Gena Wingfield, CFO of Arkansas Children's Hospital in Little Rock, and Bob Roberts, CFO at Baptist Health in Little Rock, were honored with lifetime achievement awards at the Arkansas Business CFO of the Year luncheon on Wednesday.
Wingfield, the CFO Lifetime Achievement Award winner, became CFO at ACH in 1998 after working there since 1985. Roberts, the Lifetime Achievement in Accounting Award winner, has been CFO at Baptist Health since 2008 after working there since 1988.
The awards are part of an annual event produced by Arkansas Business that honors lifetime achievements and chief financial officers in several categories.
Each of the honorees was chosen by an independent panel of judges. This year’s judges were Mary Beth Brooks, president and CEO of the Bank of Fayetteville; Bill Holmes, president and CEO of the Arkansas Bankers Association; and Gene Whisenhunt of Hickingbotham Investments Inc.
The event's other honorees were:
Marnie Oldner, named Bank CFO of the Year. Oldner is the CEO and CFO of Stone Bank in Mountain View.
John Rogers, named Small Private Company CFO of the Year. Rogers is CFO and treasurer of Stone Ward in Little Rock.
David Brogdon, named Large Private Company CFO of the Year. Brogdon is CFO of Bad Boy Mowers in Batesville.
Tracy Cude, named Nonprofit CFO of the Year. Cude is CFO of Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville.
Short biographies on all of the winners and finalists are available here.