Arkansas Business is proud to announce the 2022 CFO of the Year finalists and Lifetime Achievement Award winners.

This year, Jeffery Holt of Stallion Transportation Group of Beebe has earned the CFO Lifetime Achievement Award. Mike Carroll, now retired from Landmark PLC CPAs of Fort Smith, formerly Beall Barclay & Co., will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award in Accounting.

This is the 13th year that Arkansas Business has honored outstanding CFOs from around the state. Nomination forms were submitted to an independent panel of judges who met in August to determine finalists and winners.

Presented by Hogan Taylor, the 2022 CFO of the Year Awards will be hosted at the DoubleTree Little Rock as Arkansas Business Publisher Mitch Bettis and Editor Lance Turner highlight what sets these finalists apart.

Finalists and winners in each category will be honored at a special event on Nov. 2. Profiles of each of them will be published in a special supplement of Arkansas Business on Oct. 31.

CFO of the Year 2022 Finalists

CFO LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT

Jeffery Holt, Stallion Transportation Group

CFO LIFETIME IN ACCOUNTING

Mike Carroll, retired from Landmark PLC CPAs

LARGE PRIVATE COMPANY CFO FINALISTS

Jennifer Bridges, OrthoArkansas

Ashley Sims, Rock Dental Brands

Chad Ware, Central States Manufacturing Inc.

NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION CFO FINALISTS

Katie Dailey, Arkansas Humanities Council

Sylvia Murchison, Goodwill Industries of Arkansas

Phyllis Rogers, Arkansas Foundation for Medical Care

PUBLIC SECTOR/EDUCATION CFO FINALISTS

TyRhonda Henderson, City of Texarkana, Arkansas

Adam Motherwell, Beaver Water District

Gaye Manning, Southern Arkansas University Tech

HOSPITAL CFO FINALISTS

Leslie Huitt, Bradley County Medical Center

Kyle Sanders, NEA Baptist Health System

William Gorman, Arkansas Rural Health Partnership

Jeremy Jeffery, Jefferson Regional Medical Center

SMALL PRIVATE COMPANY CFO FINALISTS

Bobby Gabbard, Summerwood Partners, LLC

Joe Hafner, Arkansas Glass Container Corporation

Tom Major, Mayfair Sterling, LLC

For more information on the CFO of the Year Awards program, click here or contact Events Director Tiffany Mattzela at TMattzela@abpg.com or (501) 455-9334.