Members

I’m Jared Alder, owner of Alder Pest Control. I started the company in 2018 with a truck, a vision, and a commitment to building a premium brand in Northwest Arkansas. We’ve grown steadily through referrals, thoughtful marketing, and staying true to one thing: providing a high-quality service without trying to be the cheapest—or the most expensive—just the one people trust.

I’m originally from Utah, and I’m still a die-hard University of Utah Utes football fan. Outside of work, you’ll usually find me biking, golfing, attending sporting events, and finding some way to stay active. I’m easy going by nature and connect best with people who enjoy good conversation, good humor, and good energy.

My wife and I have a blended family—three kids from me, one from her, and one on the way—so life stays busy and meaningful.

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I genuinely enjoy networking and learning from others. I believe people grow better together, and I’m looking forward to sharing ideas, experiences, and building real relationships.

Luke Collins is the proud owner of Goosehead Insurance – Collins Agency, based in Bentonville, Arkansas. Luke moved to Bentonville in 2020 with his wife, Maggie, and their two boys, Cruz and Conrad, embracing Northwest Arkansas as their family’s new home.

A graduate of Oral Roberts University, where he played collegiate soccer and earned a business degree in 2003, Luke’s career journey reflects both adventure and entrepreneurship. After college, he spent a season on the slopes of Beaver Creek, Colorado, before joining IKEA in Frisco, Texas, to help launch the brand’s first DFW store.

Luke later returned to Tulsa to join Magellan Midstream Partners, where he spent 12 years in oil and gas logistics, gaining extensive leadership and operational experience. In 2018, Luke moved to Dallas to help launch Callbox Storage, serving as Chief Operating Officer and leading the company through rapid growth before his exit in 2020.

Today, Luke brings that same energy, innovation, and relationship-driven focus to the insurance industry—helping families protect what matters most.

Charity Cummings is an experienced Area Manager based in Bentonville, AR, powered by years of leadership and operational expertise. A proud U.S. Army veteran, Charity brings discipline, resilience, and strategic thinking to every challenge. She is passionate about driving results while fostering a collaborative, people-first culture that empowers teams to succeed.

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Outside of her professional role, Charity is a devoted mother of five and a proud “Nana” to eight grandchildren. She embraces an active lifestyle as an avid outdoors enthusiast, enjoying hiking, biking, and riding side-by-sides. Charity also loves to cook and is known for making sourdough bread and homemade treats. Committed to giving back, she donates her time to various local charities, reflecting her dedication to community service. Her unique blend of experience, adaptability, and personal warmth makes her a dynamic leader who inspires others both inside and outside the workplace.

Josh Gehring is the owner of Alliance Maintenance, a Northwest Arkansas-based company known for delivering dependable property maintenance and facility support services to businesses across the region. With a strong focus on professionalism, responsiveness, and long-term client relationships, Josh has built Alliance Maintenance around the belief that quality service and integrity still matter. His hands-on leadership style and commitment to excellence have helped the company earn the trust of property managers, business owners, and commercial clients throughout Northwest Arkansas.

Josh is passionate about helping businesses maintain clean, safe, and well-functioning properties while creating a company culture centered on accountability and customer care. As a local business owner, he values community connections and takes pride in serving the growing Northwest Arkansas area. Through Alliance Maintenance, Josh continues to expand services, build partnerships, and provide reliable solutions that help local businesses operate at their best.

Amber and Cam Geiger are a husband-and-wife team dedicated to serving Northwest Arkansas through a unique blend of compassion, executive leadership, and entrepreneurial experience. Amber is a hospital chaplain, known for her empathy, cultural competence, and ability to support patients, families, and care teams through moments of uncertainty. Her work fosters resilience, ethical practice, and holistic well-being across the clinical environment.

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Cam is an experienced executive and business advisor with a 25-year background in supply chain, operations, and technology, including senior leadership roles at Walmart and transformation work at companies such as Freeman, Soli Organic, and TriMark. As Founder and Managing Partner of Geiger Advisory Services & Consulting, he partners with executives, investors, and boards to drive growth, operational excellence, and value creation.

Together, Amber and Cam own and operate Transworld Business Advisors of Northwest Arkansas, where they help local business owners prepare, sell, or transition their companies with integrity, diligence, and a personal touch. Their shared approach—rooted in service, trust, and community—ensures that clients receive both strategic guidance and genuine care throughout the business-ownership journey.

Phillip Gleeson is the CEO of Inflection Point, where he helps bridge the gap between manufacturing and retail through sales leadership, product development, and global sourcing. He works with manufacturers and inventors to turn ideas into market-ready products by identifying the right factory partners, guiding development, and opening doors to retail channels.

Before launching Inflection Point, Phillip spent more than a decade in sourcing, product development, and account leadership, including 10 years at Walmart and later as Account Director at Leedarson America, where he helped grow the Walmart business from zero to 23 SKUs in three years.

