Nonprofit CFO: Patricia Vangilder, United Cerebral Palsy of Arkansas
Patricia Vangilder had success in local government as an auditor and comptroller, but she felt something was missing. read more >
Patricia Vangilder had success in local government as an auditor and comptroller, but she felt something was missing. read more >
Corey Moline and his team at Arkansas Community Foundation were in some ways on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic when it first hit in March 2020, and meeting the challenges of the health crisis is one of his biggest career achievements. read more >
Being a CFO, or any kind of executive, wasn’t on his radar at first. Instead, Jarod Bridges wanted to be a rock star. read more >
Daniel McAdoo has numbers in his genes and manufacturing in his blood. Not to mention big steel and Ginsu knives in his background. read more >
Dick Fletcher will soon be surrounded by construction — a consequence of his employer, CTEH, being bought by Montrose Environmental Group Inc. last year. read more >
Scott Rosenberg picked an interesting time to join Travel Nurse Across America, a crucial pipeline to hospitals desperate for reinforcements during the COVID-19 pandemic. read more >
A pandemic presents particular challenges to a hospitality company, whose business model revolves around getting people in the doors, but Stuart McLendon, chief financial officer of Dyne Hospitality Group since 2018, is proud of how his company has worked through those challenges. read more >
Maggie Hogan was never able to merge her love of horses and accountancy to have a career as an equestrian accountant. But she did find a winning combination that suited her. read more >
Johnny McCaleb remembers rolling west across the Mississippi River bridge at Helena en route to the start of his post-collegiate career in 1976. Looking back, the “Welcome to Arkansas” sign with its “Land of Opportunity” motto proved to be more than a drive-by greeting. read more >
Vickie Judy signed up for an accounting class at Springdale High School because her older sister, Karen, was an accountant. It turned out to be a pretty wise life choice. read more >
Arkansas Business is now taking nominations for its annual CFO of the Year Awards. Honorees will be honored during a virtual livestream awards ceremony on Dec. 15. read more >
At one point, Ozarka College in Melbourne had a student loan default rate of 42% and could have lost federal aid. Good thing the school had Tina Wheelis as its vice president of finance. read more >
Brent Black has worked 14 consecutive years as a chief financial officer at four stops along a career track dominated by banking. The unbroken string began with a trio of Arkadelphia ventures. read more >
Tom Dunn’s first choice was to be a scientist, but he discovered rather late that the chemistry wasn’t right. read more >
Bryan Bruich has been busy lately. In the last 18 months, the CFO of Nabholz Construction of Conway has helped it expand into the solar and the rail transit sectors. read more >
Walmart Inc. of Bentonville was the perfect training ground for Brian Hughes. read more >
After a nearly 20-year detour, Gina Terry landed back at the University of Arkansas, in a sense, although her office is in Little Rock. Terry keeps the UA System’s finances in check, as CFO and vice president of finance. read more >
Alex Becker, the man who “just wanted to get out” of school, now works for one: the University of Arkansas at Monticello, as its vice chancellor for finance and administration. read more >
Joann West admits her enthusiasm level was lacking when a job offer in banking came her way. read more >
Accounting just clicked with Kim Cullum as a teenager. Two years of high school accounting began her abiding passion for it. read more >
