A directory of Profiles for Northwest Arkansas Business Journal Awards
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While attending high school in Hatfield, Ark., Bill Burnett earned high marks in math and science, leading a guidance counselor to suggest a career in engineering. Burnett initially thought he’d…
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Michael Cassat, 38, likes to help people. So it was only natural that he followed his grandfather’s lead and went into the field of medicine. After graduating from the University…
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Marcy Chavez, 33, got married young and fell into the role of housewife. But she soon found herself wanting to do something different, something that would make her feel more…
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Justin DeLille, 32, may have a degree in molecular biology but his natural talent of connecting with people led him to a career in fundraising for the arts. In his…
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Thomas Dixon, 39, worked in retail management before realizing his dream of owning his own business. He graduated from the University of Arkansas in 1993 with a degree in accounting,…
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Jill Drewyor’s law practice in dealings with commercial lending, real estate, general business and corporate law is booming, but what she really likes to tear into are municipal and public…
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Who says you can’t go home again? Not Chad Evans. Evans, 38, spent his freshman year of college at Tulsa, only to notice a trend that left him scratching his…
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In baseball, utility players usually don’t qualify as MVP candidates. At Springdale’s S.F. Fiser & Co., Jeff Fender, 36, is on his way to earning that distinction. In addition to…
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Matt Fifer, 36, began his career in retail by working at Silver Dollar City, the natural summer job for those growing up in Branson. “I was really fortunate. The people…
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When North Little Rock native Steve Fortner, 28, graduated from the University of Arkansas with a degree in biology, finding a job in his field proved almost impossible. Fortunately, he…
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Jason Hall, 38, likes to tell people he plays the drums on Dickson Street every weekend. And he does, as part of the services at First Baptist Church. After earning…
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J. Judd Harbin, 39, has been interested in psychology since he was a child and had a natural curiosity about the human mind. His experience as a freshman at Birmingham…
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Courtney Henry, 37, spent her time in undergraduate school studying art; now she studies the art of the justice system. She graduated magna cum laude from the University of Arkansas…
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When Brian Jackson, 36, went into the U.S. Air Force Academy he knew he’d eventually return to Rogers and work for the company where his dad was a founding partner….
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One could say title work and Northwest Arkansas are in Matt Kendall’s blood. His children will be the eighth generation born and raised in Rogers, quite a family feat in…
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Jason Kincy, 36, has a simple philosophy: “Be honest and upfront, and everything else will fall in line.” It’s easy to believe Kincy lives by that rule after he summed…
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Stephanie Malone’s entire professional life has been centered around driving economic development for Fort Smith, and that’s what she intends to do for the coming years, she said. A 2000…
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Ben McLintock, 34, was one of two radio and television students at San Francisco State University who had jobs waiting for them upon graduation. The California native took his first…
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It may look like Jason Minton, 34, hasn’t made it far from the nest, but he’s traveled the country to make it big back home. The Rogers native took off…
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Jonathan Mwaba, 28, is in some ways unconventional. “My first passion is business, but not the traditional way of doing business,” Mwaba said, explaining his notion of a “triple bottom…
