A directory of Profiles for Northwest Arkansas Business Journal Awards
by - August 12, 2024 3:27 pm
Aaron Nicholson initially thought he would sell agricultural chemicals for a living after earning an agricultural business degree from the University of Arkansas in 2009. He did that for more…
by - August 12, 2024 3:26 pm
Zachary McGee followed his father and grandfather, who both worked for Hudson Foods, into the poultry business. A Rogers native, McGee graduated from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock…
by - August 12, 2024 3:24 pm
Mitchell Mawby never intended to work for the family business, planning instead to go into commercial real estate. His agreement with his dad was that he’d find success elsewhere and…
by - August 12, 2024 3:23 pm
Calvin Mastin is using his natural competitiveness to find ways to make ArcBest the very best at what it does. “I want to see us be the best,” Mastin said….
by - August 12, 2024 3:20 pm
Throughout his career, Garrett Levey has always worked with software companies. The Boston native started in software investment banking and software growth equity investing before pivoting into a hybrid role…
by - August 12, 2024 2:59 pm
When Derek Lee was a child, he wanted to either be a veterinarian or an architect. As his schooling progressed, he veered toward an interest in the human body. He…
by - August 12, 2024 2:58 pm
A weekend sleepover at his best friend’s house led Nic Keneipp into the retail industry. He awoke to find his friend’s father deciding how many shoes to purchase for the…
by - August 12, 2024 2:56 pm
Kevin Jensen is proud to have started his engineering firm in 2015, when he was in his 20s, just five years after graduating from Harding University with a degree in…
by - August 12, 2024 2:54 pm
There was a wide range of career options Meredith Frieberg Henson considered while she was growing up. Her parents engaged in several entrepreneurial endeavors, and the possibilities for her and…
by - August 12, 2024 2:53 pm
Evan Gaetano was a hospitality management major at Florida International University in Miami when Walmart recruited him to intern for its grocery division. “My dream was always to work for…
by - August 12, 2024 2:51 pm
Sara Deuster is committed to public service. Having a bachelor’s degree and two master’s degrees in fields that will help that public service, Deuster is now a doctoral student of…
by - August 12, 2024 2:49 pm
Bethany Davis didn’t like babysitting, so when she was 14, she found a different way to make money. She made origami cranes for 25 cents apiece. She wanted to make…
by - August 12, 2024 2:48 pm
Growing up the son of a car dealer in Green Hill, Ala., during a very complicated time to be a car dealer spurred an interest in economics for Cass Crews…
by - August 12, 2024 2:46 pm
Matthew “Matt” Cramblett graduated with a degree in finance from Harding University in 2012 and almost immediately began a career in banking that has led to being one of the…
by - August 12, 2024 2:44 pm
When Mindy Craig joined Arvest Bank in 2006, she didn’t know it would become her career. She’d started as a teller to gain work experience. “Arvest gave me the opportunity…
by - August 12, 2024 2:43 pm
Before Leslie Copeland founded Leslie Copeland Law & Mediation, she had to find her voice. That came in the theater. Growing up in Little Rock, she sang in the choir…
by - August 12, 2024 2:41 pm
Thomas Cole believes that while the business of Walker Brothers and Bauman’s is technically providing quality men’s clothing, what they really do is relationships. “This business is about building relationships,…
by - August 12, 2024 2:39 pm
In 2007, newly graduated from the University of Arkansas in finance, Morgan Chandler and her husband Chris took out a loan and bought his grandparent’s company, Chandler Equipment. The firm…
by - August 12, 2024 2:37 pm
Tripp Cashion loved math and liked to build things as a child. When he went to the University of Arkansas, he majored in engineering. After graduating in 2010, he took…
by - August 12, 2024 2:35 pm
Named One to Watch by Best Lawyers in America, Katie Campbell practices commercial and employment defense litigation and employment law. She argued and won a case before the Arkansas Supreme…
