A directory of Profiles for Northwest Arkansas Business Journal Awards
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Dallas native Seth Mims is sold on Northwest Arkansas — especially Fayetteville. Resolved to create environmentally friendly infill residential projects, his company completed Eco Modern Flats near downtown Fayetteville last…
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Katy Myers-Sager remembers when she wanted to become a lawyer. “I wrote a historical article on [retired U.S. Supreme Court justice] Sandra Day O’Connor when I was in the third…
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Alain Nzigamasabo said he always thought he wanted to work in the field of economics, but found his first internship rather boring. When he was approached about working in retail,…
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Jonathan Parker always knew he wanted to be a doctor like his stepdad in Camden, but when he got to college, he thought he’d found an easier route. After graduating…
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Justin Patton has seen the University of Arkansas’ RFID Research Center grow from “basically the corner of a classroom” to the verge of the 20,000-SF space expected to open in…
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Tontitown native Clint Penzo said success in real estate is achieved through determination. “It’s one of those businesses that you have to stick with and put in a lot of…
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Scott Powell has always had an interest in finance. “Money affects everybody,” he said. “I’ve always been fascinated by it.” Powell earned his bachelor’s degree in organizational management from John…
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Ashley Shaver started the first Rhea Lana’s Children’s Consignment franchise in 2006 at the request of her sister, company founder Rhea Lana Riner of Conway, to test the concept. Rhea…
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Attending seven schools before graduating from high school wasn’t ideal, but Riley Shearin thinks it provided long-term benefits. “Looking back, it gave me a look at a lot of different…
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Jason Stewart said he loves that his job is constantly changing. “There are so many different roles within an agency,” he said. “You don’t really know what you’re going to…
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Michael Stewart has been quick to embrace his new home and new job. Recruited in 2006 by Northwest Health System’s parent company, Community Health Systems, Stewart accepted the administrator position…
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Anthony Woodruff said he is motivated by a desire to provide world-class care to the people of Northwest Arkansas. Woodruff graduated from Harding University in 1998 with a degree in…
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Like a lot of college graduates, Jeremy Woody was unsure what to do next. Fortunately, a friend of his offered some direction. Chad May, son of Simmons First National Corp….
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The only thing that could entice Jay Amargos to leave her VP job at Arvest, where she worked for 12 years, was the chance to touch even more lives. A…
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For Andy Baber, patience has paid off. After deciding in high school he wanted to go into dentistry, it took 11 years of education for Baber to become an oral…
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After beginning his career in the poultry industry with Tyson Foods Inc., eventually rising to superintendent of the Berry Street plant in August 2001, Thomas Bolinger decided to make a…
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Fort Smith native Steven Beam grew up working for his father, a general contractor, during the summers, which led to an interest in engineering. “I enjoyed the construction industry and…
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Jodi Beznoska grew up in New Hampshire, did her undergrad studies at a small college in Maine and earned a master’s in business-arts administration at the University of Wisconsin at…
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Joseph Boskus started out in the health care field, but as he realized he had a knack for growing his personal balance sheet, he wanted to do the same for…
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Each year since leaving her job with a Walmart supplier in 2007 for a real estate career, Heather Campbell has ranked among the top 15 agents in Northwest Arkansas. She…