Originally from Holts Summit, Missouri, Phillip moved to Northwest Arkansas in 2010 with his wife, Amy. They have a son, a daughter, and two cats. Outside of work, he enjoys travel, hiking, biking, and building genuine relationships with people.  

Sandee Hitesman is an accomplished health insurance professional with more than nine years of experience helping individuals and families find coverage solutions that meet their unique needs.

An attendee of Boise State University, Sandee has built a successful career in the health insurance industry through her commitment to exceptional customer service, industry expertise, and community engagement.

Currently, Sandee serves as the Manager of the Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield Rogers Welcome Center, where she leads a team dedicated to providing personalized guidance and support to members and prospective customers. Throughout her career, she has consistently demonstrated outstanding performance, earning recognition as the #1 salesperson in her division at Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield.

Sandee specializes in Individual Health Insurance, Medicare products, dental and vision coverage, and travel insurance. Her extensive knowledge and consultative approach enable her to help clients confidently navigate their insurance options and make informed decisions about their healthcare coverage.

Outside of her professional career, Sandee enjoys spending time with her family. She is happily married and the proud parent of four grown children. In her free time, she enjoys crafting, camping, and swimming, activities that reflect her creativity, love of the outdoors, and active lifestyle.

Known for her passion for helping others and her dedication to excellence, Sandee continues to make a meaningful impact in the lives of her clients and within the Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield community.

When it comes to choosing a financial advisor, it's essential they listen and fully understand what's most important to you and then come alongside you to build a financial strategy together. I work closely with individuals, families and business owners to build personalized strategies for retirement, legacy and other long-term financial goals.

I hold a Master of Arts in Organizational Leadership from Evangel University in Springfield, Mo., where I also completed my undergraduate studies.

My wife, Paige, and I love calling northwest Arkansas home — its energy, growth and outdoor lifestyle are a perfect fit for our family.

Hi, I’m Paige Jamison, co-owner of Mattress Clearance & Furniture of NWA, located in Centerton. We’re Northwest Arkansas’s top-rated destination for brand-new, high-quality furniture and mattresses — helping our community create comfortable, beautiful homes without the big-box experience.

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Our locally owned, family-run store was voted Best Mattress and Furniture Store in NWA and has earned over 1,300 five-star reviews from happy customers across the region. We take pride in offering stylish, durable pieces — from luxury hybrid mattresses to contemporary sectionals and bedroom sets — all at honest, everyday values.

My husband, co-owner, and best friend, Craig, and I share four wonderful children who bring so much joy and purpose to our lives. When we're not working, we love to spend time as a family exploring local trails throughout NWA, going to brunch, tending to our growing collection of plants, reading or finding other adventures in the area.

At its heart, our business is about connection — helping people feel good about where they live and who they buy from. We believe that home should be a place of comfort, quality, and pride, and we’re grateful to serve the community that continues to inspire us every day.

Scott Lacy is the founder of VectorFi CFO, a fractional CFO and accounting firm in Northwest Arkansas working with founder-led businesses in the $1M–$40M range. The mission is straightforward: help small business founders build healthy companies that create thriving families and communities.

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Scott founded VectorFi in 2023 after a winding path through finance and entrepreneurship. He started his career in F500 finance roles, then spent eight years in Chiang Mai, Thailand, where he and his wife Heather built Breathe, an organic wellness and spa products business that served retail and wholesale customers until COVID closed it in 2020. He returned to the U.S. and spent three years consulting for founder-led small businesses before launching VectorFi.  He holds an MBA from the University of Arkansas Walton School of Business.

Scott and Heather have been married 16 years and live in Northwest Arkansas, where Heather serves as CRO of a regional real estate company.

Megan Lahay is a banking and financial services professional who has built her career around relationships, connection, and helping businesses succeed. With a background spanning commercial banking, treasury management, client relations, and business development, Megan especially enjoys getting to know the people behind a business and finding ways to connect them with the right financial solutions, resources, and even other people in her network. Northwest Arkansas is both home and the community where she has built her career, and she is passionate about contributing to the continued growth of the region and supporting the businesses and professionals who make it such a special place to live and work.

Megan currently serves as Senior Treasury Relationship Manager with CommunityAmerica Credit Union, where she is focused on developing and growing CommunityAmerica’s treasury and depository relationships throughout Northwest Arkansas. She is excited to be part of the credit union’s investment in the NWA market and its growing presence in the region, including its partnership with the University of Arkansas. Outside of work, Megan is a wife and mom and enjoys spending time with her family, being involved in the community, and building genuine relationships with the people around her. Whether professionally or personally, she is a natural connector who believes some of the best opportunities come from simply bringing the right people together.

