Owner, CEO, WinChoice In the heart of Garland County lies a town of just fewer than 600 people once dominated by the Dierks Lumber and Coal Co. mill for which it was founded. When then-mill-owner Weyerhaeuser closed the lumber …
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Hotelier, Best Western Winners Circle At the age of 12, James D. “Jim” Shamburger Jr. was mowing lawns and filling soda machines at his family’s motel, simple tasks that would lead to a five-decade career reshaping Arkansas’ hospitality industry …
International Performing Artist, Co-Founder, Big Red Dog Productions After nearly 20 years under stage lights and perfecting the edgy twang of fiddle melodies, the co-founder of Big Red Dog Productions, Cliff Prowse, has made a career of traveling the …
Managing Director, Sagebridge Wealth Management When Roger Louis O’Quin entered the investment business on the advice of his father, he viewed it as just another job. Little did he know that four decades later, not only would the financial …
President, CEO, James A. Rogers Excavating, McHenry Meyer Companies Chris Meyer purchased James A. Rogers Excavating from his grandfather in 2016 and has worked to build upon the foundations laid by James A. Rogers Sr. back in 1962. Over …
Co-Founder, Partner, Genesis Commercial; Owner, The Sod Store Zack Kifer has always been drawn to building things, whether it be businesses, teams or communities. Had life shaken out differently for the northwest Arkansas native, he might have ended up …
Chief Operating Officer, Superior Senior Care Quincy Hurst grew up immersed in the Superior Senior Care family business, where he discovered early on that his true passion was serving others. What began as a clear career path soon revealed …
CEO (retired), Central Flying Services Richard Neal “Dick” Holbert spent more than 50 years not just guiding Arkansas’ budding aviation industry but shaping it. As the longtime CEO of Central Flying Service, Holbert helped build one of the nation’s …
Owner, Central Arkansas Solar Solutions, Northwest Arkansas Solar Solutions Even if one has gone down a different path than originally planned, a true calling has a funny way of “calling back” after all. As long as he could remember, …
Orthopedic Surgeon, Sports Medicine Specialist, Conway Orthopedic & Sports Medicine Center It may only be Dr. Austin Cole’s second year in practice, but his roots in medicine go back — way back — through five generations of physicians. Cole …