A directory of Profiles for Northwest Arkansas Business Journal Awards
by - January 1, 2008 12:00 am
Peggy Boyles, 39, came to Fayetteville because of the University of Arkansas architecture program, but the career she embarked upon lets her help build relationships instead of buildings. Boyles is…
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As someone who has played football and in a band, Steven Brooks, 39, is accustomed to performing for a crowd. But for a chef, there is no greater thrill than…
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When the bigwigs at Best Western corporate headquarters need reliable feedback and regional expertise, Jed Bullock, 38, is one of the leaders the company calls on. The fifth-generation Eureka Springs…
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Kristin Butler, 27, majored in kinesiology, but she comes from a family of salespeople. Her father worked for Pfizer Inc. for many years, her mother is in fundraising and both…
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Jesse Core, 35, has a lot on his plate these days. The Fort Smith native works full time, serves on the Springdale City Council, takes classes through Harding University and…
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In a Venn diagram of skydivers and economists, the intersection is most likely just a sliver. But Kathy Deck, 32, occupies that area. Though jumping out of airplanes didn’t prove…
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“Some people grew up Army kids,” Brittney Duke, 32, jokes, “I grew up a retail kid.” That background eventually led her to work with one of the largest marketing firms…
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Cassie Elliott, 36, learned the value of hard work when she was forced to juggle paying for college with a full-time job. “Working my way through school was a huge…
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The ability to meet many different types of people and get to know them on a personal and a professional level is an important asset, and it’s certainly not one…
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From an executive position at the corporate offices of Nike in Portland, Ore., to founding his own athletic and outdoors equipment company, Bryan Griggs made a serious leap of faith….
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Wal-Mart has spawned its share of entrepreneurs who have taken lessons from the company and struck out on their own. Joy Wooden Hagerty, 39, is walking that path as a…
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A love for community carried over from New Mexico to Springdale for Joy Heuer, 32. She graduated with a degree in business administration from the University of New Mexico before…
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Walt Hunnicutt, 38, traded grad school for flight school and hasn’t looked back since. He grew up around aviation with his father an aeronautical engineer, but felt flying was an…
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Scott Jeffus, 34, was born in Fayetteville, but from the time he was 8, his family moved all over the state and country due to his father’s ever-changing job in…
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Neile Jones, 35, did her first television reporting job when she was only 13. Her father came to her and said, “I want you to turn a package on your…
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Rob Kimbel, 34, grew up in Cleveland, Ohio, working for his father’s plumbing company. In 1993 his father moved the family business to Northwest Arkansas. During college Kimbel dabbled in…
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Carmen Kingston, 34, counts Sam’s Club vice presidents Rita Seckington and Sharon Orlopp among her biggest mentors, but Big Bird, Fred Flintstone and Kenny Rogers are up there as well….
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Tim Lee’s Internet innovations have changed the way buyers search for homes. Lee’s Web site technology helps more than 15,000 users search more than 600,000 pages of content each day….
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When Todd Lewis was a kid, he realized he was good at resolving disputes. That’s what he figured good lawyers did, too, so he set up his career path to…
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Roger Mace’s choice of after-hours activities says much about his business style. The Springfield native competes in triathlons in which he not only has to bike, swim and run, he…