"Wyatt Layman is the publisher and owner of Bentonville City Lifestyle and Rogers City Lifestyle (BCL/RCL). 

At Bentonville and Rogers City Lifestyle, it all starts with the stories. These hyper-local platforms share compelling, genuine, positive stories from our community to our community. 

Through this, both platforms excel as a marketing vehicle for small businesses to connect to their community in a relational and trustworthy way. BCL and RCL represent connection and a method of advertising that tells readers that your business cares about the community, not just the sale. 

Wyatt holds a degree in professional writing and previously spent 7 years communicating key messages in Outreach and Education for the Missouri Department of Conservation. From there, a career change saw Wyatt spend another 7 years working in operations management for the largest parcel carrier in the world. Ready to make a change from the cooperate world, Wyatt found a way to marry his writing and communications experience with his operations background and launched Bentonville City Lifestyle in September, 2024. Wyatt then acquired Rogers City Lifestyle in December, 2025.

Wyatt is a father of a hilarious, adorable, and rambunctious two-year-old boy whom he raises with his wife and best friend, Kayla. When his email auto-reply is turned on, you can normally find him on a bike in NWA or in a kayak on an Ozark river."

  Joe and Cheri Mercer are the passionate owners of Zivel Performance & Recovery studios in Bentonville and Rogers. With a shared vision of helping people live, feel, and perform better, they’ve created a wellness experience that blends science, technology, and luxury. Zivel offers cutting-edge services like cryotherapy, red light therapy, infrared sauna, dry float, compression, oxygen bar, and Cryoskin toning and slimming treatments — all designed to help the body recover, restore, and thrive. 

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As business partners and husband-and-wife entrepreneurs, Joe and Cheri are deeply rooted in the Northwest Arkansas community. They’re dedicated to helping others reduce stress, recover faster, and look and feel their best — whether that’s professional athletes, weekend warriors, or anyone simply wanting to live healthier. Their mission: make whole-body recovery accessible, relaxing, and part of everyday wellness.

Kimberly Norris is the founder and owner of Norris Design, a branding and marketing agency based in Northwest Arkansas. She started the company in 2020 with a desire to help businesses approach branding and marketing with more strategy, consistency and purpose.

What began as a small creative business has grown into a multidisciplinary agency serving clients across healthcare, construction, finance, aerospace, hospitality, real estate and nonprofit organizations. Norris Design provides brand strategy, design, websites, SEO, social media, photography, videography and ongoing marketing support.

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As the agency has grown, Kimberly’s role has evolved as well. She now focuses heavily on client relationships, business development, strategy and leading the Norris Design team, while staying closely involved in the creative direction of the work.

Kimberly enjoys working with businesses that are growing, changing or ready to take a more intentional approach to how they present themselves. She believes the strongest marketing starts with understanding the business first, not simply creating something that looks good.

Today, she continues to focus on growing Norris Design with intention, building a strong team and creating long-term partnerships with clients throughout Northwest Arkansas and beyond.

Born and raised in Harrison, Arkansas, and a graduate of the University of Arkansas, I’m married to my wife, Lindsay, and together we’re raising our three children in Lowell. After two decades in banking and enterprise technology sales, a challenging family experience led us down an unexpected path. Following a multi-year journey through toxic mold, we felt called to disrupt the mold inspection industry and change the way families are supported through that process.  In 2022, we launched Home Safe Mold Inspectors, LLC, and later added Hope the Mold Dog, LLC, to bring that mission to life. When we’re not helping families navigate their own mold journeys, you’ll find us spending time with our church family, chasing our kids to their activities, traveling, hiking, and counting down the days until our favorite season—fall festival time.

Connecting hearts with homes since 2003. Nicki is a licensed Realtor and Executive Broker in both Arkansas and Florida. Nicki and her family moved to Rogers in 2003 where she continued her Real Estate journey. She has been a top sales agent in NWA since 2012 and continues to grow her business and mentor other agents. She has enjoyed working with corporate relocation clients moving to the area for over 12 years. With 20 years of experience, a true love for the business, and unsurpassed knowledge, Nicki is an agent that will provide you with the type of caring service and results that you deserve.

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--Experience

Member of Northwest Arkansas Board of REALTORS®

Lindsey & Associates Platinum Production Award

Board of REALTORS Double Diamond Award

Lindsey & Associates Outstanding Agent Award

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--Client Testimonial

"I wish I could give 100 stars to Nicki Rogers. Truly, she made this experience go as smoothly as possible. She brings her years of experience, her passion for her career, and her great and professional attitude to the table. We had nothing short of an outstanding experience with her and I wouldn’t recommend anyone else."  -Dulce G.

Proud father of three and husband to an incredible wife. I’ve had the privilege of pursuing my passion for entrepreneurship and inspiring others to chase their own path to independence and success. 

