Past winners of the Arkansas Business of the Year Awards.
1988Category I
Lawhon Farm Supply, McCrory
Category II
Staley Electric Co., Little Rock
Category III
Aromatique Inc., Heber Springs
Business Executive
Bob Nabholz, Nabholz Const. Corp., Conway
1989
Category I
Balloon Arts Inc., Little Rock
Category II
Ozark Co-Operative Warehouse, Fayetteville
Category III
Arkansas Systems Inc., Little Rock
Business Executive
Sheridan Garrison, Arkansas Freightways Corp., Harrison
1990
Category I
Engineered Solutions Inc., Little Rock
Category II
Akin Industries Inc., Monticello
Category III
Jungkind Photo-Graphic Inc., Little Rock
Business Executive
Robert J. "Bob" Shell, Baldwin & Shell
Construction Co., Little Rock
1991
Category I
August House Inc., Little Rock
Category II
Gaston's White River Resort, Lakeview
Category III
Vratsinas Construction Co., little Rock
Business Executive
Brooksher Banks, Fashion Park Cleaners, North Little Rock
1992
Category I
M.O.M.S. Inc., Little Rock
Category II
North Little Rock Plumbing & General
Contracting Co.
Category III
Wendy's of Little Rock Inc.
Business Executive
Ben A. Rand, Rand's Inc., N. Little Rock
1993
Category I
The Hatcher Agency, Little Rock
Category II
KSSN-FM, Little Rock
Category III
Aromatique inc., Heber Springs
Business Executive
Dexter Doyne, Doyne Construction Co., North Little Rock
1994
Category I
Rankin Construction Co., North Little Rock
Category II
I Care of Arkansas, North Little Rock
Category III
Hi-Tech Engineering, Hot Springs
Business Executives
Ron Robinson, Cranford Johnson Robinson
Woods, Little Rock
1995
Category I
Martin & Martin, Little Rock
Category II
Stone & Ward, Little Rock
Category III
United Medical, Wynne
Business Executive
Robert East, Little Rock
Nonprofit Organization
Heifer Project International, Little Rock
1996
Category I
That Bookstore in Blytheville
Category II
Sissy's Log Cabin, Pine Bluff
Category III
Alliance Rubber, Hot Springs
Emsiness Executive
Jack Kinnaman, Kinco Inc., Little Rock
Nonprofit Executive of the Year
Leon Matthews, United Way of Pulaski
County, Little Rock
Nonprofit Organization of the Year
Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock
1997
Category I
Candy Bouquet International, Little Rock
Category II
Naturscent, Heber Springs
Category III
Winburn Tile Manufacturing Co., Little Rock
Business Executive of the Year
Angela Harrison, Welsco Inc., North Little Rock
Nonprofit Executive of the Year
Sharon Moone-Jochums, Arkansas Easter Seal
Society, Little Rock
Nonprofit Organization of the Year
P.A.R.K. (Positive Atmosphere Reaches Kids), Little Rock
1998
Category I
Mangan/Holcomb & Partners, Little Rock
Category II
American Taekwondo AssociaUon, Little Rock
Category III
Maxwell Hardwood Flooring, Monticello
Business Executive of the Year
Janet Jones, The Janet Jones Co., Little Rock
Nonprofit Executive of the Year
Ann Chotard, Wildwood Park for the
Performing Arts, Little Rock
Nonprofit Organization of the Year
The Central Arkansas Chapter of the American
Red Cross, Little Rock
1999
Category I
Innerplan Office Interiors, Little Rock
Category II
Hudson Cisne Thessing and Co., Little Rock
Category III
Optus Inc., Jonesboro
Business Executive of the Year
Lunsford Bridges, Metropolitan National Bank, Little Rock
Nonprofit Executive of the Year
Mike Cumnock, Arkansas Sheriffs' Youth
Ranches Inc., Batesville
Nonprofit Organization of the Year
Centers for Youth and Family, Little Rock
2000
Category I
Control Technologies Inc., Fort Smith
Category II
Low's Bridal & Formal, Brinkley
Category III
Zero Mountain Inc., Fort Smith
Business Executive of the Year
William E. Clark, CDI Contractors LLC, Little Rock
Nonprofit Executive of the Year
William B. Worthen Jr., Historic Arkansas
Museum, Little Rock
Nonprofit Organization of the Year
Easter Seals Arkansas, Little Rock
2001
Category I
Polk Stanley Yemy Architects Ltd., Little Rock
Category II
Arkansas Bankers' Bank, Little Rock
Category III
Athletic World Advertising, Fayetteville
Business Executive of the Year
Stephen Strange Sr., American Management
Corp., Conway
Nonprofit Executive of the Year
Rick Niece, University of the Ozarks, Clarksville
Nonprofit Organization of the Year
Access Schools, Little Rock
2002
Category I
Sufficient Grounds Coffeehouse Inc., Little Rock
Category II
Kitchen Distributors Inc.
Category III
Arkansas Specialty Care Centers, Little Rock
NOnlUMmflit Executive of the Year
Michael V. Aureli, Arkansas Hospice, Little Rock
Nonprofit Organization of the Year
Arkansas Sheriffs' Youth Ranches Inc., Batesville
Business Executive of the Year
Jim Harvey, Central Arkansas Water, Little Rock
2003
Category I
Bikeseller.com, Little Rock
Category II
Delta Plastics of the South, Stuttgargt
Category III
Twin City Bank, North Little Rock
Nonprofit Executive of the Year
Beth Cartwright, Youth Home Inc., Little Rock
Nonprofit Organization of the Year
Good Faith Fund, Pine Bluff
Business Executive of the Year
Robert Birch Jr., Twin City Bank, North Little Rock
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