It is our pleasure and privilege to present you with the 2014 Class of Women to Watch. On the following pages, you’ll meet 27 local women who are making a big impact in business, philanthropy and in our community.
For the second time since the program’s inception, we opened nominations to you, our readers. Once nominations closed, a panel of editors and publishers from Arkansas Business Publishing Group vetted each woman before naming her to this list, which comprises some of the city’s most notable women. These women are difference makers, movers and shakers, thinkers, doers, and above all, women to watch.
Please join us in saying congratulations to these extraordinary women!
- Adrienne Baker, Partner, Wright, Lindsey & Jennings LLP
- Amanda M. Richardson, Director, Delta Leadership Institute, Delta Regional Authority
- Amy Galdamez, M.D., Doctor, Little Rock Gynecology & Obstetrics
- Bobbi McDaniel, Owner/Volunteer/Fundraiser, Argenta Limo
- Christen Franke, Co-Owner/Operator, Franke’s Cafeterias
- Christina Littlejohn, Executive Director, Arkansas Symphony Orchestra
- Christina Muñoz Madsen, Associate Vice President of Communications, Public Relations and Marketing, University of Central Arkansas
- Donna Terrell, News Anchor, KLRT-TV FOX 16
- Emily Cobb, VP/Owner, Cleanco/ArtECobb
- Emily Moll Wood, Professional Artist, Emily Wood Art
- Karen Bassett, Executive Director, Ballet Arkansas
- Kristi Crum, President, South Central Region, Verizon Wireless
- Lara Blume, Visionary / Philanthropist / Entrepreneur, Team Up World
- Lindsey Binz, Owner/Principal, Lindsey Binz Home Company, LLC
- Lindsey Gray, Eggshells Kitchen Co.
- Lisa Moriconi, Principal, Legacy Capital Group
- Lyndsey Sullivan, Owner, Lyndsey Sullivan Photography
- Melanie Prince, M.D., Plastic Surgeon/Owner, Prince Plastic Surgery
- Merry Kline, Owner, Belle & Blush
- Nicole Daniel, Buyer/Manager/Stylist, Scarlet
- Patty Opitz, Architect, Polk Stanley Wilcox Architects
- Roberta Clark, Instructor and Adjunct Instructor, Arkansas Baptist College and John Brown University; President, Youth Home, Inc. Board of Directors
- Robin Connell, President, PLANTation Services
- Sharon Cowell, Owner, Reinvented Vintage
- Sheree Meyer, Owner, Bennett’s Military Supplies and co-owner Terraforma, LLC
- Sonya Schmidt Murphy, Business Development Officer, Arvest
- Tessa Wilmans-Higgins, Owner/Makeup Artist and Esthetician, Beauty Geek, LLC