by - January 6, 2026 5:24 pm
After two decades of helping cultivate Northwest Arkansas’s startup landscape, longtime ecosystem builder Jeannette Balleza Collins is charting a new chapter as director of strategic alliances at Fayetteville-based Zenwork Inc….
by - December 22, 2025 10:01 am
With a mantra of “never give up,” Mitchell Johnson cites persistence as one of his greatest attributes. His “competitive spirit and willingness to lead boldly during times of crisis” have…
by - December 15, 2025 12:02 pm
For Matt Waller, 61, leadership is about uplifting others, a lesson he attributes to a quote he read as a high school senior by motivational speaker Zig Ziglar: “You can…
by - November 30, 2025 10:23 am
Eric Wolfe’s career is defined by successfully launching four third-party logistics companies. The veteran executive of supply chain and logistics credits those successes to “great teams and a great market…
by - November 12, 2025 12:30 pm
Adaptability. That’s Canetta Reid’s greatest career achievement. A licensed attorney and senior professional in human resources (SPHR), she’s had to adapt to “different cultures, different leadership styles, different-sized companies and…
by - November 2, 2025 9:04 am
Jim Singleton knows farming. It’s his family heritage, his life’s work, his family’s future and his hobby. Singleton grew up on a farm in western Benton County. His grandparents, who…
by - October 15, 2025 12:58 pm
Key decisions at pivotal moments in his life led Jay Brain to his role today as senior vice president with Stephens Inc. First, he decided to major in finance and…
by - October 1, 2025 12:44 pm
Tim Kizer thought he “was going to change the world and people.” Instead, he really enjoys “the way the world and people change me,” he said. Now 60, Kizer is…
by - September 15, 2025 1:22 pm
Over the course of his 30 years as a fixture in the University of Arkansas’ sports information office, Kevin Trainor has had a “front row seat for Razorback history, working…
by - September 8, 2025 10:20 am
Randall Bynum has been an accountant, managed the family furniture business, started his own law firm and been appointed as an Arkansas public service commissioner. All those public and private…
by - August 20, 2025 2:24 pm
As a business professor, business leadership consultant, and cosmetic line founder, Dr. Kimberly Polite “packages professionalism” in all its different aspects. “It takes multi-layers to be successful in the business…
by - August 11, 2025 10:21 am
For Andy Ruben business is the “canvas of creative expression.” “You can invent business models that really do change the way we live, they change society, and business is a…
by - July 22, 2025 3:06 pm
Rob Husong has almost 30 years in banking under his belt but doesn’t consider himself to be a traditional banker. As president of F1RSTNB, formerly First National Bank of NWA,…
by - July 10, 2025 9:35 am
Relationships are key for Todd Lewis — those with his clients, his family and the young attorneys he mentors. Originally from Fort Smith, Lewis was interested in law from an…
by - June 25, 2025 12:06 pm
As owner/operator and lead adviser for Fayetteville-based Nicolas J. McLeod Wealth Preservation Strategies, Nicolas McLeod has led his firm from being a “large Arkansas business” to a fast-growing nationwide wealth…
by - June 4, 2025 12:38 pm
When Clinton Bennett got his start in commercial real estate 20 years ago, he had a “sense that something unique was happening in Northwest Arkansas,” he said. “You could get…
by - May 27, 2025 9:48 am
Law, banking, and government have kept Conner Eldridge busy and fulfilled throughout his career, focusing on areas where he believes he can make a difference. “Growing up in small-town Arkansas,…
by - May 1, 2025 10:24 am
Sarah Taldo-Brothers believes her greatest accomplishment is her latest. As part of her dedication to help revitalize Springdale, the executive broker/vice president with Weichert, Realtors-The Griffin Co., and her husband,…
by - April 21, 2025 1:33 pm
On Feb. 7, John Rausch, chairman and CEO of Rausch Companies, rang the bell on the New York Stock Exchange floor. The bucket list moment, shared with his family, including…
by - April 3, 2025 11:48 am
In May 2010, Courtney Hudson became the first woman elected to the Arkansas Supreme Court in a contested race. Now, four of the seven justices are women. In fact, women…
