Tag: forty-under-40

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…

Forty Under 40: Lisa Fowler

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…

Forty Under 40: Kevin Gardner

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…

Forty Under 40: Greg Goggans

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…

Forty Under 40: Louis C. Gottsponer

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…

Forty Under 40: Hunter Haynes

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…

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: Hannah McNeill

Hannah McNeill, 33, is working on her biggest project yet. An intern architect at Wischmeyer Architects of Fayetteville, McNeill is working on a new, 24,000-SF medical office building on Millsap…

Forty Under 40: Scott Mills

Born into a family of physicians, Scott Mills grew up thinking he would become a doctor, too. But during his senior year in high school, Mills decided that medicine was…

Forty Under 40: Elise S. Mitchell

Elise S. Mitchell, 37, has worked in marketing and public relations for 16 years, owning her own firm in Fayetteville for the past four years. In 1983, Mitchell earned a…

Forty Under 40: Jack V. Moyer

Jack V. Moyer, 31, has been in the hotel business all of his adult life. Moyer grew up in Elmira, N.Y. He received an associate’s degree from Paul Smiths College,…

Forty Under 40: David D. Nelms

David Nelms, 31, wasn’t thinking about entering the automobile industry when he left Fayetteville for college. Instead, aiming for a career in broadcast journalism, Nelms enrolled at the University of…

Forty Under 40: David M. Nelms

As president and primary stockholder of Arkansas MicroElectronics Development Corp. of Fayetteville, David Nelms is overseeing the development of super-thin electronic components for NASA and the U.S. Department of Defense’s…