Profiles

A directory of Profiles for Northwest Arkansas Business Journal Awards

Forty Under 40: Steven Hinds

Steven Hinds said it’s a challenge to set even Arvest McIlroy Bank apart in this competitive market. In his fifth year at the Fayetteville bank, the vice president of marketing…

Forty Under 40: Jennifer Irwin

Jennifer Irwin, 30, grew up in Dallas and earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Arkansas in 1994. The week after she graduated, she started work at…

Forty Under 40: Lynne Kenworthy

Lynne Kenworthy said she was an “AT&T brat” growing up, constantly on the move with her father’s job. But she was taught by her Arkansas-raised parents to love the Razorbacks….

Three years ago, David Kinney accepted the biggest challenge of his career. His family business of making stereo speakers was losing sales to overseas competitors. Kinney’s father, who established Wood…

Forty Under 40: Lyndy Lindsey

Lyndy Lindsey said putting golf courses and apartment complexes together is like building a puzzle. And at the rate he’s going, it looks like he’s got it all figured out….

Forty Under 40: Steve Lisle

The son of John Lisle, a Springdale lawyer, Steve Lisle wanted to follow in his father’s footsteps. “I heard rewarding stories from my father as a child and knew I…

Forty Under 40: Junior Lopez

Ernesto “Junior” Lopez is only 32, but he is already leaving his mark all over Northwest Arkansas. As vice president and project manager/estimator for Nabholz Construction Corp., Lopez has overseen…

Forty Under 40: Donna Malone

Donna Malone left her job as a physician recruiter two days before she started work as an assistant administrator at Willow Creek Women’s Hospital in June, 2000. More than a…

Forty Under 40: David Mann

After introducing lean manufacturing to Gates Rubber Company, David Mann is doing what he has dreamed of for 12 years. Mann, 34, grew up in a small town in south…

Forty Under 40: Clint McDonald

Clint McDonald, 31, grew up working at his family’s business in El Dorado. “I’ve worked at Laney’s since I was old enough to walk,” he said. “I made a buck…

Forty Under 40: Brent McGruder

Brent McGruder, 39, grew up in southwest Missouri and earned a bachelor’s degree in management from the University of Arkansas in 1984. As a college junior, McGruder went to work…

Forty Under 40: Milan Milatovic

Milan Milatovic, 32, was born and raised in the former Yugoslavia. After studying French in school, he moved to the United States in 1987 with a vocabulary of about 200…

Forty Under 40: Julie Mitchell

Julie Mitchell, 39, has spent all but two years of her adult life in the travel business in Northwest Arkansas. A month-long backpacking trip in Europe during her senior year…

Forty Under 40: David Mix

David Mix, 39, has approached the real estate business like a golf tournament. He’s in it to win. And though he’s been very successful on the links of Northwest Arkansas,…

Forty Under 40: Gregg Ogden

Gregg Ogden returned to Fayetteville to run the family business in 1996, following stints in Dallas and Atlanta as a hole-in-one insurance salesman. But his greatest ace was yet to…

Forty Under 40: Corey Osborne

Corey Osborne, 30, moved the headquarters of Shakey’s Frozen Custard from Joplin, Mo., to Fayetteville in March. This fall, he plans to begin an expansion that will eventually take the…

Forty Under 40: Kay Palmer

Realizing the impact her department has in day-to-day operations on both her employer and her customers makes every day an exciting one for Kay Palmer. Palmer, 38, is the chief…

Forty Under 40: Jonell Sabbe

Jonell Sabbe says traveling is her favorite hobby, but the best trip she’s taken may have been the one where she returned to Northwest Arkansas. Sabbe, 33, lived out of…

Forty Under 40: Phil Schoettlin

As chairman of the Republican Party of Arkansas’ 3rd District Committee, Phil Schoettlin has seen a metamorphosis in Northwest Arkansas. Since 1990 when he got involved in local politics, the…

Forty Under 40: Jim Singleton

A native of Gravette, Jim Singleton knows farming. And after nearly 18 years in banking, he knows a little bit about that, too. Singleton’s combined talents are why Arvest Bank…