For nearly two decades, I’ve helped businesses and organizations navigate one of the most important parts of their operation—how they get paid.  With 19 years in merchant services, I work with businesses, banks, and government agencies to implement modern payment solutions that are secure, scalable, and built for the way customers pay today.  From mobile and wireless payments to e-commerce, POS systems, and software
integrations, I help organizations streamline their payment infrastructure and create smoother experiences for both customers and staff. 

My background includes 8 years working closely with banks and financial institutions, as well as supporting city, county, and state government payment initiatives, giving me a unique understanding of both private and public sector payment environments.  At my core, I’m an entrepreneur and sales leader who enjoys building relationships, developing strategy, and helping organizations grow through smarter technology.

Michael Thompson is a dynamic executive, founder, and operations leader with a proven track record of driving growth and operational efficiency across the SaaS, real estate, and customer engagement sectors. He is currently the Founder of multiple successful ventures, including Marathon Property Inspectors and Marathon Property Partners, focusing on independent real estate inspections and strategic investment across the Midwest and South Central United States.

Previously, Michael served for over 13 years as the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of TPG, Inc., a Customer Experience (CX) analytics SaaS firm. In this executive role, he was instrumental in identifying gaps and transforming the operating model to align with customer experience, retention, and sales strategy, resulting in new process designs for operational excellence.

Beyond his executive career, Michael is a dedicated industry leader and civic contributor. He served as the Vice Chair, Board of Directors for the Professional Association for Customer Engagement (PACE), helping advance contact centers as an integral channel of operations. A recognized leader in his community, he has served on the City of Goshen Planning Commission and as a City Council Treasurer/Recorder. His personal dedication to challenge is matched by his professional drive, exemplified by his completion of multiple ultra-marathons. Michael's expertise lies in executive leadership, operational transformation, CX analytics, and strategic real estate investment.

Hi, I'm Annslee and along with husband Jeremy, we're the husband-and-wife team behind Art of Drawers Northwest Arkansas. For us, this business is more than just custom pull-out drawers—it’s about making everyday life easier, more organized, and more beautiful for families just like ours.

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I’m a mom of two energetic boys who keep us busy on the soccer and football fields. After years as a stay-at-home mom and volunteering with our boys’ PTO (where I loved hosting monthly lunches for 65 teachers!), I knew I wanted to bring my love of cooking, entertaining, and creating welcoming spaces back into the workforce. With a background in sales and hospitality, I have high expectations for quality and customer service—and I love helping other families feel the difference an organized home can make.​

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We live here in Bentonville, Arkansas, and like so many in our community, we love to travel, explore new foods, and host friends and family. Hosting comes naturally to us—but we’ve learned that having an organized kitchen and functional spaces makes all the difference. That’s why we brought Art of Drawers to Northwest Arkansas: to share smart storage solutions that blend style, beauty, and everyday convenience.

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When you choose Art of Drawers, you’re not just upgrading your cabinets—you’re investing in a home that’s easier to live in, more enjoyable to cook and entertain in, and more welcoming for the people you love. 

Jeremy Turley is a business advisor with over 19 years of experience helping companies simplify payroll, HR, and now—one of the biggest line items on their P&L—group health insurance. With BHC Insurance, Jeremy works with business owners and CFO's to stop overpaying for benefits and start building smarter, more sustainable strategies that actually support their people.

Jeremy’s perspective is shaped by an unconventional upbringing, having spent part of his childhood in Kenya, Africa. That experience instilled in him a deep appreciation for people, relationships, and resourcefulness—values that still define how he shows up for clients today.

Known for his creative, relationship-first approach, Jeremy isn’t your typical insurance broker. He is your consultant who partners closely with businesses to uncover hidden inefficiencies, challenge the status quo, and bring clarity to a space that is often confusing and frustrating. Whether it’s reducing costs, improving coverage, or simply being a trusted second opinion, Jeremy’s mission is simple: help businesses protect what matters most—their people.

Outside of work, Jeremy is a family man who values time with his loved ones and believes that strong businesses start with strong families.  He enjoys trips and new food with his wife, Annslee, lake memories with family and cheering on his boys at their soccer and football games.  

Brian Warner is the owner of Tectro IT, a managed IT and cybersecurity firm in Lowell, Arkansas. He works with business leaders and school administrators who are tired of IT being a constant source of stress, risk, and distraction.

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Brian has been working in IT in one form or another since 2002, long before “the cloud." Before starting Tectro IT, he spent over a decade leading IT for a national manufacturing company where he dealt firsthand with downtime, security incidents, and technology decisions that directly affected operations and revenue. That experience shapes how he leads today. Practical, calm under pressure, and focused on outcomes, not gadgets.

Brian’s strength is bridging the gap between technical complexity and real-world decision making. He helps leaders focus on what actually matters and build systems that stay secure without slowing people down.