by January 1, 2001 12:00 am
-Forty Under 40: L. Paul Dobbs
When L. Paul Dobbs and his mother started A.S.A.P. Services Inc. in 1990, they had no way of knowing their $3,500 investment would grow into a business that pulls in…
by January 1, 2001 12:00 am
-When L. Paul Dobbs and his mother started A.S.A.P. Services Inc. in 1990, they had no way of knowing their $3,500 investment would grow into a business that pulls in…
by January 1, 2001 12:00 am
-Lisa Fowler, 31, grew up in Little Rock and earned a bachelor’s degree in marketing from the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville in 1992. Fowler’s first job after college was…
by January 1, 2001 12:00 am
-An avid duck hunter and cook, Kevin Gardner has no problem disposing of his leftovers. As site manager of Waste Management of Northwest Arkansas, Gardner oversees all operations of the…
by January 1, 2001 12:00 am
-After earning an agricultural business degree from the University of Arkansas in 1992, Greg Goggans worked for Tyson Foods Inc. for six years before talking his wife, Linda, into starting…
by January 1, 2001 12:00 am
-As liaison between Tyson Foods Inc. and its investors, 36-year-old Louis Gottsponer has been busy. “Especially in the past 12 months, without a doubt,” he said. The poultry producer’s impending…
by January 1, 2001 12:00 am
-At 23, Hunter Haynes is the youngest honoree in this year’s class. But with a management portfolio of more than 1 million SF of office space throughout Northwest Arkansas, he…
by January 1, 2001 12:00 am
-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…
by January 1, 2001 12:00 am
-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…
by January 1, 2001 12:00 am
-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….
by January 1, 2001 12:00 am
-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…
by January 1, 2001 12:00 am
-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….
by January 1, 2001 12:00 am
-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…
by January 1, 2001 12:00 am
-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…
by January 1, 2001 12:00 am
-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…
by January 1, 2001 12:00 am
-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…
by January 1, 2001 12:00 am
-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…
by January 1, 2001 12:00 am
-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…
by January 1, 2001 12:00 am
-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…
by January 1, 2001 12:00 am
-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…
by January 1, 2001 12:00 am
-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,…