Normal and routine has never felt as exciting as it does in 2021, which is why it is a pleasure to bring you this 28th class of Arkansas Business 40 Under 40 honorees. read more >
After six years in the minors pursuing a professional baseball career with the Florida Marlins, Wes Anderson decided to walk off the mound in 2003. read more >
Natalie Bartholomew has known she was going to be a banker ever since she was a little girl playing bank on her family’s five-generation farm in Prairie Grove. read more >
William Cunningham wanted to follow his electrician father’s footsteps, but his parents urged him to be the worker designing systems, not the guy running the wires. read more >
Mandy Davis says she’s not concerned with “process”; she’s concerned with outputs and outcomes. read more >
Scott Davis believes that every day should be enjoyable, for him, for his family and for his employees, because “if you love what you do and you get the flexibility to care about your family and your personal life, then you do better work for everybody.” read more >
Bailey Faulkner studied journalism and political science at Arkansas State University in Jonesboro and was working at a state agency when she discovered new purpose in life. read more >
Jami Fisher is the first woman to serve as CFO in the 103-year history of the Arkansas Game & Fish Commission, a point of professional pride for her. read more >
Ateca Foreman believes in empowering others to achieve their goals. She developed that belief while working as director of constituent services for Gov. Asa Hutchinson, “my first real management job.” read more >
Brandon Foshee lost his sight while earning a bachelor’s degree from Southern Arkansas University in Magnolia, but that wasn’t the setback it could have been. Instead, it inspired him to start Fauxsee Innovations in 2011. read more >
Edward Haddock was the U.S. Small Business Administration’s youngest district director when he succeeded Linda Nelson in 2017, but his path was not direct. read more >
Kandi Hughes wanted to be a doctor until she met a cadaver. read more >
Mervin Jebaraj began doing research for the University of Arkansas’ Center for Business & Economic Research when he was pursuing his master’s degree in public policy in 2007. He was named interim director in April 2017 and permanent director beginning Jan. 1, 2018. read more >
Todd Jenkins grew up with a servant’s heart to help others and the community in which he lived. read more >
For more than three years, Kale Gober has led his team at the University of Central Arkansas Division of Advancement and the UCA Foundation to record-breaking fundraising campaigns. read more >
Although Dyne Hospitality, the largest Tropical Smoothie Café franchisee in the United States with 53 stores, is relatively young, it has been recognized as Developer of the Year twice in the last two years. read more >
John Lawson says his biggest motivation is bringing prosperity to his hometown of Pine Bluff. read more >
J.D. Lowery’s motto is to treat everybody like he’d treat the boss. It keeps him humble and helps in recruiting and retaining businesses in areas served by the state’s electric co-ops. read more >
Diana McDaniel said she knew she wanted to work as a public servant and, luckily, she was exposed to Arkansas Children’s Hospital while working on her master’s degree in public administration at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. read more >
Nick Morgan was hosting a pregame party when then-CEO Kirk Thompson of J.B. Hunt Transport Services stopped by and the two struck up a fast friendship. Morgan later went to work at J.B. Hunt at Thompson’s urging, and when Morgan decided he wanted to open his own business, Thompson lent him the money to open a Marco’s Pizza franchise. read more >
