A directory of Profiles for Northwest Arkansas Business Journal Awards
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Chip Stacy became interested in law because he knew it would complement whatever business career he chose to pursue. But instead of winding up with a business profession, his law…
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In 1998 Martin Swope was the CFO of a computer consulting company and was about to go into a financial planning career. But, a few days after talking to his…
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After college, Allyson Twiggs sold ladies footwear at Dillard’s and loved her job. But she loves her career selling her city even more. And since July 2002, she has done…
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Larry Wheaton has worn almost every hat possible at Arvest Bank — from fixing ATMs to working in the vault, and from back room data entry to con-sumer lending. The…
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When her family relocated to Northwest Arkansas from Conway, Somer Willbanks wasn’t thrilled. But that move set the stage for her current successes. “My life has taken me in so…
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Longmont, Colo., native Jon Williams always knew he’d end up in broadcasting; he just thought it would be television. But while on a TV internship, he was told to work…
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Jason Wilson is helping fix the health care system one provider and one clinic at a time. Wilson oversaw the convergence of five clinics and 35 providers (doctors or nurse…
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Todd Wisdom found his calling in high school. The Tulsa native was a senior when his accounting teacher introduced him to the world of debits and credits. He crunched numbers…
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Bill Akins said never accepting mediocrity and being an early adapter to technology have helped him most in his career. Im never satisfied in the status quo, Akins said. That…
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Bob Balfe started his career in radio, earning his bachelors degree in broadcast news in 1990 from Arkansas State University in Jonesboro. While working in broadcast news, the Ash Flat…
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Clifton Beckham is one great example of climbing the corporate ladder. After graduating in 1994 with a bachelors degree in science and accounting from Arkansas State University in Jonesboro, Beckham…
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Mark Bethells heart has always been in health care. He attended Lynchburg College in Virginia in 1988 to play basketball but soon quit the team to volunteer as an EMT…
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Steven Brooks was born in Springdale but grew up at various naval bases around the country. He attended the University of Arkansas where he earned a degree in accounting in…
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In her first year as a full-time Realtor, Sarah Brothers closed on more than $2 million worth of business for Griffin Company Realtors. Intending to become a doctor, Brothers attended…
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Watching his father work as partner in Brown Hiller Clark & Associates in Fort Smith, Marty Clark started learning and enjoying the aspect of risk management and insurance programs. After…
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Entrepreneurship runs in the family for Dr. Mildred Missy Clifton. Following the examples of her grandparents and parents, both of whom owned successful retail businesses in her hometown of Dardanelle,…
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Mel Collier grew up in the drug store business. At the age of 9, he was working at his fathers pharmacy on Dickson Street, trying to raise money to buy…
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Managing daily cash activities for a Fortune 75 company would intimidate many people, but for Tai Crater, its just another day on the job. Crater, who grew up in El…
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Hector Cueva started his newspaper career as a delivery boy in his hometown of Oxnard, Calif. Now, he is circulation director for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazettes Northwest Arkansas operation, which has…
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Marty Dennis has a bachelors degree in psychology and a masters degree in public administration. But the two prepared him for a career as a financial adviser, he said. Born…
