Tag: forty-under-40

Forty Under 40: Matthew McClure

Frozen dinners and Pop-Tarts were never served in Matthew McClure’s childhood home. Both parents liked to cook and used fresh foods. McClure always had a comfortable grip on cooking as…

Forty Under 40: J.R. Meeks

During the dozen years J.R. Meeks has worked at Chambers Bank, the peaks have been magnificent and the valleys deep. He joined the bank, which his great-grandfather founded, while finishing…

Forty Under 40: Dean Morris

Dean Morris learned about the credit card industry from the bottom up. When he was just a teenager, he sat in the back office at his dad’s company, Community Bankers…

Forty Under 40: Misty Murphy

Misty Murphy’s longtime passions for public service and biking came together last September when she started her work at the Northwest Arkansas Council. And the crowning achievement of her career…

Forty Under 40: Marcus Necessary

Marcus Necessary enjoyed a quick rise in the Northwest Arkansas real estate market to become the top overall agent at Weichert Realtors-The Griffin Co. in Arkansas, Missouri and Kansas. He…

Forty Under 40: Sach Oliver

Sach Oliver grew up on a cattle farm in north Arkansas, graduated as valedictorian from Viola High School and was later student government president at Arkansas State University. It was…

Forty Under 40: Rafael “Buck” Ortega Jr.

You know you’ve made it when you have your own Wikipedia page. Just ask Buck Ortega. The former NFL journeyman and University of Miami tight end has had a charmed…

Forty Under 40: Jonathan Perrodin

He was told to “do what you do” by a man he respected, and took the advice. For Jonathan Perrodin, that meant giving himself the freedom and flexibility to follow…

Forty Under 40: Mike Rush

Mike Rush didn’t make the cut for his eighth grade basketball team, so his coach told him to try track. He went out and beat the ninth-graders in sprints and…

Forty Under 40: Thuy Rushing

Thuy (pronounced “twee”) Rushing knows a thing or two about big brands. Her entire career in retail has been built on The Hershey Co., the largest chocolate manufacturer in the…

Forty Under 40: Hamilton Seale Moriarty

On the surface, learning the Russian language and representing a global brand have nothing in common. But having done both, Hamilton Seale Moriarty knows better. Being good at either one…

Forty Under 40: Ben Shankle

Ben Shankle is a team player. Although he was hand-picked to start the Bentonville office of Dallas-based Pavecon Ltd. in 2011 and has grown the staff to 30 — in…

Forty Under 40: Brook Thomas

Brook Thomas has always had a can-do attitude. That’s how he went from part-time teleprompter operator in 2000 to news director in 2007. “You do the job you’ve been given…

Forty Under 40: Josh Whittle

He traded in his sword for a ploughshare. Josh Whittle, a former United States Air Force pilot, did two tours in Iraq flying one of the most successful military aircrafts…

Forty Under 40: Colby A. Beland

Persistence paid off for CaseStack in its pursuit three years ago of Colby Beland. And hiring the Fort Smith native continues to pay off for the firm. Since Beland joined…

Forty Under 40: Dale Brunk

“I thought, here’s a field where I can help other people with their money, and I can invest mine, as well,” he recalled. To that end, not only does Brunk…

Forty Under 40: Amy Callahan

For the first time in three years, Amy Callahan took a vacation this summer. “I read three books that had nothing to do with business,” she boasted. “I’d say that…

Forty Under 40: J.R. Carroll

If J.R. Carroll had kept the streak alive and attended LSU like the rest of his family, who knows what he would be doing now. Instead, the White Hall native…

Forty Under 40: Tay Sha Carter

The Caddo Indian word “taysha” means “friend” or “ally”. It’s no surprise, then, that Tay Sha Carter finds the mentoring aspect of higher education so appealing. “We’re here to be…

Forty Under 40: Chad Clinehens

Chad Clinehens, a civil engineer with a bachelor’s degree and MBA from the University of Arkansas, began with ZweigWhite in January. He spent 14 years before that as a principal…