Fifty Over 50

Moving Heaven and Earth Chief Operating Officer // Garrett Excavating   A few minutes of conversation with Ricky Lattin is all it takes to reveal the secret ingredients of the 52-year-old’s successful career. There is the unfailing work ethic, handed …

Step Out on That Limb Co-owner // C&C Tree Service and Agent // Mid South Realty   Should Dos Equis decide to introduce a female counterpart to its iconic “Most Interesting Man in the World” advertising campaign, which captivated American …

Time was when hitting the big 5-0 signaled the beginning of the end of one’s professional career. People crossing the five-decade threshold who did not sit in the corner office — and a few who did — were often considered …

Growth is how Rod Bigelow would characterize his 14 years at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville. As the executive director and chief diversity and inclusion officer, he has been afforded a front-row seat to the growth the …

Jean Block is not going through the motions. It was a clear, sunny morning at Little Rock’s Fourche Creek Water Reclamation Facility, and Block was in her element. She was seated in a bare-bones conference room and had not leaned …

Asked what led him to a career in law, Charles Darwin “Skip” Davidson replied with a unique brand of pragmatism and quick wit. “In rural Arkansas, where I grew up, you either owned land or knew how to repair a …

For a moment, Terry Hartwick is somewhere else. The always-effervescent North Little Rock mayor has been talking to a visitor about his latest labor of love. Preliminary dirt work is set to begin on the North Little Rock Conference Center …

Family Tradition   The Stephens family is one of the familial empires responsible for shaping what Arkansas is today. Along with the Rockefellers and the Waltons, the Stephens are financial champions who honored the state’s scrappy, tenacious spirit and forged …

Honoring young business professionals is the dominant narrative in our culture: success and fulfillment are encouraged and recognized at the dawn of adulthood (or even sooner, if you can manage it). But achievements don’t come instantly, and success is becoming …

Mother of Tacos: From gourmet-to-go to Mexican cuisine, Hot Springs chef brings concepts to creation Perhaps it is no surprise Diana Bratton was born on Cinco de Mayo. The owner of Taco Mama in Hot Springs grew up on Mexican …