Brandi Hinkle, communications director for the Arkansas Economic Development Commission, talks about exciting initiatives AEDC is heading up including new STEM programs, workforce development efforts with high school students across Arkansas, and also discusses what makes Arkansas an attractive market for businesses both big and small.

Wellness guru and The Southern Well Being founder Elizabeth Finch talks about living a better and healthier life. The conversation honed in on the importance of slowing down, tuning in and how to be more present in our personal and professional lives.

Matt Decample is used to being the center of attention with one foot in front of the camera and the other on stage. Host Natalie Ghidotti talks to the Arkansas Cinema Society communications director about the importance of a robust film culture in our state and his public battle with cancer.

In this episode of The Arkansas 100 Podcast, we sit down with Kim Lane, CEO of The Conductor. The Conductor is a public-private partnership with the University of Central Arkansas that provides free counseling, networking opportunities and exposure to angel investors for emerging startups and businesses. During the course of our conversation, Lane dives into how the startup community is a driver of economic development and the importance of thinking bigger.

Host Natalie Ghidotti talks to community leader and gallery owner Garbo Hearne about the importance of accessible art and why she and her husband moved their businesses to the historic Dunbar neighborhood in 2010.

Sarah Roberson, executive director of City Year Little Rock, discusses sobering statistics for students in under-served communities and how City Year aims to ensure they're not forgotten.

Host Natalie Ghidotti sits down with the new executive director of the Arkansas Regional Innovation Hub, Dr. Chris Jones, to discuss what brought him back to his native state and how Arkansas is leading the way to inspire creatives and makers in the South.

Director of Programs at the Winthrop Rockefeller Institute, Janet Harris, discusses his impact on Arkansas, the upcoming "Art in its Natural State" exhibit and more.

The chemist turned CEO of Go Forward Pine Bluff, Ryan Watley, sits down with Host Natalie Ghidotti to talk about the movement of the city.

Architect Jennifer Herron talks all things design, giving back, parenting and work-life balance with Host Natalie Ghidotti in this episode of The Arkansas 100 Podcast.