicher

Nick Spicher had finally found his dream career field, and he knew it. “When I woke up with that feeling of loving what I’m doing and being excited about going…

Forty Under 40: Jeremy Stobaugh

This time, it was grandma who knew best. “My grandmother always told me I would be an engineer,” Jeremy Stobaugh said. “I didn’t really even know what that was. I…

Forty Under 40: Landon Taylor

Banking wasn’t on Landon Taylor’s mind when he first stepped on the University of Central Arkansas campus in Conway in 1994. “I went to UCA with the intent of being…

Forty Under 40: Vicki Vasser

Being an attorney is in Vicki Vasser’s blood. While she dabbled a little as an accountant early in her career, Vasser always knew she wanted to follow in the footsteps…

Forty Under 40: Gracie Ziegler

Confidence is an important ingredient to reach any career goal, and Gracie Ziegler admits it has helped her move quickly up the professional ladder. “You have to make yourself stand…

Fast 15: Carlos Castillo

Carlos Castillo literally is a hero — to one woman, at least. Castillo was credited with saving the life of Angela Johnson when he pulled her from a burning SUV…

Fast 15: Daisy Soriano

Daisy Soriano started as a warehouse account manager with CaseStack in November 2008, just a few months after graduating from the University of Arkansas with a bachelor’s degree in business…